Bangladesh passport photos vary by appointment type
Bangladesh passport appointments may ask for a 51×51 mm square or a 35×45 mm rectangle depending on the desk and renewal type. Visa forms add 35×45 and 37×37 mm variants—read your slip, not a neighbour’s stack.
Machine-readable passport renewals at Dhaka and divisional offices often list 51×51 mm (2×2 in) colour photos with white backgrounds—similar to Indian passport squares.
Alternate passport products and some online slots still reference 35×45 mm biometric rectangles; arriving with only square prints delays same-day processing.
Visa applications frequently use 35×45 mm, while another visa variant specifies 37×37 mm near-square—embassy PDF beats agent advice.
Dual-nationality forms may introduce 40×50 mm—a fourth size family unrelated to standard passport squares.
| Specification | Official requirement |
|---|---|
| Passport (common) | 51 × 51 mm |
| Passport (alternate) | 35 × 45 mm |
| Visa | 35 × 45 mm |
| Visa alternate | 37 × 37 mm |
| Dual nationality | 40 × 50 mm |
Always confirm the latest rules on the official government site before you submit.
Cream or textured walls, wrong head size after a selfie, and beauty filters cause most delays.
- Appointment slip millimetres first.
- White background both families.
- Matte for embassy staples.
- Keep wide original for re-crops.
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Will a home-printed photo be accepted?
What size should I print?
- • Exact millimetres on your form
- • Plain white or light background
- • Neutral expression, mouth closed
- • Eyes open and clearly visible
- • Recent likeness (about six months)
- • No beauty filters or face reshaping
- • 35×45 at desk wanting 51×51
- • 37×37 visa confused with passport square
- • Agent stack wrong size
- • Colour cast on white sari backdrop
- • Over-compressed upload
Passport 51×51 or 35×45?
Read appointment type.
Visa 37×37?
Some forms yes.
Same photo both?
Re-crop per form.
Home photo?
If sharp and plain.
Glasses?
Prefer without.
Recent?
Six months.
Dual nationality 40×50?
Separate form.
Official?
Passport directorate + embassy.