Prepare Irish passport online and permit photos
Irish passport online photos are 35×45 mm. Visa and employment-permit uploads often keep that size but set their own file limits through the passport service or DFA channels.
Irish passport renewals want a vertical 35×45 mm portrait on a plain light background. The passport service checks that the face is centred and the expression is neutral.
Online renewals need a JPEG that survives portal compression. Start from a sharp phone or camera file—not a messaging-app download.
Employment permit and some visa uploads use the same millimetres. Each form can still change kilobyte caps and whether glasses are discouraged.
If you also need paper prints for a counter appointment, print from the same crop at true size. Do not let the printer shrink a 35×45 mm image onto smaller sticker paper.
| Specification | Official requirement |
|---|---|
| Passport online | 35 × 45 mm |
| Visa / employment permit | Often 35 × 45 mm + form file limits |
| Background | Plain light colour |
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.
- Check the passport service upload page for current file limits before you compress.
- Avoid cream walls under warm bulbs.
- Children: same size; no adult hands.
- Keep a backup until the application is accepted.
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Can I print my own passport photo at home?
Will a home-printed photo be accepted?
What size should I print?
- • 35 × 45 mm crop
- • Plain light background
- • Neutral expression
- • Sharp upload
- • Correct file size for that form
- • Recent likeness
- • No face-reshaping filters
- • True-size prints if paper is needed
- • Messaging-app source file
- • Printer scaling below 100%
- • Yellow indoor background
- • Open mouth
- • Hair covering the eyes
Size?
35×45 mm for passport online and many permits.
File rejected?
Check kilobytes and sharpness after compression.
Paper appointment too?
Print the same crop at 100% scale.
Employment permit same size?
Often yes—confirm that form’s upload rules.
Smile?
Neutral, mouth closed.
Glasses?
No glare; follow the form if it discourages glasses.
Children?
Same size; no adult hands.
Official channel?
Irish passport service / DFA pages for your application.