Nigeria passport — 35×45 mm photo maker

35×45 mm at 600 dpi, head 70–80% of the frame, plain white behind you. Guides and a print sheet, on your device.

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35×45 mm · 827×1063 px · 600 dpi

Filestay is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any government or visa authority, including the U.S. Department of State. We make the file match the published technical requirements — acceptance is always the issuing authority's decision.

The official requirement

Photo size: 35×45 mm
Pixels: 827 × 1063
Resolution: 600 dpi
Head height: 70–80% of image height
Background: Plain white

Also required

Front view, neutral expression
Taken within the last 6 months

Source: Nigeria Immigration Service. Requirements change — check the source before you submit.

A Nigerian passport application asks for your face twice over. You attend your chosen Immigration Office so the photograph and biometric data can be captured there, and the paper file separately carries two passport-sized prints endorsed on the reverse by your guarantor. Those prints are what this preset produces.

How much of the frame the head has to fill

Seventy per cent of the 45 mm height is 31.5 mm, eighty per cent is 36 mm, and the face lands somewhere between: 744 to 850 of the 1063 pixels that make up the height of an 827-wide file at 600 dpi. The midpoint, 33.75 mm, is the target worth hitting, holding 2.25 mm of margin on each side — roughly the depth of a fringe. Prints get handled, so exact size counts.

What gets this one sent back

The reverse of each print gets written on, so use paper that takes ink. Gloss beads a biro and smears under a thumb.
Plain white behind you. Cream paint and beige curtains render warm, and warm reads as a colour cast rather than white.
Run both copies from one frame rather than two similar shots; a file that matches itself raises fewer questions.

Half a metre clear of the wall so your shadow falls behind you, camera at about 1.5 metres so the lens does not widen your nose, soft light from the front. Take several.

Getting the print right

35×45 mm is a physical instruction; 827×1063 pixels is what it becomes at 600 dpi. The head band follows the same conversion — 70–80% of 45 mm is 31.5–36.0 mm, or 744–850 pixels in the exported file.

No digital ceiling is published for this one, which means the print is the binding version and the file only has to survive being printed. Use the sheet rather than sending a single image to a shop — several copies at true size on one page costs the same and covers the spare everyone ends up needing.

Print at 100%, not "fit to page" — the default shrink is invisible to you and measurable to whoever checks it.

How it works

01Add a recent photoFacing the camera, plain wall behind. HEIC from an iPhone works directly.
02Frame it to 35×45 mmDrag and zoom until your head fills 70–80% of the frame height, matching the dashed guide.
03Check the warningsThe border area is measured against "plain white" and flagged if it is uneven.
04Download or printSave the 827×1063 JPG, or take a print sheet with several copies laid out at true size.

Questions people actually ask

Who signs the back of the photographs?

Your guarantor. The requirements for a fresh standard passport list the completed form with two passport-sized photographs endorsed at the back by the guarantor, and separately a guarantors' form signed by a Commissioner for Oaths, with a photocopy of the data page of the guarantor's Nigerian e-passport and one passport-sized photograph of the guarantor. Tell whoever vouches for you early — they need a photo too.

If the office captures my photo, why bring prints?

They serve different parts of the same application. Applicants are required to appear at the chosen Immigration Office for photograph and biometric data capturing, and that image is the one bound into the booklet. The prints belong to the documentation — attached to the form, endorsed by the guarantor, filed with the birth certificate and the payment slip. One is a biometric record, the other paperwork.

How do I make sure both prints actually match?

Export once and print twice from the same file. It sounds obvious, and it is the step people skip: two shots taken seconds apart look identical on a screen and differ in the framing by a millimetre or two on paper, which is enough for one to pass a ruler and the other not. Lay both copies out on one sheet from the print sheet here so they come off the printer in a single pass at identical scale, cut them apart afterwards, and keep a third on the same sheet in reserve — the endorsement on the reverse is done by hand, and a slipped pen is a wasted print rather than a wasted trip.

What size does a Nigeria photo have to be?

35×45 mm, which is 827×1063 pixels at 600 dpi. The head, measured from the bottom of the chin to the top of the hair, must fill 70–80% of the photo height.

What background colour is required?

Plain white. The border area is measured and flagged if it is uneven. The background is never replaced digitally — a cut-out edge is visible and gets photos rejected.

Is my Nigeria photo uploaded anywhere?

No — the crop and the JPEG encode both run in this browser tab. A biometric image of your face is not a file to hand to a web service.

How do I print 35×45 mm at the right size?

Use the print sheet — several copies laid out at true 35×45 mm with faint cut lines — and set the printer to 100% rather than "fit to page". At 600 dpi the file is 827×1063 px, and a driver that shrinks by 3% turns 35 mm into something a ruler catches.