UAE visa — 43×55 mm photo maker
43×55 mm at 600 dpi, head 60–70% of the frame, plain white behind you. Guides and a print sheet, on your device.
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43×55 mm · 1016×1299 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
- 43×55 mm
- Pixels
- 1016 × 1299
- Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Head height
- 60–70% of image height
- Background
- Plain white
Also required
- Head and shoulders centred
- No head covering except religious
Source: ICP — UAE identity authority. Requirements change — check the source before you submit.
The 43 × 55 mm frame appears in UAE visa paperwork — the territory of ICP, the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security, which issues entry permits, residence permits and Emirates ID. The size is the hazard: its proportions sit within half a per cent of the commoner 35 × 45.
How much of the frame the head has to fill
Sixty to seventy per cent of 55 mm gives a face 33 to 38.5 mm tall, or 780 to 909 pixels inside a 1016 × 1299 image at 600 dpi. Set that beside a 35 × 45 cropped to 70–80%: this frame is roughly a quarter larger in each dimension while the head claims a smaller share of it, so the subject sits further back, with more shoulder and more wall in view.
What gets this one sent back
- A 35 × 45 file rescaled to fit survives a glance and fails a ruler. Recrop from the original photograph instead.
- Coverings worn for religious reasons are provided for; a cap, a hood or sunglasses parked on the forehead are not.
- Background occupies more of this frame than of a smaller one, so a skirting board or a light switch is harder to keep out.
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
43×55 mm is a physical instruction; 1016×1299 pixels is what it becomes at 600 dpi. The head band follows the same conversion — 60–70% of 55 mm is 33.0–38.5 mm, or 779–909 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 43×55 mmDrag and zoom until your head fills 60–70% 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 1016×1299 JPG, or take a print sheet with several copies laid out at true size.