Checked on your phone, never uploaded

Check whether your visa photo is right

Pick your photo and we will check its shape, file type, file size and background against the requirements. The photo stays on your phone; nothing is uploaded.

The check runs inside your phone’s browser. The photo is never sent anywhere and never stored.

  • 51×51millimetres, square, on a white backgroundhcidhaka.gov.inchecked 3 August 2026
  • 350×350pixels, the size for the online uploadivacbd.comchecked 27 October 2026
  • 2MB at most, jpg / pngivacbd.comchecked 27 October 2026
  • 1colour copyivacbd.comchecked 27 October 2026

The right size, and the most common mistake

For an Indian visa: 51×51 mm, square

Not this: 35×45 mm, the size for a Bangladeshi visa

Both are drawn to the same scale. The full face must be visible, on a white background.

Photo requirements

Photo size

2×2 inch (51×51 mm), square, white background, full face visible

Last verified: Source: hcidhaka.gov.in

Photo pixel size

IVAC’s page describes the photo uploaded with the online application as 2×2 (350×350 pixels).

Last verified: Source: ivacbd.com

Photo file

jpg or png, maximum 2 MB

Last verified: Source: ivacbd.com

Number of photos

One colour photograph: both the High Commission’s official document and IVAC’s “Kind of Visas & Documents” page say one. Two copies are sometimes mentioned, but we found that in no official source.

Last verified: Source: ivacbd.com

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