🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates passport photo size
43 × 55 mm, head 38.5–44 mm from chin to crown, on a plain white background.
- Photo size
- 43 × 55 mm 1.69 × 2.17 in
- Head height
- 38.5–44 mm 70–80% of the height
- Background
- Plain white
- At 300 DPI
- 508 × 650 px 1016 × 1299 at 600 DPI
Open a photo
It stays on this device. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no account, watermark or limit.
JPEG, PNG, WebP or HEIC. Drag a file here if you prefer.
Drag the blue line to the top of your hair, the red line to the bottom of your chin, and the green line to the centre of your face. The crop follows.
Background
Adjust
Every file carries its real print size, so a photo lab lays it out at the right dimensions instead of guessing 72 DPI.
The requirements in full
| Photo size | 43 × 55 mm (1.69 × 2.17 in) |
|---|---|
| Head height | 38.5–44 mm chin to crown, 70–80% of the photo height |
| Background | Plain white |
| Pixels | 508 × 650 at 300 DPI · 1016 × 1299 at 600 DPI |
| Expression | Neutral, mouth closed |
| Glasses | Allowed if there is no glare and the frames do not cover your eyes |
| How recent | Recent |
| How many | 1 photo |
| Edited photos | No explicit prohibition found, but the photo must be a true likeness. |
| Home-printed photos | Accepted, if printed at the right physical size on photo paper. |
Printing it
How many 43 × 55 mm photos fit on each paper size, at true size.
| Paper | Photos | Layout | Edge to edge? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 6 in | 4 | 2 × 2 | 0.28 in margin |
| 3.5 × 5 in | 4 | 2 × 2 | yes — watch the trim |
| 5 × 7 in | 8 | 4 × 2 (turned) | yes — watch the trim |
| A4 | 20 | 4 × 5 | 0.31 in margin |
| US Letter | 25 | 5 × 5 | yes — watch the trim |
Replace the background only if you have to
No explicit ban was found for this document, but every authority wants a true likeness. A photo taken against a plain wall is always the safer submission.