Select the size (completed)
PR and citizenship400 × 514 pixels
Please select the size required by your application form. If the required size is not listed, select Custom size.
Upload and position your photograph (current step)
You can also drag a photograph here.
- Please use a recent front-facing photograph with your eyebrows and both ears visible.
- A plain background gives a better result when the background is changed.
Set the background and file size
After you upload a photograph, set the background and file size here.
Check and download
After you upload a photograph, check the requirements and download it here.
Singapore PR and citizenship photo size: requirements
The tool above is already set to these requirements.
- Required size
- 400 × 514 pixels
- This tool exports
- 400 × 514 pixels
- Print size
- 3.5 × 4.5 cm
- Background
- White background
- File size
- Not specified
- File format
- JPG or PNG format
- Other requirements
- The photograph must be in colour and taken within the last 3 months.
- Look straight at the camera with a neutral expression and your mouth closed. Your eyes, both shoulders and your hair must be fully visible.
- Spectacle lenses must be clear, and coloured contact lenses are not allowed. Headgear worn for religious or racial reasons must be dark in colour.
- The digital photograph must be the original. It must not be altered or enhanced in any way, including with computer software or mobile apps.
- The file may be in jpg, jpeg, heic, heif or png format, not more than 8 MB.
- Source
- Immigration & Checkpoints Authority: Photo Guidelines
- Immigration & Checkpoints Authority: Permanent Residence application: document checklist
- Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (Ask Gov): Error when uploading a photo for a citizenship, Permanent Residence or Long-Term Visit Pass application
The PR document checklist asks for a coloured digital photograph of 400 × 514 pixels with a white background. ICA states that the same photograph requirements apply to citizenship, PR and Long-Term Visit Pass applications.
Questions
- Can I change the background of my photograph?
- ICA states that the photograph must not be altered or enhanced in any way, and that the background must be white. If you can, take the photograph against a plain white wall and select Original in Step 3, so that the tool only crops and resizes it. ICA checks every photograph after it is uploaded.