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🇳🇵 Nepal Passport Photo Online

Nepali passports are issued by the Department of Passports at Tripureshwar in Kathmandu, and unusually the department publishes its own photo standard rather than leaving applicants to guess. Annex 1 of its passport booklet sets out an ICAO based specification and prints a labelled diagram: a 35 mm by 45 mm frame with the head measuring at least 29 mm and no more than 34 mm from chin to crown. Everything else in the annex, the natural expression, both ears showing, the plain light background, hangs off that drawing.

Before you pay a studio, read the sentence at the foot of that annex. Since Nepal moved to the electronic passport, applicants attending the department itself or a Nepali mission running the Live Enrolment System are photographed there and then, and the department states you do not need to bring a picture from outside. District and area administration offices still working the older paper process are the ones that ask for four prints taken within the past six months. Nepal is also gentler than its neighbours about eyewear, allowing glasses if the frame is thin, pale and clear of the eyes.

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Nepal Passport Photo Online requirements

Official specification: 35 x 45 mm

Dimensions35 x 45 mm
Head height29 to 34 mm (chin to crown)
BackgroundPlain, light coloured, with no printed border
Issuing authorityDepartment of Passports (Rahadani Bibhag), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
GlassesPermitted if no glare

Photo rules

Common reasons photos get rejected

How SnapIDs gets it right

Most rejections come from the wrong head size, a bad background, or glare. SnapIDs solves this before you even take the shot. A live coach checks your distance, centering, head angle, eyes, expression and lighting in real time, and only captures when every check passes. The photo is then framed mathematically to the exact 35 x 45 mm specification, and the background is cleaned to a compliant white, while your face is never altered.

Frequently asked questions

What size is a Nepali passport photo?

35 x 45 mm, with the head between 29 mm and 34 mm measured from the bottom of the chin to the top of the hair. Those figures are printed on the diagram in Annex 1 of the Department of Passports booklet rather than taken from a third party guide.

Do I still need to bring photographs for a Nepali e-passport?

Not if you are enrolling at the Department of Passports or at a mission abroad running the Live Enrolment System, where your picture is taken at the counter. District and area administration offices following the older paper process continue to ask for four prints no more than six months old.

Can I wear glasses in a Nepali passport photo?

Yes, with conditions. The standard allows glasses where the frame is thin and light in colour, the eyes stay clearly visible and the lenses do not reflect the light. Heavy dark frames sitting across the eyes are the version that gets refused.

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