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🇳🇬 Nigeria Passport Photo Online

Every Nigerian passport application runs through the Nigeria Immigration Service, and the facial image is the single most common reason a file stalls at the enrolment desk. The working size for a printed Nigerian passport photograph is 35 x 45 mm on a pure white background, the ECOWAS format used right across the region. You open the application on the NIS portal, pay online, then book a slot at a passport office at home or at a Nigerian mission abroad.

What catches people out is that NIS never publishes a millimetre chart of its own. It simply asks for two passport sized photographs endorsed by your guarantor, then takes its own biometric capture on the day. Your prints therefore have to satisfy a clerk who is comparing them against that live capture, so the safe approach is a 35 x 45 mm print with the head filling roughly three quarters of the height, no glasses, no uniform, and a backdrop that genuinely photographs white rather than grey.

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Nigeria Passport Photo Online requirements

Official specification: 35 x 45 mm

Dimensions35 x 45 mm
Head height31.5 to 36 mm (chin to crown)
BackgroundPure plain white
Issuing authorityNigeria Immigration Service (NIS)
GlassesNot permitted

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 Nigerian passport photo?

35 x 45 mm on a plain white background. For digital upload on the Nigeria Immigration Service portal that works out to 413 x 531 pixels at 300 dpi, saved as a JPEG under 2 MB.

Do I still need printed photos if the enrolment centre takes my picture?

Yes. NIS captures your biometric image on the day, but passport offices and Nigerian missions still ask for two 35 x 45 mm prints for the file, with your guarantor endorsing the back of one of them.

Can I wear my glasses in a Nigerian passport photo?

No. The Nigeria Immigration Service requires all eyewear to be removed, prescription lenses included, so the eyes are fully readable for the biometric record.

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