South Korea Passport & Visa Photos
We support 3 document photo types for South Korea. Pick your document, upload a selfie, get a compliant file in under a minute.
All 3 document types we support
South Korea photo requirements at a glance
South Korea document photos
| Document | Printed size | Digital size | Background |
|---|---|---|---|
| Korea Visa Photo | 35 × 45 mm | 413 × 531 px | White |
| Korea Passport Photo | 35 × 45 mm | 413 × 531 px | White |
| Korea e-Visa Photo | 35 × 45 mm | 413 × 531 px | White |
About photo requirements in South Korea
Korean applications run on the 35×45mm photo. The visa portal also takes a full-colour 3.5×4.5cm photo file for the electronic visa, uploaded together with a copy of your passport.
The three Korean document pages below list sizes and upload rules with their official sources. The studio prepares the correct file for each application.
How to take South Korea document photos with your phone
Korean document photo size and head band
Every Korean document on this site prints at 35×45 mm, but the head band changes with the document: the visa asks for 25-35 mm from chin to crown, the passport for 32-36 mm measured on the skull with hair excluded. Check which measurement your document uses before you crop.
Passport head height measurement
The passport measures to the top of the skull. Volume above the skull does not move the 32-36 mm reading. The visa's 25-35 mm band is wider and uses chin-to-crown measurement, which several other systems also use.
E-visa file requirements
On the e-visa portal the same photo is uploaded as a full-colour file together with a copy of your passport. Colour is a named requirement, so a black-and-white conversion fails on arrival; retouched files are named as unacceptable across the Korean set.
Why South Korea document photos get rejected
Head band mismatch
A head at 30 mm passes the visa's 25-35 mm band and fails the passport's 32-36 mm band. The commonest Korean refusal is the right face measured against the wrong band.
Background and retouching refusals
Grey paint, gradients and shadows behind the head all read as non-plain at review. Retouching counts the same way: heavy smoothing is a named refusal on every Korean document here.
Common refusal reasons
Glare on glasses, a tilted head, tilted shoulders, and hair over an ear are everyday refusals, judged on the file as uploaded.
How it works
Photo tips
Take one good selfie — it works for every document type.