United Arab Emirates passport photo requirements

A United Arab Emirates passport or visa photo is 43 × 55 mm (508 × 650 pixels at 300 DPI) on a white background. No chin-to-crown figure is published, so the ICAO proportion of 33–39 mm is used, which is the part most photo tools ignore — a photo can be exactly the right size and still be rejected for a head that fills too much or too little of the frame.

United Arab Emirates photo specification

Photo size	43 × 55 mm
At 300 DPI	508 × 650 pixels
Head height (chin to crown)	33–39 mm (ICAO guidance — United Arab Emirates publishes no figure)
Background	White
Expression	Neutral, mouth closed, both eyes open and visible

How to make one

1. Choose a well-lit, front-facing photo of yourself — a phone photo is fine.
2. The head is measured and framed to the United Arab Emirates rule automatically.
3. The background is replaced with white by a matting model.
4. Download one photo for an online application, or a print sheet with cut lines.

Is my photo uploaded anywhere?

No. There is no server to upload it to — the cropping, face detection and background removal all run inside this browser tab, and nothing is stored. Turn off your Wi-Fi once the page has loaded and it still works.

Other Middle East requirements

• Saudi Arabia passport photo size
• Israel passport photo size

Requirements change, and the issuing authority's own guidance is always the authority. These figures are transcriptions of published requirements, offered as a convenience and not as legal advice.