Belarus Driving Licence Photo: Standard-Compliant 35x45 mm Reference Image
Prepare a perfectly standard 35x45 mm reference photo for your Belarusian driving licence, and understand exactly why GAI now captures your image digitally on-site.
This photo must be taken by an accredited service
For this document, Belarus does not accept a self-prepared photo. By law it must be captured on site by an authorised service and submitted electronically, so we cannot produce a submittable file for it. The official specification is shown below so you know exactly what to expect at your appointment.
This photo is captured on site — but we can make your Belarus photos online:
A document photo is a headache of its own
A Belarus Driving licence photo has strict requirements, and a mistake costs time and money. We’ll show you how to pass on the first try.
It gets rejected
Wrong size, background or cropping — and the system returns the application.
Expensive and slow
A trip to a photo studio means a queue, time and €7–12 for a reshoot.
Confusing requirements
Exact size, head height, light background, facial expression — easy to get wrong.
Redo it all over
Rejected — take another photo, pay and submit again. Round and round.
«Below are the exact requirements from the official source, so you arrive at your appointment prepared.»
Ordinary photo → ready for submission
We remove the background and clutter, set the framing and lighting — keeping your face without «beautifying».
Your face stays yours — we do not change features, only the background, lighting and framing.
Your Driving licence photo: what matters
A Belarusian driving licence carries a facial image that must follow the national 35x45 mm document-photo norm used across official identity documents. The licence itself is issued by the GAI (State Automobile Inspectorate) through its registration-examination departments, and the photo printed on the card must show a clean, neutral, fully identifiable face on a plain light background. Knowing the exact standard before your appointment saves time and avoids surprises at the counter.
There is one crucial peculiarity that sets the driving licence apart from a passport or visa photo: for Belarusian driving licences the facial image is normally captured digitally on-site, at the registration-examination department, at the moment the licence is produced. Because the photograph is taken into the secure system directly, a self-made or downloaded photo is generally not accepted for submission. This is a deliberate anti-fraud measure tying the biometric image to the verified applicant, so you should not expect to hand over your own printed picture for the card.
The general facial-image requirements you will be measured against are:
- Size: 35x45 mm (about 413x531 px digitally)
- Background: plain white, #FFFFFF, evenly lit with no shadows
- Face size: the face fills roughly 70-78% of the frame height
- Expression: neutral, mouth closed, eyes open and looking straight ahead
- Glasses: allowed only if the eyes are fully visible, with no glare and no tinted lenses
- Headwear: not permitted (religious exemptions assessed separately)
- Recency: the image must reflect your current appearance, taken within the last 6 months
Common reasons photos are rejected in Belarus:
- Submitting a self-made or downloaded photo when on-site digital capture is mandatory for the licence
- A grey, cream or coloured backdrop instead of pure white, or visible shadows behind the head
- Smiling, an open mouth, or a tilted head that breaks the neutral straight-on pose
- Glasses causing reflections, or tinted lenses that obscure the eyes
You can use our tool to automatically crop your own picture to the exact 35x45 mm standard, with a white background and the correct face proportions. Be transparent with yourself about its purpose here: because GAI captures the licence image on-site, this is not a photo you submit for the card. Instead, treat it as a precise reference so you arrive groomed and dressed correctly, see exactly how a compliant image looks, and reuse the result for other documents or your own records. Honesty about the on-site rule is the best preparation you can have.
What an accepted Driving licence photo looks like
Belarus · 35 × 45 mm. Tap any requirement to see what it means on a real photo.
- Size
- 35 × 45 mm · 413 × 531 px
- Background
- White plain
- Head in frame
- 70–78%
- Glasses
- Allowed
- Facial expression
- Neutral, mouth closed
- Headwear
- Not allowed
- File
- JPG · ≤ 2 MB
Print size is 35 × 45 mm and the digital file is 413 × 531 px.
Official requirements source: czech.mfa.gov.by
Requirements verified: 08.2026
How to take a good photo
The most common reasons a Belarus Driving licence photo gets rejected — and how to avoid them. Compare good and bad shots.
1Format and freshness
A color photo taken no more than 6 months ago.
2Lighting and background
Even light with no shadows on the face; a plain light background, without glare.
3Head position
Face head-on, head centered, no tilt or turn.
4Facial expression
Neutral, mouth closed, eyes open and looking at the camera.
5Glasses and accessories
No glasses (especially sunglasses); eyes fully visible, without glare.
6Headwear
Only for religious reasons and not covering the face — the face fully visible.
7Clothing
Ordinary everyday clothes; no uniforms or face-covering clothing.
Common questions about Belarus Driving licence photos
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What is this tool useful for, then?
Your photo is protected
A photo is personal data, so we handle it carefully and in line with GDPR. We process it only to prepare the document and delete it within clear deadlines.
- Only with consentWe process the photo only after your explicit consent before upload.
- Auto-deletionWe delete the source photo within a day, the ready file after 7 days.
- No sharing with third partiesYour photos are not sold or used to train any third-party systems.
- Deletion on requestYou can ask to delete your data at any time — with a single request.