Bosnia and Herzegovina National ID Card Photo: Get the Standard Right
A precise 35x45 mm reference image for the Bosnian licna karta / osobna iskaznica, built to the ICAO standard used by the IDDEEA biometric system.
This photo must be taken by an accredited service
For this document, Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina photos online:
A document photo is a headache of its own
A Bosnia and Herzegovina National ID card 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 National ID card photo: what matters
The National ID card of Bosnia and Herzegovina (licna karta / osobna iskaznica) is issued through the centralized IDDEEA agency, which administers the country's unified biometric identity system. The facial image follows the same ICAO 9303 standard used for the Bosnian biometric passport: a 35x45 mm portrait against a plain white background. Getting this standard exactly right matters, because the same image becomes the official record on your card.
The most important fact about the Bosnian ID card is unusual and often misunderstood: you cannot submit a self-made photo. Under the IDDEEA enrolment process, your facial image is captured digitally on-site at the municipal office (or by a certified photographer with secure upload into the system) at the moment you provide your fingerprints and signature. This biometric capture binds the photo to your live identity check, so a picture downloaded from your phone or printed at home is generally not accepted for the application itself. The standard, however, is fixed and predictable.
- Size: 35x45 mm (413x531 px at print resolution)
- Background: plain white (#FFFFFF), evenly lit, no shadows
- Face size: head fills roughly 70-80% of the frame height
- Expression: neutral, eyes open, mouth closed
- Glasses: allowed only if eyes are fully visible with no glare or tint
- Headwear: none, except plain head covering worn for religious reasons
- Recency: the captured image must reflect your current appearance (taken within the last 6 months)
- Common reasons photos are rejected in Bosnia and Herzegovina:
- Submitting a home-made or studio print instead of completing the mandatory on-site biometric capture
- A background that is off-white, grey or shadowed rather than uniform white
- Tinted lenses or reflections hiding the eyes, which the IDDEEA system reads for the biometric template
- A non-neutral expression, head tilt, or hair covering the face outline
Use this tool to generate a perfectly standard-compliant 35x45 mm reference image from your own photo. It is cropped and formatted automatically to the exact official specification, so you can see precisely how a compliant portrait must look before your appointment, brief a photographer, or keep it for other identity purposes. We are transparent about the rules: because Bosnia and Herzegovina requires the ID card photo to be captured digitally on-site, we do not promise that a self-supplied image will be accepted for the application. Treat this as your expert preparation step, not a substitute for the IDDEEA enrolment.
What an accepted National ID card photo looks like
Bosnia and Herzegovina · 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
- 70–80%
- Glasses
- Allowed
- Facial expression
- Neutral, mouth closed
- Headwear
- Only for religious reasons
- File
- JPG · ≤ 2 MB
Print size is 35 × 45 mm and the digital file is 413 × 531 px.
Official requirements source: iddeea.gov.ba
Requirements verified: 08.2026
How to take a good photo
The most common reasons a Bosnia and Herzegovina National ID card 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina National ID card photos
Can I submit my own photo for a Bosnian ID card?
What size is the Bosnia and Herzegovina ID card photo?
What background colour is required?
Can I wear glasses in the photo?
Is headwear allowed?
Then what is this tool useful for?
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.