Chile Passport Photo: Get the Exact 45x45 mm Standard Right
Prepare a perfectly compliant Chilean passport reference image — 45x45 mm, white background, neutral face — and understand exactly how Chile now captures passport photos.
This photo must be taken by an accredited service
For this document, Chile 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 Chile photos online:
A document photo is a headache of its own
A Chile Passport 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 Passport photo: what matters
A Chilean passport photo must follow the strict biometric format used by the Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (SRCeI), the authority that issues passports in Chile. The standard image is 45x45 mm (531x531 px) on a plain white background, with a clearly visible, frontally lit face and a neutral expression. Getting these proportions right is what separates an accepted photo from a rejected one.
Chile has an important peculiarity that most guides miss. For passports requested inside Chile, the Registro Civil performs live biometric capture on-site — your photo, signature and fingerprints are all recorded at the office during your appointment. No self-supplied or downloaded photo is accepted for a domestic application. Only consular and abroad procedures accept printed photos: typically two color prints on a white background, frontal and neutral. Size is cited variously as 4x5 cm at some consulates, but 4.5x4.5 cm (45x45 mm) is the most common requirement, so always confirm with your specific consulate.
The exact specification for a compliant image:
- Size: 45x45 mm (531x531 px)
- Background: plain white (#FFFFFF), no shadows
- Face height: fills 70-80% of the frame
- Expression: neutral, mouth closed, eyes open
- Glasses: not allowed
- Headwear: none, except permanently worn religious headwear that leaves the full face visible
- Recency: taken within the last 6 months
- Common reasons photos are rejected in Chile:
- Submitting a self-made photo for a domestic application — only on-site biometric capture at the Registro Civil is valid in-country
- Wearing glasses or tinted lenses that obscure or reflect over the eyes
- A background that is off-white, grey or shadowed instead of pure white
- Using the wrong print size at a consulate (4x5 cm vs 4.5x4.5 cm) without confirming local rules first
Our tool automatically crops and formats your own picture to the exact 45x45 mm white-background standard, so you can see precisely how a compliant Chilean passport photo must look. Be aware: for passports issued inside Chile, the Registro Civil captures the photo digitally at your appointment, so a downloaded image is generally not accepted for domestic submission. Use the prepared image to check requirements, get ready for your appointment, or for consular and other purposes where a printed standard photo is allowed.
What an accepted Passport photo looks like
Chile · 45 × 45 mm. Tap any requirement to see what it means on a real photo.
- Size
- 45 × 45 mm · 531 × 531 px
- Background
- White plain
- Head in frame
- 70–80%
- Glasses
- Not allowed
- Facial expression
- Neutral, mouth closed
- Headwear
- Only for religious reasons
- File
- JPG · ≤ 500 KB
Print size is 45 × 45 mm and the digital file is 531 × 531 px.
Official requirements source: chile.gob.cl, rutificadorchile.com
Requirements verified: 08.2026
How to take a good photo
The most common reasons a Chile Passport 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 Chile Passport photos
What is the official size of a Chilean passport photo?
Can I use a self-made photo for a passport application in Chile?
Why does Chile not accept downloaded passport photos domestically?
Can I wear glasses in a Chilean passport photo?
What background color is required?
Is headwear allowed in the photo?
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.