Grenada Driving Licence Photo — Official Requirements & First-Time Acceptance

A Grenada driving licence photograph must meet the same 51 × 51 mm (2 × 2 inch) standard applied to Grenadian passports — a specification administered by the Inland Revenue Division (IRD), the authority responsible for issuing driving licences on the island. Submitting a photo already built to that exact standard avoids a return visit, an extra fee, and the frustration of a rejected application.

Grenada's licensing system is in transition: a growing number of IRD offices now capture images on-site using their own equipment, but many locations — particularly in St. George's parish and the outer parishes — still require applicants to bring their own printed photographs. Because the driving licence photo norm is directly aligned with the national passport 2 × 2 inch standard, a fresh set of passport-compliant prints satisfies both documents at once. The IRD checks three things above all: a plain white background with no shadows, a face that fills between 49 % and 69 % of the frame height, and a photo taken within the past six months. Failing any one of these is the most common reason for on-the-day rejection at the licensing counter.

• Size: 51 × 51 mm (602 × 602 pixels at 300 dpi)
• Background: pure white (#FFFFFF), completely plain, no shadows or gradients
• Face coverage: 49 – 69 % of the total frame height
• Expression: neutral, mouth closed, both eyes open and clearly visible
• Glasses: permitted if worn daily and eyes are fully visible — no tinted lenses, no reflective glare on the lenses
• Head coverings: not permitted except for documented religious reasons; the full face must remain unobstructed
• Recency: taken within the last 6 months
• Pose: front-facing, head upright, no tilt or rotation

Common reasons photos are rejected in Grenada

• Shadow on face or background — the IRD applies the white-background rule strictly; even faint shadows behind the head cause an immediate rejection
• Face too small in the frame — the 49 % minimum is enforced; a photo where the face fills less than half the frame height is turned away at the counter
• Tinted or reflective glasses — light prescription tints count as a tint; the test is whether both irises and pupils are clearly visible to the officer
• Photo older than six months — because the driving licence also serves as a primary identity document in Grenada, the IRD verifies that the photograph reflects your current appearance

Upload any clear, front-facing photo taken against a plain surface. Your image is automatically cropped and sized to exactly 51 × 51 mm with a white background and the correct 49 – 69 % face proportion — ready to hand to the Inland Revenue Division. Before you pay anything, you receive a free watermarked preview so you can confirm the result is right. If the photo is ever rejected by the IRD, we redo it at no charge or issue a full refund. You pay only for the final file.