Mauritius Driving Licence Photo — Exact Requirements & Instant Preparation

A compliant photograph is one of the first things checked when you submit a driving licence application to the Mauritius Traffic Branch or the National Transport Authority (NTA). Getting the photo right on the first attempt saves a wasted trip — our tool prepares your image automatically to the exact official standard, so you arrive with a photo that gets accepted.

Mauritius driving licence photographs follow the same national passport-photo standard used across government documents: 35 × 45 mm (827 × 1063 px at 600 dpi), a light plain background, and a full-face neutral portrait. This alignment matters in practice — if you have recently had a passport photo taken to the national standard, it may already meet the driving licence requirement. The card-format licence issued today sometimes uses on-site biometric capture at the Traffic Branch office, but when applicants supply their own photographs (the standard paper-application route), the same passport-size specification applies. Always confirm with your local Traffic Branch or NTA office whether self-supplied photos are required for your specific application type, as procedures can vary between offices.

• Size: 35 × 45 mm (827 × 1063 px)
• Background: plain light colour — off-white or light grey (#F5F5F5); no patterns, shadows, or colour gradients
• Face coverage: head and face must fill between 50 % and 75 % of the total frame height
• Expression: neutral, natural — mouth closed, no smile
• Glasses: not permitted
• Headwear: not permitted except for documented religious reasons; the face must remain fully visible
• Recency: the photograph must have been taken within the last six months and accurately represent your current appearance
• Print quality: colour photograph, sharp focus, even lighting — no shadows across the face or background

• Common reasons photos are rejected at the Mauritius Traffic Branch / NTA:
• Background is not plain — a household wall with visible texture or colour tint instead of a clean light background
• Glasses worn — frames or tinted lenses are not accepted regardless of prescription
• Photo is too small or printed at the wrong scale — a standard passport printer setting often produces the correct 35 × 45 mm output, but photos cropped from a phone snapshot may be off
• Face too close to the edge or head tilted — the head must be centred, upright, and the eyes positioned in the upper half of the frame

Upload a clear, well-lit photo of yourself and your image is automatically cropped and sized to the exact 35 × 45 mm official standard — no guesswork, no manual measuring. You see a free watermarked preview before paying anything, so you can check the result first. If your submitted photo is ever rejected by the Traffic Branch or NTA, we will redo it at no charge or issue a full refund. You pay only for the final file, only when you are satisfied it meets every requirement.