Romania Driving Licence Photo – Official Size & Requirements

Obtaining a Romanian driving licence — permis de conducere — means dealing with the DRPCIV (Direcția Regim Permise de Conducere și Înmatriculare a Vehiculelor), the national authority responsible for issuing driver licences in Romania. Producing a photo that meets the official portrait standard is the first step toward a smooth appointment and a document that looks exactly right from day one.

One detail that catches many applicants off guard: at the DRPCIV counter, the applicant's portrait is captured digitally on-site at the moment the file is submitted — the office photographs you directly rather than accepting a printed photo from outside. This is standard practice under the current Romanian licensing procedure. What this means in practice is that having a reference-quality, standard-compliant image beforehand lets you walk into the appointment fully prepared: you know precisely how your face, expression, and attire should look, and you can rehearse getting it right before the clerk's camera. A ready compliant file is also immediately reusable for any visa application, identity card renewal, or other document that does accept a submitted photo.

• Size: 35 × 45 mm (digital equivalent: 827 × 1063 px at 600 dpi)
• Background: plain white (#FFFFFF) — no shadows, no gradients
• Face proportion: face height must fill 70–80 % of the total frame height
• Expression: neutral, mouth closed, eyes open and looking directly at the camera
• Glasses: not permitted
• Headwear: not permitted except for documented religious observance
• Recency: the portrait should reflect your current appearance (taken within the past six months is the accepted standard)

Common reasons photos are rejected at DRPCIV:

• Glasses worn in the photo — Romania follows EU driving-licence standards that explicitly prohibit eyewear, including tinted or transitional lenses
• Off-white or coloured background — any background other than a clean, uniform white is rejected; light grey or cream tones that appear white in home light often fail under office scanning
• Face too small or too close to the edge — the 70–80 % face-height rule is strictly applied; photos where the head occupies less than two-thirds of the frame are turned away
• Visible shadows on face or background — overhead or side lighting that casts shadows behind the head or across the face is a frequent cause of rejection under digital capture standards

Our tool automatically crops and adjusts your uploaded portrait to the exact 35 × 45 mm / 827 × 1063 px specification — correct background, correct proportions, nothing to measure or guess. You receive a free watermarked preview before any payment, so you can confirm the result looks right before committing. Whether you use it as a preparation reference for your DRPCIV appointment or submit it directly for another document, you leave the process holding a file that meets every official requirement.