San Marino Driving Licence Photo — Exact Requirements & Instant Compliant File

A compliant San Marino driving licence photo must meet the biometric fototessera standard required by the civil-motorisation office (Ufficio Motorizzazione Civile). Submit a photo that matches every specification and your application proceeds without delay — our service prepares your image to the exact official dimensions automatically, so you arrive at the counter with a file that is ready to print and present.

San Marino issues its own national driving licence (patente di guida) independently of EU harmonisation, even though the document format broadly follows European conventions. One practical advantage for applicants is that the office accepts a self-supplied photo — you do not need to visit a photographer's studio. That means the entire preparation step can be completed at home, provided the image strictly follows the biometric fototessera rules: a 35×45 mm print on a pure white background, taken recently. The small territory and single-office processing mean that non-compliant photos cause a disproportionate delay, since there is no network of branch offices to resubmit to quickly.

• Size: 35 × 45 mm (digital equivalent 413 × 531 px at 300 dpi)
• Background: plain white (#FFFFFF) — no patterns, shadows, or off-white tones
• Face coverage: the face must fill 69–80% of the total frame height
• Expression: neutral, mouth closed, eyes fully open and looking directly at the camera
• Glasses: permitted only if both eyes are completely visible with no glare, reflections, or tinted lenses
• Headwear: not permitted except for religious observance; the face must remain fully visible from forehead to chin
• Recency: the photo must have been taken within the last six months and accurately reflect your current appearance

• Common reasons photos are rejected in San Marino:
• Background that is off-white, cream, or contains a shadow cast by the subject — the standard explicitly requires pure white (#FFFFFF)
• Face proportion outside the 69–80% height range — either too small (subject stood too far back) or too large (cropped too tight, forehead clipped)
• Glasses with any visible glare or tinted lenses, even lightly tinted prescription glasses worn habitually
• Photo older than six months or showing a noticeably different appearance, which the single-office motorisation clerk is entitled to flag during in-person verification

To get your compliant photo, upload any clear, well-lit portrait — our system automatically crops it to 35×45 mm, sets the white background, and checks face proportion against the official 69–80% rule. Before any payment you receive a free watermarked preview so you can confirm the result. Pay only for the final high-resolution file. If the photo is ever rejected by the San Marino motorisation office, we redo it free of charge or issue a full refund — that is our acceptance guarantee. Upload your photo now, check the free preview, and arrive at the Ufficio Motorizzazione Civile with a print-ready file the first time.