Serbia Driving Licence Photo — Exact 35×45 mm Standard, Ready to Submit

When you apply for a driving licence in Serbia, the Ministarstvo unutrašnjih poslova (MUP) requires you to bring one physical 35×45 mm colour photograph that meets the ICAO biometric standard. Getting that photo right on the first visit saves you an extra trip to the police station and avoids delays to your licence. Our service automatically prepares your photo to the precise MUP specification — you see a free watermarked preview before paying anything.

One detail that catches many applicants off guard: unlike the Serbian national ID card (lična karta), where photo capture happens live at the MUP counter, the driving licence application requires you to supply a printed 35×45 mm photograph yourself. You hand it in with your application documents at the police administration (policijska uprava). This means the print quality, dimensions, and background colour are entirely your responsibility before you walk through the door. A single non-compliant photo means your application is turned away at the counter.

• Size: 35×45 mm (827×1063 px at print resolution)
• Background: plain white or very light neutral — no patterns, shadows, or gradients
• Face coverage: face height must fill 70–80% of the total frame height
• Expression: neutral, mouth closed, both eyes open and clearly visible
• Glasses: permitted only if lenses are clear (no tint, no photochromic), frames do not obscure the eyes, and there is no glare on the lenses
• Head covering: not permitted except for documented religious reasons; the full face from chin to hairline must remain unobstructed
• Recency: photograph must represent your current appearance — taken within the last six months
• Colour: full colour print, not black-and-white or sepia

Common reasons driving licence photos are rejected in Serbia:

• Wrong dimensions or crop: home-printed photos that are slightly too small, or portrait-oriented crops where the face occupies less than 70% of the height, are turned away immediately at the counter
• Off-white or coloured background: cream, light grey, or any background that is not a clean white fails the ICAO check — MUP officers compare against a reference card
• Shadows on the face or background: a common issue with photos taken at home against a wall; any visible shadow is grounds for rejection
• Tinted or thick-framed glasses: even lightly tinted lenses (including transition lenses indoors) are not accepted because they obscure the iris colour required for biometric matching

To get your photo ready: upload any recent, well-lit portrait — your photo is automatically cropped and sized to the exact 35×45 mm MUP standard, the background is corrected to clean white, and you receive a free watermarked preview to check before you pay. If you print the file and the MUP counter rejects it for any technical reason, we will redo the photo at no charge or issue a full refund. You only pay for a file you are confident will be accepted.