Singapore Driving Licence Photo — Exact Official Standard

A Singapore Driving Licence photo must meet a precise, legally defined standard — the same national 35×45 mm passport-style specification enforced by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and applied by the Traffic Police (TP) when processing licence applications and renewals. Submitting a non-compliant photo is one of the most common reasons for application delays, so accuracy matters from the first submission.

Singapore follows ICA's national photo standard across all major identity documents, including the driving licence. This means the requirements are strictly enforced and aligned: a plain white background is mandatory — not off-white, not light grey, not cream. The Traffic Police explicitly rejects photos taken against coloured or patterned backdrops regardless of how light they appear. Because the same standard governs National Registration Identity Cards (NRIC) and passports, any photo lab in Singapore understands these rules — but when supplying your own photo, precision is essential.

• Size: 35 × 45 mm (digital equivalent: 413 × 531 px)
• Background: plain white only (#FFFFFF) — no shadows, no gradients
• Face height: face must fill 55–78% of the total frame height
• Expression: neutral, mouth closed, eyes fully open and clearly visible
• Glasses: not permitted under any circumstances
• Headwear: not permitted except for religious or medical reasons; head must remain fully visible within the frame
• Recency: photo must have been taken within the last 6 months
• Colour: full colour photograph — black-and-white images are not accepted

• Common reasons photos are rejected in Singapore:
• Background is not pure white: even a slightly off-white or light-grey background is flagged — ICA's system uses colour-checking and human review; a background that looks white on screen may not match the strict #FFFFFF standard in print
• Glasses worn in the photo: Singapore eliminated the glasses exception entirely; no prescription glasses, no tinted lenses, no frames of any kind are permitted
• Face proportion out of range: a photo where the face occupies less than 55% or more than 78% of the frame height will fail the crop check — a common error when using a standard consumer photo
• Photo older than 6 months or visibly dated: Traffic Police require the image to reflect your current appearance; a photo taken more than 6 months ago will be rejected even if it is technically perfect

To avoid resubmission, upload your photo here — it is automatically cropped and sized to the exact 35×45 mm / 413×531 px standard, background is corrected to pure white, and face proportion is checked against the 55–78% rule. Before you pay anything, you receive a free watermarked preview so you can confirm the result. We back every photo with an acceptance guarantee: if the Traffic Police or the processing centre rejects it for a technical reason, we redo the photo free of charge or issue a full refund. You pay only when you are satisfied with the preview.