Taiwan Driving Licence Photo — Exact 28×35 mm Standard

A Taiwan driving licence photo must meet the precise standard set by the Directorate General of Highways (MOTC). The photo is submitted directly with your application, and a non-compliant image means delays or an outright rejection at the counter. Having the correct file ready before you arrive saves a second trip and gets your licence issued on the first submission.

One detail catches many applicants off guard: Taiwan's driving licence uses the 1-inch (一吋) format — approximately 28×35 mm — not the 2-inch (二吋) format required for passports or national ID cards. These two formats are easy to confuse because both are printed as "passport-style" half-length portraits, yet the dimensions are quite different. Your application requires two identical, recent, half-length front-facing photos on a plain white background. Photos taken more than six months ago, or photos resized from a larger format without meeting the face-coverage ratio, are routinely rejected.

• Size: 28×35 mm (digital equivalent: 331×413 px at standard print resolution)
• Background: plain white (#FFFFFF) — no patterns, shadows, or gradients
• Face coverage: face height must fill 68–80% of the total frame height
• Expression: neutral, mouth closed, eyes fully open and looking directly at the camera
• Glasses: permitted only if the eyes are completely visible with no glare and no tinted lenses
• Headwear: not permitted except for documented religious reasons
• Recency: photos must have been taken within the last six months
• Pose: half-length, front-facing, head straight — no tilting or turning

• Wrong photo size — using 2-inch instead of 1-inch: the most common error; a standard passport photo (40×50 mm or 35×45 mm) will be rejected outright because it does not match the driving licence specification
• Non-white background: off-white, cream, or light grey backgrounds do not pass — the standard requires pure white only
• Face too small or too large in the frame: cropping that leaves the face below 68% or above 80% of the frame height fails the face-coverage check
• Glasses with glare or tinted lenses: even lightly tinted everyday glasses are not accepted; the eyes must be entirely unobstructed

Upload your own photo and it is automatically cropped and sized to the exact 28×35 mm (331×413 px) official standard — correct background, correct face coverage, ready to print and submit. Before you pay anything, you receive a free watermarked preview so you can confirm the result looks right. If the photo is ever rejected by the issuing office, it will be redone free of charge or you receive a full refund. You pay only for the final, compliant file.