Indonesia's e-visa portal takes a 4x6cm photo on a solid white background, at least 400x600 pixels and under 2MB.
400 x 600px
A 4x6cm photo on a solid white background for the e-visa portal — and why the red background you may have read about does not apply to you.
Red is for Indonesian passports. Visas use white.
The head should fill 50-60% of the height, not 80%.
The portal rejects anything smaller.
No frames, borders or white edges around the photo.
The background colour depends on which document you are applying for.
Indonesian passport photos famously use a red background, and that fact gets repeated so often that visa applicants assume it applies to them too. It does not. The e-visa and e-VoA portal asks for a solid white background.
If you are a foreign national applying to visit Indonesia, white is what you want. The red background only concerns Indonesian citizens applying for their own passport.
Head and hair between 50% and 60% of the image height.
The official portal specifies that the distance from the top of your head, including hair, to the bottom of your chin should be between 50% and 60% of the image's total height, with your eyes sitting between 50% and 60% up from the bottom.
That is a looser crop than the 70-80% you see on ICAO-style photos. Photos that are cropped too close are rejected just as often as ones taken from too far away.
JPEG, JPG or PNG, minimum 400x600px, maximum 2MB.
Uploads must be in colour as a JPEG, JPG or PNG, at least 400x600 pixels, and no larger than 2MB. The 400x600 minimum matches the 2:3 proportions of the 4x6cm frame.
The image should be borderless — no decorative frame, no white margin, no visible edge from a scanned print. Upload the file directly rather than a photograph of a printed copy.
Neutral face, recent photo, religious coverings permitted.
Keep a neutral expression with your mouth closed and both eyes open, looking straight at the camera. The photo must have been taken within the last six months.
Head coverings are permitted for verified religious or medical reasons, and even then the full face from chin to forehead must remain clearly visible.
Printed at 40 x 60mm, 945 x 1417px, JPG, under 2MB. Computed from this photo's own specification, not typed by hand.
Requirements verified
Watch out — At least 400 x 600px
Create the 4x6cm photo Indonesia's e-visa portal asks for — solid white background, at least 400x600px, free and 100% private.
Choose a clear, recent colour photo from your phone or computer.
We crop to 40x60mm with your head at 50-60% of the height.
Save the file and attach it to your e-visa or e-VoA application.
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