Kuwait visa applications use a 35x45mm photo on a plain white background. Digital uploads are capped at 120KB, which is tighter than most portals.
Fit your head inside the guide
Chin to crown should measure 32-36mm.
Center your face on the vertical line
Head straight, looking at the camera.
Keep the background plain white
No shadow behind your head.
The 35x45mm format used for Kuwait visa and eVisa applications.
Under 120KB
A tighter upload limit than most visa portals.
JPG, JPEG or PNG
Other formats are not accepted.
Neutral expression
Mouth closed, both eyes open.
Taken within the last 6 months
Must reflect your current appearance.
35x45mm on a white background — and a 120KB upload ceiling that is easy to blow past.
The limit is 120KB, far tighter than most portals.
Keep the wall behind you clean and evenly lit.
No patterns, objects or texture.
The same size as an ICAO passport photo.
Kuwait's upload ceiling is unusually small.
Kuwait accepts JPG, JPEG and PNG uploads but caps the file at around 120KB. Most visa portals allow 2MB or more, so a photo straight from a modern phone camera will be many times over the limit.
This is a compression problem, not a cropping problem. Export the 35x45mm crop as a JPEG at moderate quality rather than shrinking the pixel dimensions — dropping resolution to hit the size makes the face too soft to verify.
35x45mm with a 32-36mm head.
Kuwait uses the standard 35x45mm photo, the same geometry as a Schengen or Australian passport photo, with the head measuring roughly 32-36mm from chin to crown.
Leave a small gap between the top of your hair and the top edge, and keep your face centred with your shoulders square to the camera.
Plain white, evenly lit, no shadows.
Use a plain white wall with nothing behind you. Standing about a metre away keeps your shadow off the wall.
Light your face from the front. Overhead lighting drops shadows into the eye sockets, and a shadowed face compresses badly at 120KB — the two problems compound.
Neutral face; religious coverings permitted.
Keep a neutral expression with your mouth closed and both eyes open and clearly visible, looking straight at the camera.
Head coverings worn for religious reasons are accepted as long as your full face stays visible from the chin to the top of the forehead, with no shadow cast across your features.
Printed at 35 x 45mm, 827 x 1063px, JPG/PNG. Computed from this photo's own specification, not typed by hand.
Create the 35x45mm photo a Kuwait visa application needs — white background, under the 120KB upload limit, free and 100% private.
Choose a clear, recent photo from your phone or computer.
We crop to 35x45mm with your head at 32-36mm on a white background.
Save the file and attach it to your visa application.
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