OCI Photo — Square, Inside the 10–200KB Band
600×600 px · 10KB–200KB · Plain light grey
The OCI portal is famously picky: a perfect square between 200×200 and 900×900 px, a file under 200KB that almost no phone photo fits — and, unusually, a plain light-coloured background that must NOT be pure white. Upload below and see every requirement measured before you fight the portal.
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Official spec — OCI Card
- Size
- 600×600 px JPEG
- File
- 10KB–200KB
- Head height
- 50–69%
- Background
- Plain light grey
- Print size
- 51×51 mm
Portal quirks
- The background must be a plain LIGHT COLOUR — the official FAQ explicitly says NOT white; we render a compliant light grey
- The 200KB file cap trips most phone photos — modern cameras produce files far over it
- The portal wants a square photo between 200×200 and 900×900 px
- A separate signature scan is required: 3:1 ratio, 360×120 to 900×300 px, ≤200KB JPEG
Source: ociservices.gov.in · Last verified: 2026-08
Common rejection reasons
"OCI photo upload error" usually isn't about how the photo looks — it's the file itself. The exact causes and fixes:
Fix an OCI photo upload error →Frequently asked questions
A square JPEG between 200×200 and 900×900 pixels, file size up to 200KB, plain LIGHT-coloured background — the official FAQ explicitly says not white — with a full front-facing face and both eyes open. A separate signature scan (3:1 ratio, 360×120 to 900×300 px, ≤200KB) is uploaded in the same application.