PassportPhotoSizesNetherlands passport photo size
35 × 45 mm
Head height
26–30 mm
Background
Plain light grey or light blue.
At 300 DPI
413 × 531 px
What catches people out
- 35 x 45 mm.
- Dutch head-height requirements are smaller than the Schengen norm — 26–30 mm chin to crown — so a photo cropped to the general Schengen spec can be rejected.
- The Rijksoverheid publishes a detailed photo matrix worth checking.
Requirements are set by Rijksoverheid and they change. Confirm the current rules with them before printing — this page is a reference, not an approval.
Crop your photo to 35 × 45 mm
Already set to Netherlands. Your photo is read in the browser and never uploaded.
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Drag to move, pinch or use the slider to zoom. Line the face up with the outline, and keep the crown and chin between the heavy dashed lines. Netherlands requires the head to measure 26–30 mm.
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Netherlands requirements
- Size
- 35 × 45 mm
- Head height
- 26–30 mm
- Background
- Plain light grey or light blue.
150 DPI with a small watermark — enough to check the framing and the head height before you commit.
For the actual application
- · 300 DPI print-ready export, no watermark
- · Six photos laid out on a 4 × 6 print sheet
- · Background replacement to the required colour
- · Saved profiles for a whole family
