Italy permesso di soggiorno photo guide

Photo requirements

The photo size, format, and background conditions for the application.

• The official sources require 4 card-format photographs (foto tessera) for a permesso di soggiorno application, at 35 x 45 mm (width x height). The official page sets the height as a minimum (45 mm), so the tool output is fixed to the standard 45 mm that matches that floor (whether heights above 45 mm are accepted is not specified).
• A white background (fondo bianco) is required by both the central portal and the official information leaflet included in the postal application kit (Informativa Generale). The colour/monochrome question, face geometry, and recency are not stated in the official guidance.
• The photos are not part of the postal application envelope: you bring the printed photos in person to the Questura convocation (the postal submission checklist "I documenti da allegare" contains no photographs). One of the 4 photos is affixed to the permit card by the authority. No digital photo upload route exists in the current official flow, so printing the 4 photos and bringing them is done by the applicant yourself (this tool prepares the print photos only and does not submit them for you).
• The tool shows a generic 35×45 mm face guide as a reference; it is not an official composition rule (the authority publishes no face geometry).