Saudi eVisa photo requirements: size, background, and file rules

The core Saudi eVisa photo specification

For Saudi eVisa upload, start with the technical file rules: file format not stated on the current official page, exactly 200 × 200 (unit not stated on the current official page), and a file size from 5 KB–100 KB. These small limits are why ordinary phone photos often fail without resizing and compression.

The image should be a square face photo, not a scanned print with borders or extra margins. If the photo is exported from a passport-photo kiosk or another app, check both the listed width and height and the final file size before uploading.

Face, background, and recency rules

The applicant should face the camera directly with eyes open and a neutral expression. The face needs to fill about 70–80% of the face or 1.4 × 1.6 in from chin to crown (wording and denominator are ambiguous), so a distant head-and-shoulders crop is usually too small.

Use a plain white background. Avoid visible shadows, patterned walls, borders around the image, sunglasses, eyeglasses, colored contacts, or hair covering the eyebrows-to-cheek area.

What to confirm before upload

• listed width and height are exactly 200 × 200 (unit not stated on the current official page).
• file format not stated on the current official page file size is within 5 KB–100 KB.
• The face is centered and not tilted.
• The background is white and evenly lit.
• spectacles are not specified on the current official page, glare, red-eye, border, or heavy retouching is present.