Choose the agency, route and submission channel first.
ICA general e-Service, SAVE, LTA, SPF, MPA and MOM each have their own conditions — check the one that matches your application.
Independent information and photo-preparation guidance. This is not a Singapore government service and does not guarantee acceptance.
ICA, SAVE, LTA, SPF, MPA and MOM each have their own conditions instead of one country-wide default.
Your face photo, signature, passport page, education documents and supporting files stay separate files.
Some guidance — such as the SAVE screens that open after a login — can only be confirmed on each agency’s own application screen. Check it there before you apply.
The country name alone does not determine the requirements — each agency and route has its own conditions.
| Agency or route | Published conditions and what to confirm |
|---|---|
| ICA passport | digital colour photo; within 3 months. Published photo guidance exists for this route; confirm the route-specific inputs before preparing your file. |
| ICA permanent residence | 400 × 514 px; plain white background; full-face, headgear-must-not-hide-face. Published photo guidance exists for this route; confirm the route-specific inputs before preparing your file. |
| ICA citizenship | 400 × 514 px; plain white background; full-face, headgear-must-not-hide-face. Published photo guidance exists for this route; confirm the route-specific inputs before preparing your file. |
| ICA LTVP family | 400 × 514 px; plain white background; full-face, headgear-must-not-hide-face. Published photo guidance exists for this route; confirm the route-specific inputs before preparing your file. |
| ICA Student's Pass IHL | digital colour photo. Published photo guidance exists for this route; confirm the route-specific inputs before preparing your file. |
| ICA Student's Pass other schools | digital colour photo. Published photo guidance exists for this route; confirm the route-specific inputs before preparing your file. |
| ICA Entry Visa / SAVE | 400 × 514 px; JPEG; < 60 KB; passport bio-data page; photo alteration conditions are not published. variants: authorized-agent-individual / authorized-agent-family. The submission details for this route — module, variant or submission channel — need to be confirmed on the application screen before your photo can be prepared. |
| ICA Entry Visa / mission or provider | No exact photo or document conditions are published for this route. The final checks happen behind a login or at the receiving office and are not published; confirm them on the official screen. |
| ICA APEC Business Travel Card | digital colour photo; within 3 months; 250 × 220 px; JPEG; < 60 KB. Published photo guidance exists for this route; confirm the route-specific inputs before preparing your file. |
| ICA identity card | within 3 months. variants: reregister-30-55 / register-15 / replace. The submission details for this route — module, variant or submission channel — need to be confirmed on the application screen before your photo can be prepared. |
| ICA REP renewal or transfer | No exact photo or document conditions are published for this route. The current public guidance does not set an applicant-photo requirement for this route. |
| ICA STVP extension | No exact photo or document conditions are published for this route. The current public guidance does not set an applicant-photo requirement for this route. |
| ICA birth/death extract | No exact photo or document conditions are published for this route. The current public guidance does not set an applicant-photo requirement for this route. |
| LTA vocational licence | a public source confirms the document, but exact technical limits are not published; 400 × 514 px; 35 × 45 mm; ≤ 2 MB. variants: initial / renewal. The submission details for this route — module, variant or submission channel — need to be confirmed on the application screen before your photo can be prepared. |
| SPF private investigator ID | 35 × 45 mm; plain white background; within 3 months; no-border. Published photo guidance exists for this route; confirm the route-specific inputs before preparing your file. |
| MPA Certificate of Endorsement | 400 × 514 px; JPEG; ≤ 60 KB; full-face, front-view, eyes-open, no-alteration. Published photo guidance exists for this route; confirm the route-specific inputs before preparing your file. |
| MOM Work Holiday Pass 6-month | PDF / JPEG; ≤ 2 MB. Published photo guidance exists for this route; confirm the route-specific inputs before preparing your file. |
| MOM Work and Holiday Visa 12-month | PDF / JPEG; ≤ 2 MB. Published photo guidance exists for this route; confirm the route-specific inputs before preparing your file. |
| MOM eSubmission document baseline | PDF / JPEG; ≤ 2 MB. The final checks happen behind a login or at the receiving office and are not published; confirm them on the official screen. |
No. ICA, SAVE, LTA, SPF, MPA and MOM use different routes and files.
No. It applies only to routes whose public checklist states it, such as the PR, Citizenship and LTVP checklists.
The Individual/Family profile limits (400 × 514 px, JPEG, < 60 KB) are published, but the final checks happen on the logged-in application screen. The submission channel and module come first.
No. ABTC signatures, SAVE passport pages and MOM documents are separate files from a face photo.
No. Re-check the current official route and the logged-in application screen before submission.
Create a face photo for a Singapore MPA Certificate of Endorsement application.
Check the agency, route and documents your application needs before preparing files.