Photo requirements guide
Slovakia National Visa (D) photo guide
The photo conditions you need for the application, in one place.
✓ Checked against official sources Last checked: August 30, 2026
Photo requirements
The photo size, format, and background conditions for the application.
- The official page requires "a full-face colour photograph, conform to ICAO standards, 3 x 3.5 cm" in the National visa document list. The size is 30 x 35 mm (width x height) (the official wording "3 x 3.5 cm" means 30 mm wide by 35 mm high), and the colour and full-face requirements are stated on the same page.
- At the central mzv.sk level, 3×3.5 cm is the document size for the National visa (Type D) and is a different value from the Schengen C common 35×45 mm. The Slovakia Schengen C route (whose size is not officially published) is a separate application; this 30×35 mm size is not a C-visa requirement.
- The background colour, the recency limit, and numeric face-geometry rules are not stated in the official guidance: the page delegates the definition of "conform to ICAO standards" to a linked PDF.
- The document list only uses the singular "a ... photograph" for the photo count, with no numeric rule. The colour requirement ("colour photograph") is stated on the page.
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