Obtain Your Greek Passport Photos Online

Every country has certain standards and measurements that need to be respected when taking a passport photo. To apply for a Greek passport, the following rules need to be followed:

The Greek passport photo size has to be 40 mm x 60 mm without a frame.

The face should cover about 31 to 35 mm of the length of the picture.

The width of the face should cover about 20 to 25 mm in the picture.

The picture needs to be recent and should not be older than 6 months at most.

The photo should be taken in front of a neutral/white background.

For small children or babies, photo dimensions might be different and smaller, which shouldn’t prevent them from getting accepted. Kacha tool is the perfect solution for a baby passport photo - you can take a photo at home, in a way that your child won’t even notice. Visiting a photographer can be a stressful experience, but with Kacha you are the photographer yourself, and the whole process will be fun.

The person should be looking straight into the camera for their Greek passport photo without turning their head to the side. Pictures in which too much side profile is shown will not be accepted. It is important that the eyes are open and the mouth is closed. The facial expression should be neutral, meaning no grimaces like squinting, frowning or raised eyebrows and no smiling, not even with a closed mouth.

When taking a picture of a Greek passport at home, it is crucial to pay attention to some technical details which a professional photo studio would normally do automatically. With the right technique and the appropriate app, it is still possible to take excellent passport photos from the comfort of one’s home.

The positioning and strength of the light sources are important for a good Greek passport photo. Shadows covering one side of the face or the eyes should be avoided. Exactly like shadows, so-called “hot spots” should be avoided as well. They appear when the skin strongly reflects the light in a certain area, which is shown as a white spot in the photo. Therefore it is best to shoot in a place with multiple light sources from different directions to get the best result possible.

The picture for a Greek passport should be printed in high quality without pixels or stripes on white photographic paper with natural colors. If there are shadows, spots or other flaws from printing, it might not be accepted. The same goes for exaggerated coloring of the face and the red eye effect. The distinction between head and background must be clear, which is also why a neutral background is so important. Any kind of filter or special effect of the lens (i.e. fish eye effect) is forbidden; overall, the picture must look natural, realistic and recognisable.