Is 35 × 50 really different from 35 × 45?

Yes, and the difference matters. The width is the same but the frame is five millimetres taller, which changes where the head sits and how much of the shoulders shows. A 35 × 45 photograph cannot be stretched to fit without distorting the face.

Why is the face higher than centre?

Because the specification leaves more room below the chin than above the crown, which is what makes space for the shoulders in a taller frame. The guide bands here are placed to match, so you can see the intended position rather than guess at it.

Does this work for a Malaysian eVISA?

The dimensions are the same for the online application. The portal applies its own file-size ceiling, so compress the JPEG if the upload is refused on size rather than shape.

Are spectacles allowed?

They are, provided there is no reflection on the lenses and the frames do not cover any part of the eyes. Thick frames and tinted lenses are the two that cause problems.

Malaysia Passport & Visa Photo — 35 × 50 mm

35 × 50 mm at 300 dpi (413 × 591 px), plain white.

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Country and document

Sets the millimetre size, the head-height range and the background colour.

Background

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Print sheet

A sheet tiles as many copies as the paper takes, with a cut line around each. Any print shop can run it.

Also save a framing guide

A second file with the crown and chin bands drawn on, so you can check the head is the right size. Never submit that one.

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Frame measured in

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Frame from the left

Frame from the top

Frame width

Frame height

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About the Malaysia Passport & Visa Photo — 35 × 50 mm

Malaysia asks for 35 by 50 millimetres, which looks like a typographical error beside the 35 × 45 used across most of Asia and Europe and is not. The extra five millimetres of height changes the proportion noticeably, and a photograph cropped for another country will either be short or will have to lose part of the head to fit.

Measured from the chin up to where the hair stops, the face should run between 30 and 38 millimetres, over white. The Immigration Department also expects the shoulders to be visible, which the taller frame accommodates — that is what the extra height is for.

One detail specific to Malaysian passport photographs is the position of the face within the frame: it sits slightly higher than centre, leaving more space below the chin than above the crown. The guide file here places the bands accordingly, so a head that falls inside them is positioned as well as sized correctly.

Malaysian visa applications share the specification, and the online eVISA takes the same picture as an upload with no print involved.

Spectacles pass if they throw no glare. A religious covering is fine where it hides nothing of the face. Expression level, both eyes open, mouth shut, eyebrows clear.

Photographs should be recent, in colour and sharp — a soft or heavily compressed image is a common reason for an eVISA application to come back.

The Malaysian Immigration Department publishes the current requirement; check it, particularly if you are applying for a category other than a tourist visa.

How to use it

1Add a colour photograph showing your head and shoulders, taken squarely to the camera.
2Keep Malaysia selected for the 35 × 50 millimetre frame, which is taller than the usual Asian size.
3Set the background to white and let the cut-out remove whatever is actually behind you.
4Open the guide copy — the bands sit slightly high in the frame, which is where a Malaysian photograph wants the face.
5Upload the single file for an eVISA, or print a sheet for a passport application at an immigration office.

Questions

Is 35 × 50 really different from 35 × 45?: Yes, and the difference matters. The width is the same but the frame is five millimetres taller, which changes where the head sits and how much of the shoulders shows. A 35 × 45 photograph cannot be stretched to fit without distorting the face.
Why is the face higher than centre?: Because the specification leaves more room below the chin than above the crown, which is what makes space for the shoulders in a taller frame. The guide bands here are placed to match, so you can see the intended position rather than guess at it.
Does this work for a Malaysian eVISA?: The dimensions are the same for the online application. The portal applies its own file-size ceiling, so compress the JPEG if the upload is refused on size rather than shape.
Are spectacles allowed?: They are, provided there is no reflection on the lenses and the frames do not cover any part of the eyes. Thick frames and tinted lenses are the two that cause problems.