How old can the photograph be?

Three months. That is shorter than most countries allow and ICA applies it, so a photograph you used for another application earlier in the year may already be outside the window.

Is 400 × 514 pixels different from 35 × 45 millimetres?

They are the same proportion expressed two ways. The digital upload quotes pixels and the printed photograph quotes millimetres; a 413 × 531 file at 300 dpi satisfies the print rule and comfortably exceeds the digital minimum.

Can I use the same photograph for an employment pass?

Yes — passports, employment passes, student passes and long-term visit passes share the specification. As long as it is within the three-month window, one photograph covers all of them.

My photograph looks yellow. Does that matter?

It does. A warm colour cast turns the white background cream and is a documented reason for rejection. Reshoot near a window, or set your camera's white balance to daylight rather than automatic.

Singapore Passport Photo — 35 × 45 mm

35 × 45 mm at 300 dpi (413 × 531 px), plain white.

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

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

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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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About the Singapore Passport Photo — 35 × 45 mm

Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority takes photographs digitally for most applications, and publishes a pixel specification alongside the printed one: 400 by 514 pixels, on a plain white background, in colour, taken within the last three months. That three-month window is shorter than almost anywhere else and it is applied.

Printed, that is a 35-by-45 frame, with anywhere from 25 to 35 millimetres of head inside it. The proportion is looser than the European standard, so a photograph that would be too small-headed for a Schengen visa is often fine here.

The same photograph serves passports, employment passes, student passes and long-term visit passes, which makes it one of the more reusable specifications in this category — worth knowing if you are submitting more than one application in the same period.

ICA is strict about two things in particular. The first is that the photograph must be taken without a head covering unless it is worn daily for religious reasons, and the face must be fully visible either way. The second is colour cast: a photograph taken under warm indoor lighting renders the white background cream and the skin orange, and it is refused. Daylight, or a neutral white balance, avoids it.

Spectacles are permitted if the eyes and eyebrows are visible with no glare on the lenses, though removing them is simpler.

The ICA website carries the current specification including the digital pixel dimensions — check it before uploading.

How to use it

1Take a photograph in daylight or under neutral light so the white background renders white rather than cream.
2Keep Singapore selected for the 35 × 45 frame and the wider 25–35 mm head range.
3Set the background to the required white, which also corrects a wall that photographed slightly off-colour.
4Use the guide file to confirm the head sits inside the bands, then turn to the plain output.
5Upload the single image to ICA, or print a sheet if a pass application asks for a physical photograph.

Questions

How old can the photograph be?: Three months. That is shorter than most countries allow and ICA applies it, so a photograph you used for another application earlier in the year may already be outside the window.
Is 400 × 514 pixels different from 35 × 45 millimetres?: They are the same proportion expressed two ways. The digital upload quotes pixels and the printed photograph quotes millimetres; a 413 × 531 file at 300 dpi satisfies the print rule and comfortably exceeds the digital minimum.
Can I use the same photograph for an employment pass?: Yes — passports, employment passes, student passes and long-term visit passes share the specification. As long as it is within the three-month window, one photograph covers all of them.
My photograph looks yellow. Does that matter?: It does. A warm colour cast turns the white background cream and is a documented reason for rejection. Reshoot near a window, or set your camera's white balance to daylight rather than automatic.