Spanish passport photo · 32 × 26 mm
Checked and laid out to the Ministry of the Interior’s official issuance requirements. Checked by us on 2026-08-17.
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Official specification
| Finished size | 26 × 32 mm |
| Head height (chin to crown) | not published by this authority |
| Eye height | not published by this authority |
| Background | uniform, white and smooth |
| File formats | not published by this authority |
| File size | not published by this authority |
| Taken within | “recent” — no figure published |
Full rules
- A recent colour photo of the face, 32 x 26 mm (height x width), against a uniform, white, smooth background.
- Taken from the front, without dark-lensed glasses or any garment that could prevent identification.
- The photo must clearly show the oval of the face — eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth and chin — in high resolution on good-quality photographic paper.
- No photo is needed if you obtained or renewed your DNI the same day — the passport reuses the DNI image.
- Passports are issued in person at authorised National Police documentation offices; the photo is handed in with the application.
Sources
https://www.interior.gob.es/opencms/es/servicios-al-ciudadano/tramites-y-gestiones/pasaporte/procedimiento-de-expedicion/
Ministry of the Interior, Spain — passport issuance procedure · we checked it 2026-08-17
Ministry of the Interior, Spain — passport issuance procedure · we checked it 2026-08-17
Una fotografía reciente en color del rostro del solicitante, tamaño 32 x 26 mm, con fondo uniforme, blanco, liso, tomada de frente y sin gafas de cristales oscuros o cualquier otra prenda que pueda impedir la identificación de la persona (la fotografía deberá mostrar claramente el óvalo de la cara, que incluye cejas, ojos, nariz, boca y mentón, y deberá ser de alta resolución y en papel fotográfico de buena calidad). No será necesaria la aportación de fotografía cuando haya obtenido o renovado el mismo día el DNI.Questions
What are the Spanish passport photo requirements?
A recent colour photo of the face, 32 x 26 mm — height by width — on a uniform, white, smooth background, taken from the front, without dark-lensed glasses or anything preventing identification, clearly showing the oval of the face: eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth and chin.
Is 32 x 26 really smaller than other passports?
Yes — it is the smallest print we cover, and the official wording is height by width: 26 mm wide, 32 mm tall. A 35 x 45 photo will not fit, which is why we lay out to the Spanish size.
Do I always need a photo?
No — if you obtained or renewed your DNI the same day, no photo is needed for the passport: it reuses the DNI image. The same 32 x 26 mm specification applies to the DNI itself.
How recent must the photo be?
The rule says recent without publishing a month figure, so we do not invent one — keep it current.
Can I upload the photo somewhere?
No. Spanish passports are issued in person at National Police documentation offices and the photo is handed in with the application. What we produce is a correctly sized file for printing on good photographic paper.
Our own assumptions
- Spain publishes these requirements in Spanish. The rules above are our English rendering; the original is kept verbatim in our source record, and that original is what governs.
- The official wording is “32 x 26 mm” — height by width, the Spanish convention. At 26 mm wide this is the smallest print we produce; start from a sharp original.
- No head-height figure and no month figure for “recent” are published, so we do not invent them; the 68% head proportion is our choice, sized so the facial features stay large on the small frame.
- There is no digital submission channel — the photo is handed in at the National Police office, and none is needed at all if you obtained or renewed your DNI the same day.
- The chin is measured by 68-point facial landmarks; the crown comes from the top of the cut-out outline. Assumed accuracy ±5%, calibrated only on synthetic fixtures.
Where the authority does not specify something, we say so rather than pretending it does. The points above are our engineering choices, not official requirements.