Belgium National Visa (D) photo guide

Guide policy

The Requirement record is the source of truth; unspecified values are not filled in.

• 3 photos are required (originals): 1 attached to each application form and 1 submitted separately. The full name must be written on the back of each photo.
• The size is 35 x 45 mm (width x height). This value is anchored to the FPS Foreign Affairs photo matrix PDF (issued by the Office des Etrangers, "35 mm x 45 mm (lxh)") that the checklist page directly links to as the definition of "Conform to ICAO standards".
• The same matrix PDF requires the photo to be no more than 6 months old, with a light-coloured, even and plain background.
• The face length (chin to top of the skull) must be 31-36 mm (70-80% of the photo height), as officially stated.
• A colour photo is the base rule, and black-and-white is accepted (except for passports). This is not a single fixed mode, so the accepted range is kept as-is.
• The matrix PDF requires a minimum optical print resolution of 400 dpi. This is a requirement for the printed medium (print quality verified by the photographer), not the pixel contract of the tool output.