Estonia e-Residency photo guide

Guide policy

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

• The official rules require a digital colour photo of at least 1300 x 1600 pixels (the PPA e-Residency application page states "minimum size of 1,300 × 1,600 pixels" — a minimum only; no upper pixel limit is stated).
• The file must be in .jpg / .jpeg format between 1 MB to 5 MB, as required by the regulation and the application page.
• The official PPA page requires the photo to be unedited; scanned photographs and screenshots of a screen are not allowed. The background should be light and of a single colour without extraneous objects or patterns (no specific colour is pinned).
• A photo must not be older than 6 months at the time of applying (the application page states "may not be older than six months", matching regulation § 2(4)).
• Regulation § 5(2) requires the head and shoulders to be visible, with the face (bottom of the jaw to the lower forehead, right ear to left ear) clearly visible with minimal shadows, plus a front view, looking at the camera, a neutral expression, eyes open and mouth closed. Numeric face geometry is given only as ranges (the chin-to-crown area at 70-80% of the photo height, the eye line at 50-70% from the bottom edge, minimum 40% for children under 11) with no centre value and no millimetre geometry.
• The tool output adopts the official minimum (1300×1600 px) and guarantees only the 5 MB cap. The 1 MB lower bound required by the official rule is not guaranteed for the generated file; if the output is smaller than 1 MB, verify the requirement on the application side yourself.