Official requirements guide
Malta National Visa (D) photo guide
A guide that separates confirmed conditions from unspecified requirements.
Guide
Guide policy
The Requirement record is the source of truth; unspecified values are not filled in.
- The official page requires the digital photo to be 240 x 320 pixels (width x height) at least; a smaller picture is rejected. This is a minimum, not an exact size.
- The photo must keep a 35 x 45 mm (width x height) proportion within limits, as officially required.
- The only accepted format is JPEG (BMP / TIFF / GIF / PNG and the like are explicitly rejected).
- File-size limit confirmed in the official record: within 120 KB.
- The face must occupy 70-80% of the photo and the background must be plain light-White, as officially required.
- The photo must be no more than 6 months old, as officially required.