India OCI card (online) photo requirements

A India OCI card (online) photo is 360 × 360 px on a white or off-white background, saved as a JPEG under 30 KB. The head must measure 252 px (70% of the height) from chin to crown, which is the part most photo tools ignore — a photo can be exactly the right size and still be rejected for a head that fills too much or too little of the frame.

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Head height and position are drawn to the published figure. The shaded band is the tolerance the photo is checked within.
India OCI card (online) photo specification
Photo size360 × 360 px
Head height (chin to crown)252 px (70% of the height)
Top of photo to top of hairabout 25 px (7%)
BackgroundWhite or off-white
File sizeunder 30 KB, JPEG
UseOnline upload only
ExpressionNeutral, mouth closed, both eyes open and visible

How to make one

  1. Choose a well-lit, front-facing photo of yourself — a phone photo is fine.
  2. The head is measured and framed to the India OCI card (online) rule automatically.
  3. The background is replaced with white or off-white by a matting model.
  4. Download a JPEG at exactly 360 × 360 px, compressed to under 30 KB, ready to upload.

Is my photo uploaded anywhere?

No. There is no server to upload it to — the cropping, face detection and background removal all run inside this browser tab, and nothing is stored. Turn off your Wi-Fi once the page has loaded and it still works.

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Requirements change, and the issuing authority's own guidance is always the authority. These figures are transcriptions of published requirements, offered as a convenience and not as legal advice.