United Arab Emirates visa (online, Emirates) photo requirements

A United Arab Emirates visa (online, Emirates) photo is 300 × 369 px on a white or off-white background, saved as a JPEG 10 KB – 40 KB. The head must measure 266 px (72% 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.
United Arab Emirates visa (online, Emirates) photo specification
Photo size300 × 369 px
Head height (chin to crown)266 px (72% of the height)
Top of photo to top of hairabout 30 px (8%)
BackgroundWhite or off-white
File size10 KB – 40 KB, JPEG
UseOnline upload only
ExpressionNeutral, mouth closed, both eyes open and visible
Official sourceemirates.com

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 United Arab Emirates visa (online, Emirates) rule automatically.
  3. The background is replaced with white or off-white by a matting model.
  4. Download a JPEG at exactly 300 × 369 px, compressed to 10 KB – 40 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.