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Finland: photo requirements

Requirements apply to the named service and route. This is not a claim that every document issued by Finland is covered.

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Finnish passport / identity card / police-issued permit photograph

Photo file upload · Published requirements checked

Pixels
Exactly 500×653; even one-pixel deviations rejected
File
JPEG, not JPEG2000; maximum 250 KB
Submission
Police photo server and retrieval code; applicant upload is possible

Export setting: 500 × 653 px, JPEG. Selected export settings are distinguished from official requirements above. Framing overlays are advisory.

  • The same police guide explicitly covers these document families. The app does not issue a police photo code.
  • Numeric portrait-position details need the guide; generic overlay advice is not a certified biometric assessment.
Source 1: poliisi.fi ↗Source 2: poliisi.fi ↗

Research reviewed 7 September 2026. The application authority decides acceptance.

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