Türkiye Visa Photo Requirements

If you are applying for the Türkiye e-Visa at evisa.gov.tr - the route most tourists use - there is no photo to prepare and no field to upload one into. Only the consular sticker visa, applied for in person at a Turkish embassy or consulate, needs a photograph, and that one is 50 x 60mm on a white background. The 50 x 60mm figure you will find on nearly every photo site is real, but it belongs to the consular visa, not the e-Visa.

So the first question is which route you are on. Some countries turn out to need no visa photo at all - see visas that need no photo for the wider pattern, of which Türkiye's e-Visa is one case.

The e-Visa asks for no photo

The official e-Visa portal at evisa.gov.tr, run by Türkiye's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, requires no photograph. Its pre-application checklist runs to fifteen points and never mentions a photo or an upload, and the application form itself has no file field. What it asks for is a passport valid at least 60 days beyond your stay and, depending on your nationality, supporting documents you carry rather than upload - a return ticket, a hotel booking, proof of funds. A site that sells you an e-Visa photo is selling you something the application cannot accept.

The consular sticker visa needs 50 x 60mm

The other Turkish visa product - the sticker visa you apply for in person, for purposes the e-Visa does not cover such as work or study - does want a photo. It is 50 x 60mm on a plain white background. Two independent Turkish missions publish the same requirement, which is what makes it a specification rather than one office's local rule: the Consulate General in Karachi lists "Biometric photo (White background, 50mm x 60mm)" among the documents for a tourist visa, and the Consulate General in Los Angeles published dated guidance in September 2024 giving the same 50 x 60mm on a patternless white background. 50 x 60mm is 591 x 709 pixels at 300 DPI.

The 2 x 2 inch exception is one mission's rule

The Los Angeles consulate also notes that, because 2 x 2 inch is the standard in the United States, it accepts that size too. That is a local accommodation at one mission, not the general rule - 50 x 60mm is the published spec everywhere else. Do not assume the mission handling your application will take a 2 x 2 inch photo; check its own list first.

How to make the consular photo

If you are on the consular route, the Türkiye visa photo maker crops and sizes your photo to 50 x 60mm (591 x 709px at 300 DPI) on a white background, in your browser, with nothing uploaded. It sets the shape and size and fills white behind a photo whose background has been removed; it does not judge your framing or expression. If you are on the e-Visa route you do not need it, and it is worth being sceptical of any site that tells you otherwise, because the e-Visa has no photo field to use it in. To compare requirements across countries, the visa photo maker hub lists only those verified against their own issuing authority.

FAQ

Does the Türkiye e-Visa need a photo?
No. The official portal at evisa.gov.tr lists what you need before applying and never mentions a photo, and the form has no upload field. Sites selling an e-Visa photo are selling something the application cannot accept.

What size is a Turkish visa photo?
For the consular sticker visa, 50 x 60mm on a plain white background - 591 x 709 pixels at 300 DPI. It is published by multiple Turkish missions, including the Consulates General in Karachi and Los Angeles.

Why does every site say the e-Visa needs a 50 x 60mm photo?
The two visa types get conflated. 50 x 60mm is the consular sticker visa's requirement, republished as though it applied to the e-Visa. The portal itself notes the e-Visa has no connection with Turkish embassies or consulates.

Is a 2 x 2 inch photo acceptable?
One mission - the Consulate General in Los Angeles - accepts it as a US-standard accommodation. That is local, not the general rule; 50 x 60mm is the published spec. Check the mission handling your application.

Is my photo uploaded anywhere?
No. The crop and resize run in your browser using the Canvas API, so the photo never leaves your device.