What size and background color does a CIR card photo need?

The CIR card photo size is 2.5 × 2.5 cm (25 × 25 mm), and the Embassy asks for two photos. The Embassy’s text gives no background color or head size for the CIR card.

How many photos do I need for a CIR card?

You need two ID photographs, each 2.5 × 2.5 cm (25 × 25 mm). They are separate from your passport photo.

Can I take a CIR card photo at home with my phone?

Yes, you can take the photo at home with your phone and have it cropped to size. The Embassy’s text for the CIR card asks for two 2.5 × 2.5 cm ID photographs and gives no other photo rules. Use even daylight and a plain wall, with your head and shoulders in the frame.

How do I turn a regular photo into a CIR card photo online?

Upload your photo to idphotoby.ai with the Philippines CIR card format selected, and it crops the photo to exactly 25 × 25 mm with your head and shoulders centered and checks the background. You see a watermarked preview first, then download the finished photo and a print-ready sheet. Print the sheet and cut out the two photos.

Where can I get a CIR card photo near me?

You can make it without a studio visit: prepare the photo on idphotoby.ai and print the print-ready sheet at home or at a photo shop or print kiosk near you. The sheet holds several 2.5 × 2.5 cm photos, so you can cut out the two the Embassy asks for.

Is the CIR card photo the same as my Philippine passport photo?

No, the CIR card needs two separate 2.5 × 2.5 cm ID photographs, while your passport photo is captured at the Embassy when you appear in person. The dress rules in the Embassy’s passport requirement sheets refer to that passport photo.

Can I submit the CIR card photo online?

No, the CIR card photo isn’t for online submission. The Embassy asks you to provide two ID photographs of 2.5 × 2.5 cm, so you print them.

Is making a CIR card photo with IDPhotoBy free?

The preview is free: you upload your photo and see the formatted result with a watermark before paying anything. Downloading the finished photo is paid, and you see the price before you pay.

Philippines CIR Card Photo Online — 2.5 × 2.5 cm

Q: What is a CIR card?

The CIR card (Certificate of Identity and Registration) is a registration card that the Embassy of the Philippines in Berlin, Germany has offered to Philippine passport applicants who register with the Embassy. The Embassy listed it as optional, only for those applying for a passport. To get it, you provide two ID photographs of 2.5 × 2.5 cm.

Q: Is the CIR card still issued?

We can’t confirm that it is: the CIR card appears in the Embassy’s passport requirement sheets (2012–2014) and on its passports page until mid-2018, but we couldn’t find it on the Embassy’s current website. Check with the Embassy’s consular section that the card is still issued before you print your photos.

The Certificate of Identity and Registration (CIR) card is a registration card from the Philippine Embassy in Berlin, Germany. According to the Embassy’s passport requirement sheets, you need two ID photographs, 2.5 cm × 2.5 cm (25 × 25 mm) for it. Upload one photo from your phone, and IDPhotoBy turns it into a Certificate of Identity and Registration photo of exactly that size, ready to print.

What is the Philippines CIR card?

The CIR card is a registration card that the Embassy of the Philippines in Berlin has offered to Philippine passport applicants who register with the Embassy. The Embassy’s passports page listed the card as optional, only for those applying for a passport, and the Embassy has offered it at no charge. The Embassy’s passport requirement sheet sets the photo requirement for the card: “Two ID photographs 2.5 cm x 2.5 cm in size.”

Philippines CIR card photo requirements

The Embassy’s text for the CIR card sets the number and size of the photos. It gives no background color, head size or other photo rule for the card.

Requirement	CIR card photo
Number of photos	Two ID photographs
Photo size	2.5 × 2.5 cm (25 × 25 mm)
Background color	Not stated by the Embassy for the CIR card
Head size	Not stated by the Embassy for the CIR card
Online submission	No — printed photos that you provide to the Embassy
Offered by	Embassy of the Philippines in Berlin, Germany

Because the Embassy sets no head size, IDPhotoBy uses its own framing: a centered head-and-shoulders crop at exactly 25 × 25 mm, with the head about 12.3–17.2 mm tall from chin to crown. This is our choice, not an Embassy rule.

Is the CIR card still issued?

Check before you print. The CIR card appears in the Embassy’s passport requirement sheets from 2012 to 2014 and on its passports page until mid-2018, but we couldn’t find it on the Embassy’s current website. Ask the Embassy’s consular section whether the card is still issued.

Your passport photo is taken at the Embassy

The two CIR photos are separate from your passport photo. The Embassy’s passport requirement sheets list personal appearance for biometric data capture — photo, signature and fingerprints — so when you apply for a Philippine passport at the Embassy in Berlin, the passport photo itself is captured there. The Embassy’s passports page required personal appearance for all types of passport applications, new or renewal. The dress rules in those sheets (“Applicants should dress properly for the passport photo”) refer to that passport photo, not to the CIR photos. See our Philippine passport photo page.

How to make a CIR card photo online with a free preview

Take a photo with your phone or a camera in even daylight, against a plain wall, with your head and shoulders in the frame. These are general tips — the Embassy’s text sets no other photo rule for the CIR card.
Upload the photo. The Philippines CIR photo format is already selected.
IDPhotoBy crops it to exactly 25 × 25 mm (2.5 × 2.5 cm), centers your head and shoulders, sets the head size and eye position in the frame and checks the background.
Check the watermarked preview, then pay to download the finished photo.
Download the digital photo and a print-ready sheet, print the sheet at home or at a photo shop, and cut out the two photos you need.

What IDPhotoBy does — and what it doesn’t

IDPhotoBy works with the photo you upload: it crops the photo to 2.5 × 2.5 cm, frames your head and shoulders and checks the background, without retouching or beautifying your face. The result is meant for printing, because the CIR card photo isn’t submitted online. IDPhotoBy doesn’t apply for the card for you, and whether your photos are accepted is up to the Embassy.

Check the Embassy’s official website or ask its consular section before submitting your photos.

Philippines CIR Card Photo — 2.5 × 2.5 cm (25 × 25 mm) for the Philippine Embassy in Berlin