Free Poland Visa Photo Online — 35 × 45 mm Print for Polish Consulates

A Poland visa photo is one colour photo measuring 35 × 45 mm (3.5 × 4.5 cm), taken within the last 6 months, with your face taking up 70–80% of the photo on a white background. You need this photo for a Polish national visa (type D) and for a Schengen visa (type C) that you apply for at a Polish consulate.

You hand the photo in as a print, together with the visa application form that you fill in on e-Konsulat, print and sign. That is why IDPhotoBy gives you a print-ready sheet to print on high-quality photo paper. The Poland visa document is already selected on this page.

The photo requirements for a Polish national visa are set in section 4 of the Regulation of the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration of 25 June 2025 on visas for foreigners (Dziennik Ustaw 2025, item 847), in force since 1 July 2025. The visa pages that Polish consulates publish on gov.pl ask for the same photo for national and Schengen visas and add three practical points: a white background, a print on high-quality paper and no head covering.

The photo size for a Poland visa is 35 mm wide and 45 mm high. The regulation states 35 mm × 45 mm, and the consulate pages write 3.5 × 4.5 cm; both describe the same photo. The photo shows your face from the top of your head to the upper part of your shoulders, and your face takes up 70–80% of the photo.

The visa checklist of the Polish missions in India describes the photo as passport type. A passport-size photo made for another document can have different dimensions, so check that a photo you already have measures exactly 35 × 45 mm before you use it as the photo for a Polish visa.

Use a white background. The regulation asks for a uniform light background, and the visa pages of Polish consulates ask for a photo taken against a white background. A white background is also a light background, so white satisfies both the regulation and the consulates.

The European Commission's ICAO photo guidelines for Schengen visas speak of a plain light-coloured background, and our Schengen visa photo page covers that general standard. For an application lodged with a Polish consulate, follow the consulate's own instruction and use white.

Both visa types use the same 35 × 45 mm colour photo. What differs is where the rules come from:

• National visa (type D), for a long stay: section 4 of the 2025 regulation sets one photo standard for every national visa application.
• Schengen visa (type C), for a short stay, applied for at a Polish consulate: the EU Visa Code requires the photo to meet the ICAO Doc 9303 standard, and the Polish Embassy in Manila links the European Commission's ICAO photo guidelines as its detailed photo guidelines. Polish consulate pages ask for the same white-background photo as for a national visa.

The expression rule is the one detail to plan for: the regulation asks for a natural facial expression with a closed mouth, while those ICAO guidelines ask for a neutral expression with the mouth closed. A neutral expression with your mouth closed meets both, so don't smile for the photo.

1. Fill in the visa application form in the e-Konsulat system, then print it and sign it. The national visa form in e-Konsulat only lets you fill in and print the application, so there is no step for uploading a photo.
2. On your appointment date, bring the printed and signed form together with your printed 35 × 45 mm photo.
3. Lodge the application at the Polish consulate or, where the consulate uses one, at its visa application centre. At the consulate itself, you lodge the application in person. Depending on the post, a visa application centre may also accept applications by correspondence, while the Polish missions in India ask applicants to submit theirs personally at a visa application centre.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists a photograph among the required documents for a visa, next to the completed and signed application. When you apply, you also provide biometric data: a photo for a national visa, and a photo and fingerprints for a Schengen visa.

1. Take a sharp, well-lit photo at home with a phone or camera. Face the camera straight on in front of a plain white wall, keep a neutral expression with your mouth closed, and take off any head covering.
2. Upload the photo with the tool on this page. The Poland visa document is already selected.
3. IDPhotoBy sizes the photo to 35 × 45 mm, frames your face at 70–80% of the photo and checks the background.
4. Check the watermarked preview, then download the finished photo and the print-ready sheet.
5. Print the sheet at actual size on high-quality photo paper, cut out one photo and take it to your appointment with the signed application form.

IDPhotoBy works with the photo you upload: it sizes the photo to 35 × 45 mm, frames your face at 70–80% of the photo and prepares a print-ready sheet. It doesn't retouch or beautify your face; the regulation asks for a photo that reproduces your natural skin colour.

IDPhotoBy doesn't submit anything to e-Konsulat or to a consulate, and it can't promise acceptance: the Polish consulate decides whether your photo is accepted. If you later apply for a residence card in Poland, that is a different document with its own photo rules; see our Poland residence card photo page.

• An old photo. The photo must be taken no earlier than 6 months before you submit the application.
• A background that isn't white. Polish consulates ask for a white background, so avoid coloured, patterned or shadowed walls.
• A smile or an open mouth. Keep a neutral expression with your mouth closed.
• Hidden eyes. Your eyes must be open and not covered by hair, with the pupils clearly visible.
• A head covering. Polish consulates ask you to take off any head covering for the photo.
• The wrong size or a poor print. The photo must measure 35 × 45 mm and be in colour, sharp and undamaged, printed on high-quality paper.

Polish consulates publish their visa requirements on gov.pl, and procedures can change. Check the official application portal before submitting.