Nigerian passport photo requirements for the NIS online portal

Size and position

The portal's photo upload works with 600×800 pixels and files up to 2 MB, and asks that the photo not be over-compressed (a compression ratio of 20:1 or less).

The head from the top of the hair to the bottom of the chin should be 50–69% of the image height, and the eye line 56–69% of the image height from the bottom.

Background and appearance

The portal's guidance describes a plain, light background and its upload hint asks for white — use a plain white wall to satisfy both. Keep even lighting with no shadows on your face or the wall.

Eyeglasses are no longer allowed. Face the camera with a neutral expression and both eyes open; children under 5 get some leniency.

The portal lists photos whose background was cut out or replaced with software as unacceptable, so shoot against a real white wall instead of editing.

Checking before you upload

The NIS portal has a test upload; pixtidy's Nigerian passport photo maker checks the same things first — head size, eye line, background, lighting, focus and file size — and exports a 600×800 JPEG.