Moroccan Passport Photo Requirements
35×45mm, white/blue/light-grey background, and a head that fills 70-80% of the frame — the exact official specs from passeport.ma, explained plainly.
A Moroccan passport photo needs to be 35×45mm, color, taken within the last 6 months, on a plain white, light blue, or light grey background, facing forward with a neutral closed-mouth expression — and per the official passeport.ma guidance, your face needs to fill roughly 70-80% of the photo's height (32-36mm from chin to top of the head, not counting hair).
The exact official specs
- Size: 35×45mm
- Background: white, light blue, or light grey — plain, no shadows or patterns
- Face height: 32-36mm from chin to top of head (about 70-80% of the frame)
- Head position: straight, shoulders visible, no tilt
- Glasses: no tinted lenses
- Head covering: none, except for religious reasons — and even then, the full face from forehead to chin must be visible
- Recency: within the last 6 months
Getting the framing right
The face-height rule is the detail people most often get wrong — a photo that's technically 35×45mm but framed too far back leaves the head noticeably smaller than the required 70-80%. Use an ID photo tool with a head-alignment guide rather than a generic crop, so the framing is correct before you even check the final size.
Digital vs. printed
Official guidance describes a printed, high-resolution (300 DPI minimum) photo, but most online concours and administrative portals in Morocco now accept a digital upload of the same specs, usually with a stated KB limit. If your portal gives a maximum file size:
A common mistake
Photographing against a colored or patterned wall at home, rather than the specified white/blue/light-grey, is the most common reason a self-taken photo gets rejected — even when every other spec is correct. A plain bedsheet or piece of card in one of the accepted colors works if you don't have a matching wall.
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