45×35mm (Landscape) (1.8x1.4 inches, 4.5x3.5 cm) Photo Size Guide

Landscape photo formats are rare for official documents but may be used for employee badges, security clearances, or professional IDs where the card design incorporates the photo horizontally alongside text or other information. Some historical or legacy document systems also used landscape orientation.

No, virtually all passport and visa applications worldwide require portrait (vertical) orientation photos. Landscape 45×35mm photos are only used for specialized employee IDs, professional badges, or certain historical document formats. For travel documents, always use portrait orientation in the specified size.

For landscape photos, the camera and subject positioning remain the same, but the frame is wider than it is tall. Ensure the face is centered horizontally with appropriate headroom at top and bottom. Most professional photo services can capture and crop photos to landscape orientation if required by your specific ID system.

No, simply rotating a portrait photo 90 degrees would result in a sideways face, which is not acceptable. A proper landscape photo has the subject photographed normally (head upright) but with a horizontal frame orientation. The image composition must be specifically designed for landscape format from the beginning.

45×35mm equals 4.5x3.5 cm (1.8x1.4 inches). To convert millimeters to centimeters, divide by 10. This size is 4.5 cm wide and 3.5 cm tall.