Lithuania Passport Photo Requirements

Blame it on the Baltic sea breeze or the almost-endless midsummer days: Lithuania has an otherworldly quality. In the southernmost of the Baltic states, beaches are spangled with amber and woodlands are alive with statues. Medieval-style mead and traditional wood-carving never went out of style.

Lithuania Passport/Visa Requirements

  • Required photo dimensions: 40mm x 60mm taken so that a 35 x 45 mm rectangle can be cut from it.
  • 3 photos will need to be submitted
  • A light-grey background is needed for your photos
  • The picture has to be taken so that it can be cut out 35 x 45 mm rectangles.
  • If applying for a passport, the photos should be greyscaled; however, if they are applying for a temporary travel document then they should be colour.
  • The face from the chin to the top of the head should be 70-80 percent of the vertical dimension.
  • Distance between the head and top of the photo 2-4 mm, distance from the top of the head to the chin shall be 31-35 mm, distance from the chin to the bottom edge shall be 8-10 mm.
  • The face shall be at the same distance from right-hand and left-hand edges.
  • Be printed on a high-quality thin photo-paper of smooth surface.
  • Not have white corners, ink marks, creases, damaged emulsion layer, stains, lines, etc.
  • It is recommended that the portrait shall be no more than 6 months old.
  • Neutral expression. No unnatural expression makes faces, is laughing, mouth open, yawning or frowning.
  • Hair can not obscure the face.
  • The applicant must wear civil clothing, no head cover, no special uniforms except for religious reasons (However, eyes, eyebrows, cheeks, chins must still be clearly visible).
  • Glasses should not have tinted or coloured lenses.
  • The frames should not cover any part of the eyes and preferably shall not be heavy.
  • Photo shall not display flash reflection on lenses.
  • Background must be very bright and monotone.
  • No shadows allowed.
  • Eyes shall not have reflections, nor a red-eye effect.
  • The face shall not be retouched or tampered using software to change or delete certain facial features or hair colour.