Lithuania Passport Photo Requirements & Guidelines

A Lithuania passport photo is a textbook EU biometric photo: 35 × 45 mm, plain white background, neutral face, no glasses. If you've made a photo for any Schengen country, the image requirements will look immediately familiar, because they follow the same ICAO standard the Migration Department applies.

Where Lithuania is different is the submission route. In practice, photos are taken by accredited studios that upload the digital image directly into the MIGRIS e-service against your application — you generally don't submit the photo yourself online. That changes what "getting the photo right" means in practice, and this guide explains both the image and the process.

The specification, at a glance

The MIGRIS upload: why the studio route matters

Here's the practical reality. Lithuania's system, MIGRIS, is built around accredited photo studios that capture your photo and push the digital file straight into your application. That's why you'll often be told to "have your photo taken at a studio" rather than to upload one — the studio's upload is the official channel.

What does that mean if you'd rather prepare your own photo? Two things. First, the image still has to meet the exact EU spec — the studio route doesn't relax the rules, it just handles the upload. Second, a correctly prepared photo makes the studio visit trivial and avoids a reshoot. You can create your Lithuania passport photo to the 35 × 45 mm spec so you arrive with a compliant image in hand.

The crop catch: shot at 40 × 60, finished at 35 × 45

A subtle Lithuanian detail: photos are often taken and printed at 40 × 60 mm, then cropped by the authorities to the 35 × 45 mm portrait rectangle. Studios frame with that crop in mind. If you prepare a photo yourself and frame it too tightly, the final 35 × 45 crop can clip the head or throw off the margins — so leave the standard clearance and let the 35 × 45 proportions govern your framing.

The image rules

Size and head

35 × 45 mm, head 31–35 mm chin to crown (about 70–80% of the frame), 2–4 mm clearance above the head, face centred left-to-right, on a plain white background with even light and no shadows.

Glasses and pose

Glasses are not permitted except for documented medical reasons. Keep a neutral expression, mouth closed, both eyes open and looking straight at the lens, head level, shoulders even. Two of Lithuania's most common rejections are a tilted head or uneven shoulders and glasses glare — both easy to avoid once you know to watch for them.

Print and digital

The studio upload

The primary route: an accredited studio captures the photo and uploads it into MIGRIS with your application. No self-submission needed — but the image must meet the spec above.

Preparing your own

If you bring your own photo, prepare it to the exact 35 × 45 EU spec on white, with the head at 31–35 mm and proper clearance, so it survives the crop and the studio can use it without reshooting.

How Lithuania compares

Lithuania's 35 × 45 mm white-background photo is the shared EU/Schengen standard, so the *image* is interchangeable with neighbours like Latvia, Poland or Germany. What's distinctive is the MIGRIS studio-upload process and the 40 × 60 → 35 × 45 crop — procedural details that don't travel across borders even when the photo does. Our passport photo tool for 150+ countries handles the image side for each country from the same source photo.

The short version

A Lithuania passport photo is the standard EU 35 × 45 mm on white, head 31–35 mm, glasses off, head level and shoulders even. The twist isn't the image — it's the route: an accredited studio uploads it to MIGRIS, and the final photo is cropped from 40 × 60 to 35 × 45. Prepare a compliant image, keep your framing loose enough to survive the crop, and the process is painless.