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TOPIK photo requirements for registration in Korea
TOPIK registration photo size in Korea: 35×45 mm, JPG/JPEG, up to 200 KB, white background and taken within six months.
Domestic TOPIK registration: 35 × 45 mm, JPG or JPEG, no more than 200 KB, white background, front-facing and taken within the last six months.
The domestic registration rule
Korea’s government enquiry service publishes the TOPIK programme answer for registration photos. It says the photo follows the Ministry of Justice foreigner-registration photo standard and adds the online file rule: JPG/JPEG only and up to 200 KB.
- Physical size: 35 × 45 mm.
- Head length: 25–35 mm from crown to chin.
- File: JPG or JPEG, up to 200 KB.
- Photo: colour, front-facing, white background, taken within six months.
- Use: admission ticket and score certificate.
What the Ministry of Justice standard adds
The upstream standard requires a natural closed-mouth expression, clear focus and no shadow on the face. Tinted lenses, frames covering the pupils, red-eye, coloured contacts, hats and scarves are not accepted. Both ears should be visible. Images altered with Photoshop or similar software are not acceptable.
Do not mix domestic and overseas rules
Overseas TOPIK organisers can publish their own size, upload limits and recency periods. Open your host institution’s current registration instructions before preparing the file. You can enter published photo dimensions and the file-size limit in the custom requirement tool; check the required recency yourself.
Check the file
Open the TOPIK registration photo checker and upload the file you plan to submit; it checks the domestic format, 200 KB limit and photo dimensions before you return to registration. The tool can check and convert the file, but the exam authority makes the final admission decision.
Official sources: Korea Government 110 TOPIK answer; Ministry of Justice foreigner-registration photo standard.