We check one selfie against every photo requirement listed on this page.
Ethiopia's e-Visa portal asks for a recent colour passport-size photo but never converts passport-size into millimetres, so no frame is listed here.
Use this page only for Ethiopia e-Visa Photo (online). Similar applications can use a different submission method, size or file limit. Why this rule has its own page
A phone photo is fine. Face the camera, use even light and keep your full head and shoulders in frame.
Some items still do not meet this rule after the automatic checks. AI can rebuild the background and gently correct pose while preserving your identity.
For photos you upload, AI generation starts automatically when this rule cannot be met in the browser; photos taken with the camera here are only sent if you start it yourself. Either way the optimized photo is uploaded for processing — compare the generated face with the original before use. Privacy policy
These values come from the selected rule and are used during generation.
Note: Ethiopia's e-Visa portal asks for a recent colour passport-size photo but never converts passport-size into millimetres, so no frame is listed here. What it does enforce are the accepted file formats and the size ceiling shown in the table above. Background colour, head proportion and how recent the photo must be are not published.
Use this page only for Ethiopia e-Visa Photo (online). Similar applications can use a different submission method, size or file limit.
Furniture or shadows behind you are the top rejection cause. We detect them before you submit.
Many systems only accept JPEG. iPhone photos are HEIC by default — we convert automatically.
Head size must sit in an exact range. We position it precisely, no guessing.