Photo and signature size for sarkari forms

What most portals ask for

Requirements vary by department, and the notification is always the final authority — but the ranges below cover the majority of recruitment and scholarship portals.

• □Photograph: roughly 200×230 pixels, between 20KB and 50KB, JPG or JPEG
• □Signature: roughly 140×60 pixels, between 10KB and 20KB, JPG or JPEG
• □Both usually on a plain white or light background
• □Some portals additionally want a thumb impression at similar dimensions

Taking the photo

• □Face the camera straight on, in even daylight, against a plain wall
• □Head and shoulders only — the face should fill most of the frame
• □No cap, no sunglasses; spectacles are fine if there is no glare
• □Recent matters: many notifications require a photo taken within the last three to six months

Taking the signature

Sign on unruled white paper with a black or dark blue pen, then photograph it straight down in good light.

Sign the way you sign everywhere else. A signature that doesn't match your other documents causes problems later at verification, which is a far worse outcome than a rejected upload.

When the upload still fails

• □Check the file extension is genuinely .jpg — renaming a .png does not convert it
• □Check dimensions and file size separately; meeting one does not mean you meet the other
• □If the portal reports a vague error, try a smaller file size first — that is the most common cause