Canadian dual citizens & travellers: South Africa Passport sizes
Scope lock: this URL is for South Africa Passport travel-document photos only — licence and national-ID copy live on their own pages.
In Canada, US south africa passport requests are common for dual citizens and frequent travellers. Canadian passport dimensions (often taller prints) are a frequent mix-up with South Africa square or ratio crops.
This article is scoped to South Africa Passport as a South Africa travel / passport photo (35 × 45 mm, Light grey). Driving-licence and national-ID wording is not pasted here.
Canada’s common 50 × 70 mm passport strip is taller than South Africa Passport at 35 × 45 mm. Dual citizens who recycle the Canadian print into a South Africa form get predictable rejections.
Official framing for South Africa Passport on FotoPass is 35 × 45 mm with a Light grey background. Treat any other country’s booth print as a different template.
From any province: selfie → South Africa Passport selected → upload on this page → use the export for South Africa online tools or a South Africa appointment while living in Canada.
50 × 70 mm Canada vs South Africa Passport
Do not trim a Canadian strip into another shape in Preview/Photos — head-size percentages break. Regenerate with South Africa Passport so 35 × 45 mm is authored correctly.
Background must read Light grey for this passport document even if your Canadian studio used a cooler grey.
Cross-border filing habits for South Africa Passport
Keep separate folders: “CA passport” vs “South Africa Passport”. Mixing filenames is how the wrong JPEG gets uploaded at midnight.
South Africa passport photo — what people search
This page is scoped to South Africa Passport only: 35 × 45 mm on a Light grey background. Licence or national-ID crops belong on their own document pages.
Queries such as “South Africa passport photo size” and “biometric passport photo” should land here — not on a driving-licence tool with a coincidentally similar millimetre size.
South Africa passport note
South African passport photos must match Home Affairs specs; this page uses 35 × 45 mm for South Africa Passport.
Canada → South Africa passport gate
- South Africa Passport explicitly required
- 35 × 45 mm export (not 50 × 70 mm)
- Light grey backdrop
- No recycled IRCC/Canada passport JPEG
- Neutral face, no sports-jersey uniforms
- Site market Canada / photo law South Africa
Canadian residence does not unlock Canadian millimetres on a South Africa Passport form — use this page’s South Africa crop.