China Driving licence from New Zealand: licence / DMV crop only
Scope lock: China Driving licence is a driving-licence / DMV-style product. Passport or green-card essays are not reused on this URL.
Preparing a China Driving licence from New Zealand? Keep the document selector on this US/foreign standard — local NZ passport guidance is a separate checklist.
This article is scoped to China Driving licence as a China driving-licence / DMV-style photo (32 × 22 mm, White). Passport, green-card and visa essays stay on their own URLs.
Cross-border licence work: UI market New Zealand, photo law China for China Driving licence. Passport essays are not reused here.
Official framing for China Driving licence on FotoPass is 32 × 22 mm with a White background. Treat any other country’s booth print as a different template.
Home-market tip: New Zealand passport photos are commonly about 35 × 45 mm. China Driving licence instead demands 32 × 22 mm — different aspect ratio, not a simple resize.
From New Zealand: selfie → China Driving licence selected → upload → send the export to the China licence portal or counter — not a recycled travel JPEG.
Why New Zealand prints fail China licence desks
A 35 × 45 mm New Zealand travel print does not become a legal 32 × 22 mm licence photo by trimming one edge.
Licence desks also reject glasses glare and outdated likeness more aggressively than some passport counters.
Licence portal notes from New Zealand
Upload the newest China Driving licence file for the China transport authority — keep the selector off passport products.
Apply portal compression only after the licence crop is correct.
Stay on the licence product (China Driving licence)
Switching to a New Zealand passport mid-flow silently changes millimetres. H1 and selector must remain China Driving licence.
China driving-licence photo searches
Searches for driving licence photo, driver license photo size, and local DMV / transport-authority headshots map to China Driving licence (32 × 22 mm, White).
Do not paste a passport JPEG into a licence application by default — glasses, background and recency rules often differ. Use this licence crop.
China licence note
Mainland driving-licence photos are not a passport essay. China Driving licence = 32 × 22 mm.
New Zealand → China licence gate
- Form asks for China Driving licence (driving licence)
- Canvas 32 × 22 mm — not a New Zealand travel booth default (35 × 45 mm)
- Licence backdrop White
- No recycled passport JPEG
- Glasses policy checked for licence desks
- Market New Zealand / law China
New Zealand-based drivers clear China Driving licence when every licence line above is true.