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The requirements
| Print size | 30 x 40 mm |
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| Head height, chin to crown | 70-80%ICAO 9303 general rule, not published by the authority The authority publishes no head height. This band is the generic ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 portrait rule, head 70-80% of the image height, which is also what every authority in this data set that publishes a percentage gives. |
| Background | Not stated in the Azerbaijani rules. A plain light background is the ICAO norm the authorities refer to; see notes. |
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Marked secondary on purpose, and read the scope before using it. Azerbaijan does not publish a passport photo standard for applicants, because the passport image is taken on the spot: at an ASAN service centre or a police passport office inside the country, and at the consular section for citizens abroad. The only size any Azerbaijani government page publishes is the 3 x 4 cm colour photograph the Berlin embassy asks for, and that photograph is for the paper application form, not for the passport page. The national foreign ministry page and the Ankara and Moscow missions list no size at all. No background colour, head height, expression, glasses rule or maximum photo age is published anywhere that could be reached today; the background value in this file is the ICAO norm the authorities point to, not an Azerbaijani rule. Treat 30x40 mm as the application form photo, and expect other missions to differ.
Applying in Azerbaijan
The photograph in an Azerbaijani passport is not one you supply. It is taken at the issuing authority, or inside an ASAN service centre with dedicated equipment, to ICAO requirements, at the same visit where your fingerprints are recorded. That is why the national list of documents for a passport names an identity card, proof of the state fee and, for a child under eighteen, the consent of the parents or legal representatives, and no photograph at all.
One size does circulate, and it belongs to a different object. The Azerbaijani embassy in Berlin asks for two colour photographs of 30 by 40 when the application is made on a paper form at a mission, and states in the same line that the photographs are for the form while the applicant is photographed at the consular section. The national foreign ministry page and several other missions list no size at all, so treat this frame as the application form photograph and expect missions to differ.
The fee ladder is unusually clear and worth knowing before you choose a speed. At an ASAN centre, as of September 2026, an adult passport is 60 manat in ten working days, 120 manat in five days and 210 manat in one day, with a lower scale for children, 35 manat for the standard route between the ages of three and eighteen. A separate two day route exists for urgent medical treatment abroad or the death of a close relative, and it has to be documented.
Why photos get rejected here
Preparing a passport portrait rather than a form photograph
Nothing you bring becomes the image in the book. The picture in the passport is captured at the ASAN centre or the passport office, so effort spent on a perfect portrait is effort spent on the paperwork instead.
A photograph cut to the European frame
Where a mission does ask for prints, the published size is 30 by 40, which is smaller and a different proportion from the 35 by 45 mm most European applications use. Trimming a European print does not produce it.
One print where two are asked for
The Berlin mission asks for two colour photographs for the paper form. A single print leaves the form incomplete, and the consular section will not copy the second for you.
Missing the parental consent for a child
For an applicant under eighteen the consent of the parents or legal representatives is on the document list alongside the identity card and the fee receipt. It is the item most often discovered at the counter.
Turning up without proof that the state fee is paid
The document on payment of the state fee is a listed requirement rather than something settled at the desk. The speed you paid for is also what fixes the ten day, five day or one day route.
What helps
Ask the mission before you print anything
Only some Azerbaijani missions publish a photograph requirement, and the ones that do not may work differently. The national list names none, so the mission handling your file is the authority on it.
Cut to the smaller frame for a form photograph
30 by 40 is the published size, and our export can produce it directly. It is the standard form photo size across the region, not a passport format.
Choose the speed when you pay, not at the counter
The fee is what selects the route: 60, 120 or 210 manat for an adult as of September 2026, for ten working days, five days or one day.
Bring the consent document for a child
Applicants under eighteen need the consent of the parents or legal representatives. Preparing it in advance is quicker than arranging it after a wasted visit.
Know the emergency route exists
A two day route covers urgent medical treatment abroad and the death of a close relative, supported by documents from the health authorities or the foreign medical institution. It is not a general fast lane.
Do not trust a background colour you read elsewhere
No Azerbaijani source we could reach publishes one. Our tool applies the international norm the authorities point at, and we mark that as our inference rather than as an Azerbaijani rule.
Babies and young children
Children are photographed at the service centre like adults, since the passport image is captured there rather than supplied. What differs is the paperwork and the price. An applicant under eighteen needs the consent of the parents or legal representatives on the file, and the standard fee for a child between three and eighteen was 35 manat as of September 2026 against 60 for an adult. Fingerprints are not taken from citizens under fifteen, so a younger child's visit is shorter. Where a mission asks for prints for the paper form, the same 30 by 40 size applies to a child.
Glasses
No Azerbaijani source we could reach publishes a glasses rule, in either direction. The ASAN service description says the photograph is taken to ICAO requirements, and ICAO Doc 9303 asks for the eyes to be clearly visible without reflection rather than banning glasses, so that is the standard the operator is working to. We are not going to present a specific national rule that does not exist. In practice the picture is taken by an operator with fixed lighting, which means a reflection is spotted and corrected in the room. Tinted lenses and sunglasses will not be accepted under any reading of the ICAO wording.
Head covering
As with glasses, nothing is published on any Azerbaijani page we could reach. The passport image is captured at an ASAN centre or a passport office to ICAO requirements, and the ICAO wording accommodates a head covering worn for religious reasons provided the face is fully visible from the chin to the forehead with no shadow across it. That is the principle the operator will be working from, and it is what we would prepare for. Treat it as reasoning from the standard the authority names, not as a quoted Azerbaijani rule, and expect the question to be settled at the counter.
Applying online
Azerbaijan has no photograph upload. The passport image and the fingerprints are captured with dedicated equipment at the issuing authority or inside an ASAN service centre, which is why no photograph appears on the national document list. Photographs are asked for only by some missions abroad, and then for the paper application form rather than for the passport page. The ASAN fee ladder as of September 2026 is 60 manat for ten working days, 120 for five days and 210 for one day for an adult, and 35 manat on the standard route for a child aged three to eighteen.
Questions about Azerbaijan photos
Is the form photograph the one that goes in my passport?
No. The Berlin mission says so in the same line that asks for it: the prints are for the application form, and the applicant is photographed at the consular section.
What does an Azerbaijani passport cost at each speed?
At an ASAN centre as of September 2026: 60 manat for an adult in ten working days, 120 in five days and 210 in one day, with 35 manat on the standard route for a child aged three to eighteen.
When can I use the two day emergency route?
For urgent medical treatment abroad or the death of a close relative, supported by documents from the health authorities or the foreign medical institution.
Does Azerbaijan publish a background colour for these photos?
No. Nothing we could reach names one, so our value is the ICAO norm the authorities refer to. That gap is part of why this file is marked secondary.
At what age do fingerprints start in Azerbaijan?
Fifteen. Fingerprints are taken at the same visit as the photograph, and not from citizens below that age.
What do I bring to an ASAN service centre?
Your identity card, the document showing the state fee is paid, and for an applicant under eighteen the consent of the parents or legal representatives. No photograph.
Where these numbers come from
Secondary sourceThe issuing authority does not publish these numbers in a form we can cite directly. They come from a reputable secondary source and are marked as such.
- Umumvetendas pasportlarinin resmilesdirilmesi qaydalari, Embassy of Azerbaijan in Berlinchecked September 2, 2026
- Umumvetendas pasportu, consular services of Azerbaijani missions abroadchecked September 2, 2026
- Umumvetendas pasportlarinin verilmesi ve deyisdirilmesi (ASAN service description)checked September 2, 2026
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