How To Upload Pic For Oci

Signature/Thumb Impression Specifications for OCI registration

An OCI awarding requires the applicant s to sign or place thumb impression on multiple places, applicant are requested to ensure that the signatures or thumb impressions have been placed where e'er required, for more details on Signatures/Thumb Impressions of the bidder kindly click here

Children below 5 years of age should place the thumb impression and children above 5 years of historic period should write their name or sign.

While uploading signatures on the application form please ensure the below:

Signature/ thumb impression should not be distorted (Stretched, conveying a background, pixilated, parts missing). Signature/Pollex impression should be with WHITE Groundwork but.
Uploaded signature/thumb impression should exactly match with the original signature/thumb impression placed on the application form. and with the passport copy submitted with the application (if applicable)

Photo Specifications for OCI registration

Based upon the specifications of the International Standards Organization (ISO) and ICAO, responsible for standardizing travel documents, the about of import requirement for a photograph is that the confront must be taken from a full frontal position and the height of the face must meet the prescribed specifications. The eyes must be open, level and clearly visible within the indicated expanse. The face should be centred within the frame. Please read the instructions below:

Sample Photo

The photograph should be in colour and of the size of two inch x 2 inch (51 mm x 51 mm).
The photo-print should be clear and with a continuous-tone quality.
It should have full face, front view, eyes open.
Photograph should present full head from top of hair to bottom of chin.
The background should be a apparently low-cal coloured background.
Center head within frame.
The background should be a plainly calorie-free coloured groundwork.
There should not be any distracting shadows on the face up or on the background.
Head coverings are not permitted except for religious reasons, simply the facial features from bottom of mentum to top of forehead and both edges of the face up must be conspicuously shown.
The expression on the face should look natural.

Do's and Don'ts for a Proper photo

The photo should capture full face, front view, with eyes open.
The head should be in the centre of the frame.
There should be no distracting shadows on the face or background.
Brand sure photo presents full head from peak of hair to bottom of chin; superlative of caput should measure ane inch to 1-3/8 inches (25 mm to 35 mm).
Make sure eye height is between one- 1/8 inches to 1-three.

Lighting on face up and background

The light should be fifty-fifty and balanced to avert shadows on the face.
Background behind the face should be properly illuminated to avert shadows in the background.

Photograph Print Properties

The photograph should be in size ii inch x ii inch (51 mm x 51 mm)
and in colour.Print photo on thin photo paper or stock.
Ensure the print is clear and has a continuous-tone quality.
Do not retouch or otherwise raise or soften the photo.

Resolution and Printing Quality

High-resolution photography and press are strongly recommended.
Both conventional and digital photography are acceptable, and conventional or digital printing methods may be used.
Resulting print should exhibit a continuous-tone quality regardless of the print method used (dye sublimation, inkjet, laser, etc.)

Digitally printed photos should be produced without visible pixels or dot patterns
Fine facial features should exist discernible.

Dissimilarity and Colour

Effulgence and dissimilarity should be adapted to nowadays the bailiwick and background accurately.
Photos without proper contrast or colour may obscure unique facial features.
Colour should reproduce natural skin tones.
Fluorescent or other lighting with unbalanced color may crusade unwanted color cast in the photograph.

Appropriate filters can eliminate improper colour balance.

Head & Optics- Position and Background

Caput should face the camera directly and should not tilt or turned (portrait manner).

Photo must show both edges of the face up clearly.
The eyes must be open, level and clearly visible and must not be covered by hair or eyeglass frames.

Eyeglasses

Photographs with any type of glasses/spectacles/sunglasses are not acceptable.
Caput coverings are not permitted except for religious reasons, but the facial features from bottom of mentum to top of forehead and both edges of the face must be clearly shown.

Exposure and Lighting

There should not be whatsoever over-exposure or underexposure which results in an unusable photo.
There should exist a 3-bespeak balanced lighting. Facial features should be clearly evident in the photo.

Lighting should be adapted to avert shadows on the face or background. Diffuse sources of light, such as umbrella lights, are preferable to point sources.

Flexibility in Children's photographs

Babies under one twelvemonth do not accept to have their eyes open.
Please ensure the position of the face is foursquare to camera, the
Facial expression is neutral, the eyes and the line of sight can have some relaxation. Nonetheless, a frontal photograph with clarity is required. Information technology should testify the child alone (no chair backs, toys or other people visible), looking at the camera with a neutral expression and the mouth closed.

Special attending –

Photographs uploaded digitally, should be

Without any distortion – confront should not appear elongated or pressed when compared with the actual photoPhoto should be uploaded in the upright position; applications with photos uploaded sideways or upside down will not exist accustomed.
Photo should be uploaded in the upright position; applications with photos uploaded sideways or upside downwardly will not be accepted.
Uploaded photograph should fill the 'photo upload' field completely, there should not be any empty/white space shown once the photo is uploaded. Any application with a photo covering only a part of the 'photo box' will not be accepted.