PAN Card (NSDL / Protean & UTIITSL) Photo & Signature Size
Online PAN application (Form 49A/49AA via Protean-NSDL or UTIITSL). Photo 3.5×2.5 cm (height×width) colour JPEG at 200 DPI, max 20 KB; signature 2×4.5 cm JPEG at 200 DPI, max 10 KB. Application methods can differ, so confirm the current instructions for the route you use.
Reviewed by Jaspal Kumar, easyPhoto developer
Verified 11 Jun 2026Protean (NSDL e-Gov) PAN instructions
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- File size
- under 20 KB
- Dimensions
- 197×276 px
- Aspect
- 2.5 : 3.5
- Format
- JPEG
Signature requirement
- File size
- under 10 KB
- Dimensions
- 354×157 px
- Format
- JPEG
- Ink
- Confirm current notice
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Read the PAN card photo size guide and photo limits across Indian government IDs.
Application-specific notes for PAN Card
- PAN specifies a scan resolution rather than a pixel canvas: the photograph, signature and supporting documents are all to be scanned at 200 DPI. That is a property of how you digitise the original, so scan at that setting rather than upscaling a smaller file afterwards.
- Online submission through this route depends on holding a valid Digital Signature Certificate issued by an authorised Certifying Authority in India. Without one, the application follows a different path, and no photo preparation changes that.
- A PAN application submitted on paper takes printed photographs affixed to the form rather than an upload, and the two routes are not interchangeable. Decide which you are using before preparing anything: a file scanned at 200 DPI for the online route is not the same artefact as a print you paste on a form.
- 200 DPI is a scanning setting rather than a property you can add afterwards. Scanning the published 3.5 cm-high x 2.5 cm-wide photograph at 200 DPI produces roughly 197 x 276 pixels (width x height); re-tagging a smaller file to 200 DPI leaves it the same file with a different label.
About this application
A PAN card application (Form 49A or 49AA) can be filed through Protean (formerly NSDL e-Gov) or UTIITSL. This preset records the linked Protean instructions; confirm the current photo and signature fields on the application route you use.