SSC (Staff Selection Commission) Photo & Signature Size

6.0 cm or 4.0 cm?

Five SSC notices (CGL, CHSL, CPO, Selection Post and Hindi Translators) say 6.0 cm wide in the main instructions but 4.0 cm in an annexure. The main instructions, the GD notice and the form itself all say about 6.0 × 2.0 cm, so use that.

A signature SSC won't reject

• Draw a box about 6 cm wide and 2 cm high on white paper and sign inside it, so your signature fills at least 80% of the box — SSC's own advice.
• Sign straight across, not on a slant; the form asks for a horizontal signature.
• Keep it sharp: blurred or tiny signatures are rejected.
• SSC doesn't specify an ink colour; dark ink on white paper scans clearest.
• Candidates with visual disability (PwD-VH) may use a thumb impression (CGL, Hindi Translators and Selection Post notices).

The live photo

When the form asks, sit facing the camera:

• good light and a plain background;
• camera at eye level, looking straight ahead;
• your face fully inside the outline on screen;
• no cap, mask, glasses or earphones.

Never point the camera at a printed photo. SSC rejects applications where the photo is a picture of an existing photograph.

SSC's most common photo rejections: no plain background, wearing a cap, no shirt, not bright enough, blurred.

On exam day you should look like your photo.

Applying with Aadhaar authentication

SSC says applications made with Aadhaar-based authentication are not rejected because of the photo or signature format. The Constable (GD) notice does not repeat this exception for the photo, so don't rely on it there.

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