Austria passport photo requirements 2026 — Bezirksamt checklist
Every Austrian biometric passport-photo rule — 32-36 mm face, light grey background, no glasses, 300 DPI. How Austria differs from Germany.
What Austrian authorities check
Austrian biometric passport and ID-card photos follow the spec on oesterreich.gv.at. The spec mirrors Germany's (32–36 mm face, light grey background, no glasses) but with 300 DPI minimum (not 600). A German-spec photo passes in Austria, but an Austrian one might be marginal in Germany. Live spec on our Austria passport photo page.
The numbers
- Print size: 35 × 45 mm.
- Face height: 32–36 mm (chin to crown). Same as Germany.
- Resolution: 300 DPIminimum. Lower than Germany's 600 — reflects the Austrian scanner generation.
- Background: light grey, uniform.
- Maximum age: 6 months.
- No glasses — even fully transparent frames are rejected. Same rule as Germany.
Where you submit it
Reisepass and Personalausweis are issued by your Bezirksamt (in Vienna: Magistratisches Bezirksamt). Book via your local government portal — no national appointment system. Some Bezirksämter also offer the digital photo path at 300 DPI.
Take it at home
Daylight, plain light-grey or white wall, phone at eye level. Our AI measures face height in mm, crops to the Austrian 32–36 mm window, replaces the background with light grey, and ships at 300 DPI — start your Austrian passport photo.