Greece passport photo: it depends on how you apply

Why

Applications at embassies abroad only · 2026-01-31

What the authority says

the photograph must be submitted in digital format through the myPhoto electronic service … printed facial photographs will be accepted at the latest until 31/01/2026 … [abroad] the photograph is either uploaded by the citizen to the special platform of the "Digital Service for Electronic Management of Consular Authorities", or is provided in physical form by the citizen, printed on analog photographic paper, without the use of household ink-jet or laser technology

Source — passport.gov.gr — Hellenic Police · Official page

What happens instead

A studio uploads the photo and issues you a code. You submit the code, not a photo.

How photos are submitted in Greece

Passport

Submission

• The photo can be taken at the application office.
  in Consular Authorities where appropriate and functional photographic equipment is installed, the photograph may be taken on site by the competent employee passport.gov.gr

If you hand in a printed photo

• Printed on photo-quality paper.
  printed on analog photographic paper passport.gov.gr

Rules the authority states for this photo

• Colour photo.
  color digital photograph passport.gov.gr
• The photo must meet the ICAO standard.
  in accordance with the technical specifications set out in ICAO document 9303 passport.gov.gr
• No uniforms.
  the person depicted must be wearing civilian clothing passport.gov.gr
• In Greece, the photo is submitted digitally through gov.gr's myPhoto service; abroad, it is uploaded to the Foreign Ministry's consular platform or handed in printed on analogue photo paper (no home inkjet or laser prints).
  In cases where the request is submitted within Greece, the photograph must be submitted in digital format through the myPhoto electronic service operating on the gov.gr portal. passport.gov.gr
  the photograph is either uploaded by the citizen to the special platform of the "Digital Service for Electronic Management of Consular Authorities" of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and submitted through this digital service, or is provided in physical form by the citizen, printed on analog photographic paper, without the use of household ink-jet or laser technology passport.gov.gr

Related tools and guides

• Lay out this photo on a 4×6, Letter or A4 print sheet