PAN card (NSDL / UTIITSL) photo & signature — exact size, ready to upload
PAN applications (new and correction) take a 3.5 × 2.5 cm colour photo and a 2 × 4.5 cm signature, each under 50 KB as JPEG (UTIITSL allows up to 100 KB). iPhone HEIC files are the most common failure — ExamPic outputs real JPEG.
What the PAN card (NSDL / UTIITSL) portal checks
- Photo JPEG, 3.5 cm tall × 2.5 cm wide (the size on Form 49A) — 197 × 276 px at 200 DPI; 20–50 KB fits every PAN portal cap
- Signature JPEG under 50 KB, 2 × 4.5 cm
- Supporting documents PDF, typically under 300 KB
- HEIC / WebP are rejected; the file must be a real JPEG
Sizes on this page follow the latest published guidance and exam-prep consensus; the portal's own notification for your cycle always wins — type its numbers into the tool if they differ.
How to do it
- Pick the tab for the file you need — the size and KB window are set for you.
- Select the image from your phone. For photos, a plain white wall behind you; for signatures, thumbs and declarations, white paper in daylight.
- Leave Clean on so the paper turns pure white and the ink stays dark.
- Press Make it. The badge turns green when the file is inside the window. Download, then use the "Next" links for the other files.
Questions
Portrait or landscape photo?
Portrait — 2.5 cm wide × 3.5 cm high, the size Form 49A asks for. ExamPic uses 197 × 276 px (width × height), which is that size at 200 DPI.
Signature inside a box?
Yes: sign inside a 2 × 4.5 cm box on white paper, photograph, and let the clean option whiten the paper.
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