What is the SSC photo size?

SSC no longer takes a photo upload for exams like CGL, CHSL and MTS — your photograph is captured live through the camera inside the application form. Only your signature is uploaded: JPG, 140 × 60 px, between 10 KB and 20 KB.

How do I make my signature exactly 10–20 KB?

Use the SSC or IBPS preset in the resizer: it sets 140 × 60 px, walks the JPEG quality down until the file is under 20 KB, and if it falls below 10 KB it raises quality and pads the file invisibly so it lands inside the range — the picture itself does not change.

My photo is 2 MB. Can it really become 30 KB?

Yes. At form sizes (a few hundred pixels across) a phone photo carries far more data than the form can even display. Resizing to the exact pixels removes most of it, and quality adjustment does the rest — the face stays clearly recognisable.

Are my photo and signature uploaded to a server?

No. The resizer works inside your browser, so your identity documents never leave your device — important for documents you also use as ID proof.

Photo & Signature Size for Exam Forms — SSC, UPSC, IBPS, RRB, NEET

By Dinesh Singh · 23 October 2026 · PDF Prem Blog

More exam applications are rejected for a wrong photo or signature than for almost any other reason — and the portals rarely tell you which rule you broke. Below are the exact sizes the major exam bodies ask for, checked against recent official notifications (October 2026), and how to prepare files that pass the first time.

The size table — every major exam

Keep this table open while you fill your form. All files are JPG.

IBPS / SBI Bank: photo 200 × 230 px, 20–50 KB · signature 140 × 60 px, 10–20 KB
SSC (CGL / CHSL / MTS): photo is captured live inside the form — only the signature is uploaded: 140 × 60 px, 10–20 KB
UPSC (IAS / NDA / CDS): photo 350 × 350 px, 20–300 KB · signature 350 × 350 px, 20–300 KB (sign three times, one below the other, in black ink)
Railway RRB: photo 350 × 450 px, 20–70 KB · signature 140 × 60 px, 10–30 KB
NEET / JEE (NTA): photo 10–200 KB (passport ratio) · signature 4–30 KB

Exam bodies can change these numbers in a new notification — always match this table against the notice for your own exam cycle before submitting.

Why forms reject your upload

KB outside the range: too big is obvious, but too small also fails — a 6 KB signature is rejected where the minimum is 10 KB.
Wrong pixels: the file fits the KB range but the dimensions are not what the portal expects.
Wrong format: PNG or HEIC where only JPG is accepted.
Bad photo: dark room, cap or sunglasses, old photo, face too small in the frame.
Bad signature: touching the edges, written in capitals, on ruled paper, or so light the scan barely shows it.

How to prepare a file that passes

Take the photo in daylight against a plain light wall; sign on blank white paper with a black or blue pen.
Open the free Exam Form Photo Resizer and choose your exam — the exact pixels and KB are preset.
Upload the photo or signature; the tool centre-crops, resizes and fits the KB range automatically (it even lifts files that are below the minimum KB).
Download photo.jpg or signature.jpg and upload it to your form.

Try it now — free

Open the tool this guide is about. No sign-up, runs in your browser.

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Photo & Signature Size for Exam Forms — SSC, UPSC, IBPS, RRB, NEET

The size table — every major exam

Why forms reject your upload

How to prepare a file that passes

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