What is the NEET UG photo size in KB?

JPG / JPEG, 10 to 200 KB. White background, 80% of the image area must be the candidate's face, ears visible, no mask. Read from Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded', dated 8 Feb 2026, on 29 Jul 2026.

How do I reduce a photo to under 200 KB for NEET UG?

Keep the pixel size the notice asks for and lower the JPEG quality until the file lands between 10 KB and 200 KB - that is the range National Testing Agency (NTA) accepts. The resizer on this page does exactly that: it draws your photo onto a the file's own pixel size, because the notice prints none canvas without cropping it, then binary-searches JPEG quality for the highest setting whose file still fits the range. Re-scanning at a lower DPI or fewer colours is the other route the notice itself suggests.

What is the NEET UG signature size in KB?

JPG / JPEG, 10 to 100 KB. The 2026 bulletin range is 10 to 100 KB.

Does NEET UG need a live photo as well as an uploaded one?

NEET (UG) 2026 takes both: a scanned passport-size photograph file, and a live photograph captured while the application form is being filled. The bulletin states the candidate "will have to upload his/her live photograph at the time of filling of the application form". Read from Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded', dated 8 Feb 2026, on 29 Jul 2026.

Does the NEET UG photo have to be recent?

Yes. The 2026 bulletin asks for a recent passport-size photograph taken after 01 January 2026. This is a real cut-off date, and it is specific to NEET - the JEE (Main) 2026 bulletin sets no equivalent rule. Read from Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded', dated 8 Feb 2026, on 29 Jul 2026.

Does the NEET UG photo need the name and date printed on it?

Not required by the 2026 bulletin. Its upload rules ask only for 80% face coverage against a white background; there is no line requiring the candidate's name or the date of the photograph to be printed on it. The full text of the bulletin was searched for such a rule and none exists - the requirement that many coaching sites still repeat is out of date for this cycle. Read from Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded', dated 8 Feb 2026, on 29 Jul 2026.

Which notification are these NEET UG specs from?

Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded', dated 8 Feb 2026. It was opened and read on 29 Jul 2026. The figures were read from that document itself.

NEET UG photo and signature size

National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (UG) 2026 · National Testing Agency (NTA)

NEET UG needs a photograph in JPG / JPEG, 10 to 200 KB, and a signature in JPG / JPEG, 10 to 100 KB. A live photograph is captured inside the form as well, and matched against the file you upload. Those figures are read from Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded', dated 8 Feb 2026, checked on 29 Jul 2026. The table below and the resizer on this page are generated from that one record, so the specification shown and the target the tool encodes to cannot disagree.

Source: Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded' (cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in), checked 29 Jul 2026.

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JPG / JPEG - 10 to 200 KB

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NEET UG upload specification

NEET UG photograph and signature upload specification: file, format, file size, dimensions and scan resolution
File	Format	File size	Dimensions	Scan resolution
Passport-size photograph	JPG / JPEG	10 to 200 KB	the file's own pixel size, because the notice prints none	Not specified
Signature	JPG / JPEG	10 to 100 KB	the file's own pixel size, because the notice prints none	Not specified
Left and right hand fingers and thumb impressions	JPG / JPEG	10 to 200 KB	the file's own pixel size, because the notice prints none	Not specified

Other NEET UG photograph rules printed in the same notice
Rule	What the notice says
Background and framing	White background, 80% of the image area must be the candidate's face, ears visible, no mask.
Name and date printed on the photo	Not required by the 2026 bulletin. Its upload rules ask only for 80% face coverage against a white background; there is no line requiring the candidate's name or the date of the photograph to be printed on it. The full text of the bulletin was searched for such a rule and none exists - the requirement that many coaching sites still repeat is out of date for this cycle.
How recent the photograph must be	Yes. The 2026 bulletin asks for a recent passport-size photograph taken after 01 January 2026. This is a real cut-off date, and it is specific to NEET - the JEE (Main) 2026 bulletin sets no equivalent rule.
How the photograph is taken	NEET (UG) 2026 takes both: a scanned passport-size photograph file, and a live photograph captured while the application form is being filled. The bulletin states the candidate "will have to upload his/her live photograph at the time of filling of the application form".

What the notice adds, file by file

Passport-size photograph: May be colour or black and white.
Passport-size photograph: Must have been taken after 01 January 2026.
Passport-size photograph: The bulletin fixes the KB range and the face-coverage rule but prints no pixel dimensions.
Signature: The 2026 bulletin range is 10 to 100 KB.
Left and right hand fingers and thumb impressions: Both hands are uploaded for NEET (UG).
Left and right hand fingers and thumb impressions: The 2026 bulletin contradicts itself on this one file. The spec list gives 10 to 200 KB; a later page, under its own heading, gives 50 to 300 KB. Both figures are printed in the same official document and neither is marked as superseding the other. An image between 50 and 200 KB satisfies both readings, which is the safest target to aim for.

Also in this notice

The 4" x 6" postcard-size photograph is not an upload for NEET (UG) 2026. The bulletin asks candidates to carry one postcard-size colour photograph with a white background to the centre, to be pasted on the proforma printed with the admit card, plus 4 to 6 identical passport-size copies.
Certificates uploaded alongside (Class X, category, PwBD, address proof) are PDFs of 50 to 300 KB.

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Where these figures come from

Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded'

Document date: 8 Feb 2026
Read on: 29 Jul 2026
Status: Read from the official PDF

Document: https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s37bc1ec1d9c3426357e69acd5bf320061/uploads/2026/02/202602081576322299.pdf

Who lands on this page

The neet.nta.nic.in upload gate rejected a file and the exact KB range is needed.
A scan is larger than the ceiling National Testing Agency (NTA) sets and has to come down without changing the pixel size.
A NEET UG form asks for passport-size photograph, signature, left and right hand fingers and thumb impressions and each one has a different limit.
A specification found on a coaching site needs checking against the notification it claims to quote.

How the resizer hits the target

Pick the file you are fixing: NEET UG accepts passport-size photograph, signature, left and right hand fingers and thumb impressions.
Choose the scan or photo from the device. It is decoded in the browser and never uploaded.
The image is drawn onto a white canvas with its aspect ratio kept, so nothing is cropped or stretched. Canvas size: the file's own pixel size, because the notice prints none.
A binary search over JPEG quality finds the highest quality whose encoded file still sits between 10 KB and 200 KB.
Check the pass or fail line for each rule, then download the JPEG and upload it at neet.nta.nic.in.

How this page is built

The spec and the tool are the same record: The table above and the resizer preset are generated from one entry, so the NEET UG target shown is the target the tool encodes to.
Every row is dated: Each figure carries the document it came from (Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded') and the date that document was read (29 Jul 2026), so a row that goes out of date reads as a dated fact rather than a wrong one.
The file never leaves the device: Decoding, resizing and JPEG encoding all happen in the browser through a canvas; nothing is uploaded to a server.
The size is searched, not guessed: A binary search over JPEG quality finds the highest quality whose encoded size still sits inside the range, then reports the size, the quality and the number of steps it took.

Questions people ask about the NEET UG photo size

What is the NEET UG photo size in KB?: JPG / JPEG, 10 to 200 KB. White background, 80% of the image area must be the candidate's face, ears visible, no mask. Read from Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded', dated 8 Feb 2026, on 29 Jul 2026.
How do I reduce a photo to under 200 KB for NEET UG?: Keep the pixel size the notice asks for and lower the JPEG quality until the file lands between 10 KB and 200 KB - that is the range National Testing Agency (NTA) accepts. The resizer on this page does exactly that: it draws your photo onto a the file's own pixel size, because the notice prints none canvas without cropping it, then binary-searches JPEG quality for the highest setting whose file still fits the range. Re-scanning at a lower DPI or fewer colours is the other route the notice itself suggests.
What is the NEET UG signature size in KB?: JPG / JPEG, 10 to 100 KB. The 2026 bulletin range is 10 to 100 KB.
Does NEET UG need a live photo as well as an uploaded one?: NEET (UG) 2026 takes both: a scanned passport-size photograph file, and a live photograph captured while the application form is being filled. The bulletin states the candidate "will have to upload his/her live photograph at the time of filling of the application form". Read from Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded', dated 8 Feb 2026, on 29 Jul 2026.
Does the NEET UG photo have to be recent?: Yes. The 2026 bulletin asks for a recent passport-size photograph taken after 01 January 2026. This is a real cut-off date, and it is specific to NEET - the JEE (Main) 2026 bulletin sets no equivalent rule. Read from Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded', dated 8 Feb 2026, on 29 Jul 2026.
Does the NEET UG photo need the name and date printed on it?: Not required by the 2026 bulletin. Its upload rules ask only for 80% face coverage against a white background; there is no line requiring the candidate's name or the date of the photograph to be printed on it. The full text of the bulletin was searched for such a rule and none exists - the requirement that many coaching sites still repeat is out of date for this cycle. Read from Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded', dated 8 Feb 2026, on 29 Jul 2026.
Which notification are these NEET UG specs from?: Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded', dated 8 Feb 2026. It was opened and read on 29 Jul 2026. The figures were read from that document itself.

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  author       = {{AltFTool}},
  title        = {{NEET UG photo and signature size}},
  year         = {2026},
  month        = {jul},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.altftool.com/exam-photo/neet-ug}},
  note         = {Notification read on 2026-07-29. Source: Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded' (issued 2026-02-08): \url{https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s37bc1ec1d9c3426357e69acd5bf320061/uploads/2026/02/202602081576322299.pdf}.}
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Read from the official PDF. Cite Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded' alongside this page - where the notice and this page disagree, the notice governs.

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NEET UG photo and signature size

National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (UG) 2026 · National Testing Agency (NTA)

Source: Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded' (cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in), checked 29 Jul 2026.

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Which file are you fixing?

Your passport-size photograph file

Target from the notice

JPG / JPEG - 10 to 200 KB

File size produced

—

10 to 200 KB is what the notice allows

Canvas: —
JPEG quality found: —
Search steps: —
Pixel size comes from: —

NEET UG upload specification

NEET UG photograph and signature upload specification: file, format, file size, dimensions and scan resolution
File	Format	File size	Dimensions	Scan resolution
Passport-size photograph	JPG / JPEG	10 to 200 KB	the file's own pixel size, because the notice prints none	Not specified
Signature	JPG / JPEG	10 to 100 KB	the file's own pixel size, because the notice prints none	Not specified
Left and right hand fingers and thumb impressions	JPG / JPEG	10 to 200 KB	the file's own pixel size, because the notice prints none	Not specified

Other NEET UG photograph rules printed in the same notice
Rule	What the notice says
Background and framing	White background, 80% of the image area must be the candidate's face, ears visible, no mask.
Name and date printed on the photo	Not required by the 2026 bulletin. Its upload rules ask only for 80% face coverage against a white background; there is no line requiring the candidate's name or the date of the photograph to be printed on it. The full text of the bulletin was searched for such a rule and none exists - the requirement that many coaching sites still repeat is out of date for this cycle.
How recent the photograph must be	Yes. The 2026 bulletin asks for a recent passport-size photograph taken after 01 January 2026. This is a real cut-off date, and it is specific to NEET - the JEE (Main) 2026 bulletin sets no equivalent rule.
How the photograph is taken	NEET (UG) 2026 takes both: a scanned passport-size photograph file, and a live photograph captured while the application form is being filled. The bulletin states the candidate "will have to upload his/her live photograph at the time of filling of the application form".

What the notice adds, file by file

Passport-size photograph: May be colour or black and white.
Passport-size photograph: Must have been taken after 01 January 2026.
Passport-size photograph: The bulletin fixes the KB range and the face-coverage rule but prints no pixel dimensions.
Signature: The 2026 bulletin range is 10 to 100 KB.
Left and right hand fingers and thumb impressions: Both hands are uploaded for NEET (UG).
Left and right hand fingers and thumb impressions: The 2026 bulletin contradicts itself on this one file. The spec list gives 10 to 200 KB; a later page, under its own heading, gives 50 to 300 KB. Both figures are printed in the same official document and neither is marked as superseding the other. An image between 50 and 200 KB satisfies both readings, which is the safest target to aim for.

Also in this notice

The 4" x 6" postcard-size photograph is not an upload for NEET (UG) 2026. The bulletin asks candidates to carry one postcard-size colour photograph with a white background to the centre, to be pasted on the proforma printed with the admit card, plus 4 to 6 identical passport-size copies.
Certificates uploaded alongside (Class X, category, PwBD, address proof) are PDFs of 50 to 300 KB.

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Where these figures come from

Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded'

Document date: 8 Feb 2026
Read on: 29 Jul 2026
Status: Read from the official PDF

Document: https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s37bc1ec1d9c3426357e69acd5bf320061/uploads/2026/02/202602081576322299.pdf

Who lands on this page

The neet.nta.nic.in upload gate rejected a file and the exact KB range is needed.
A scan is larger than the ceiling National Testing Agency (NTA) sets and has to come down without changing the pixel size.
A NEET UG form asks for passport-size photograph, signature, left and right hand fingers and thumb impressions and each one has a different limit.
A specification found on a coaching site needs checking against the notification it claims to quote.

How the resizer hits the target

Pick the file you are fixing: NEET UG accepts passport-size photograph, signature, left and right hand fingers and thumb impressions.
Choose the scan or photo from the device. It is decoded in the browser and never uploaded.
The image is drawn onto a white canvas with its aspect ratio kept, so nothing is cropped or stretched. Canvas size: the file's own pixel size, because the notice prints none.
A binary search over JPEG quality finds the highest quality whose encoded file still sits between 10 KB and 200 KB.
Check the pass or fail line for each rule, then download the JPEG and upload it at neet.nta.nic.in.

How this page is built

The spec and the tool are the same record: The table above and the resizer preset are generated from one entry, so the NEET UG target shown is the target the tool encodes to.
Every row is dated: Each figure carries the document it came from (Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded') and the date that document was read (29 Jul 2026), so a row that goes out of date reads as a dated fact rather than a wrong one.
The file never leaves the device: Decoding, resizing and JPEG encoding all happen in the browser through a canvas; nothing is uploaded to a server.
The size is searched, not guessed: A binary search over JPEG quality finds the highest quality whose encoded size still sits inside the range, then reports the size, the quality and the number of steps it took.

Questions people ask about the NEET UG photo size

What is the NEET UG photo size in KB?: JPG / JPEG, 10 to 200 KB. White background, 80% of the image area must be the candidate's face, ears visible, no mask. Read from Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded', dated 8 Feb 2026, on 29 Jul 2026.
How do I reduce a photo to under 200 KB for NEET UG?: Keep the pixel size the notice asks for and lower the JPEG quality until the file lands between 10 KB and 200 KB - that is the range National Testing Agency (NTA) accepts. The resizer on this page does exactly that: it draws your photo onto a the file's own pixel size, because the notice prints none canvas without cropping it, then binary-searches JPEG quality for the highest setting whose file still fits the range. Re-scanning at a lower DPI or fewer colours is the other route the notice itself suggests.
What is the NEET UG signature size in KB?: JPG / JPEG, 10 to 100 KB. The 2026 bulletin range is 10 to 100 KB.
Does NEET UG need a live photo as well as an uploaded one?: NEET (UG) 2026 takes both: a scanned passport-size photograph file, and a live photograph captured while the application form is being filled. The bulletin states the candidate "will have to upload his/her live photograph at the time of filling of the application form". Read from Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded', dated 8 Feb 2026, on 29 Jul 2026.
Does the NEET UG photo have to be recent?: Yes. The 2026 bulletin asks for a recent passport-size photograph taken after 01 January 2026. This is a real cut-off date, and it is specific to NEET - the JEE (Main) 2026 bulletin sets no equivalent rule. Read from Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded', dated 8 Feb 2026, on 29 Jul 2026.
Does the NEET UG photo need the name and date printed on it?: Not required by the 2026 bulletin. Its upload rules ask only for 80% face coverage against a white background; there is no line requiring the candidate's name or the date of the photograph to be printed on it. The full text of the bulletin was searched for such a rule and none exists - the requirement that many coaching sites still repeat is out of date for this cycle. Read from Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded', dated 8 Feb 2026, on 29 Jul 2026.
Which notification are these NEET UG specs from?: Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded', dated 8 Feb 2026. It was opened and read on 29 Jul 2026. The figures were read from that document itself.

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Author and publisher

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Notification read on

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Underlying source

Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded' — issued 8 February 2026cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s37bc1ec1d9c3426357e69acd5bf320061/uploads/2026/02/202602081576322299.pdf

APA

AltFTool. (2026, July 29). NEET UG photo and signature size. https://www.altftool.com/exam-photo/neet-ug

MLA

"NEET UG photo and signature size." AltFTool, 29 July 2026, www.altftool.com/exam-photo/neet-ug.

BibTeX

@misc{altftool-exam-photo-neet-ug,
  author       = {{AltFTool}},
  title        = {{NEET UG photo and signature size}},
  year         = {2026},
  month        = {jul},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.altftool.com/exam-photo/neet-ug}},
  note         = {Notification read on 2026-07-29. Source: Information Bulletin NEET (UG) 2026, 'Scanned images and documents to be uploaded' (issued 2026-02-08): \url{https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s37bc1ec1d9c3426357e69acd5bf320061/uploads/2026/02/202602081576322299.pdf}.}
}

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