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SSC CGL photo and signature size

SSC rejects an upload without telling you which rule you missed, and the rules are not the same across every SSC exam — CGL, GD and the One Time Registration portal are all quoted differently. The reliable move is to take the numbers from the notification you are actually applying under, then set them exactly.

Check your own notification first. Sources do not agree here. Several give the SSC CGL photo as 275 x 354 pixels, while others quote 200 x 230 for SSC GD, and the One Time Registration portal is reported as 100 x 120 — with at least one source arguing that 200 x 230 belongs to IBPS and SBI rather than SSC at all. The signature is quoted as both 4 cm and 6 cm wide. Read your own notification before uploading.
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Photograph 🎯 Exam Photo Resizer
275 x 354 px · 20 – 50 KB · JPG
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Signature ✍️ Signature Resizer
140 x 60 px · 10 – 20 KB · JPG
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What resizing will not fix

Recent SSC applications also ask for a photograph captured live during the application, with a plain background, no cap and no spectacles. That capture happens on the SSC portal and cannot be done here — these tools are for the file you upload, where a file is what is asked for.

Have the notification in front of you?

Then you do not need the figures above at all. Copy the upload instructions straight out of it and paste them into the box on the home page — it reads the pixel sizes, the KB range and the DPI out of the text and sets the tools to exactly what your notification says. That is always right, even when a published figure has gone stale.

Notes on these figures

  • That pixel size is 3.5 cm x 4.5 cm at 200 DPI, which is where the number comes from.
  • Signature boxes are wide and short, so crop close to the strokes before resizing.
  • If a minimum KB is given, set it too — a clean photograph often compresses below it, and the tool pads the file to reach it without touching the picture.
  • Reading a size in centimetres? This guide shows how to convert it to pixels properly.

Figures last checked 2026-09-24, from:

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Questions

What is the photo size for SSC CGL?

The figure most widely reported is 275 x 354 pixels at 20 to 50 KB in JPEG, which is 3.5 cm x 4.5 cm at 200 DPI. Other SSC exams are quoted differently, so check the notification you are applying under.

Why do different websites give different sizes?

Because SSC publishes the specification inside each notification PDF rather than in one fixed place, and it varies by exam and by year. Sites copy from each other and the errors spread.

My photo is under the minimum size. What do I do?

Set the minimum as well as the maximum. The tool pads the file inside a JPEG comment block that every upload checker ignores, so the file reaches the minimum with the picture untouched.

Is my photo uploaded to your server?

No. Every tool here runs inside your browser, so your photograph and signature never leave your device.

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