OCI Application | Prepare Photo & Signature images for upload with Paint 3D and Paint on Windows PC

During the OCI Application process either for a new card or for a renewal of an existing card, one is required to upload images of photograph and signature. The uploaded images need to be of certain dimensions, adhere to a certain height / width ratio and be within a particular size.
If you are on a Windows PC, you can use the Paint 3D and Paint software which come pre-loaded with Windows 10, to work on your scanned photograph and signature images to crop them to appropriate dimensions and make them ready for upload. This video demonstrates how you can do so.

[@keethuvish]

Thank you Sir, Much Appreciated. Even educated persons are baffled by the OCI guidelines.

[@PSDara-jf6fw]

GOD BLESS YOU!!!!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!
You are such an outstanding instructor and are providing much-needed help with this procedure. Your step-by-step instructions can be understood and followed by anyone. Please, please keep this posting alive. I've recommended it to all my friends here in Atlanta. Again, God bless you and thank you so much!!!!! (June 2022)

[@ashishn77]

Sir, you are THE BEST. Your presentation makes the whole process seems like a cake walk.

[@srikanthml9999]

Fantastic video Subraman!! Very clear and precise. Makes most of the jobs a lot easier while preparing these photos for OCI registration/renewal. Brilliant work and thank you.

[@sachinmainkar]

Fantastic video. Extremely helpful. I was just reading through the conditions of OCI, etc. and was wondering how I can prepare the photo and signature. This video came to the rescue. Thank you very very much Sir, for your excellent work.

[@mensancollection1879]

Thank you! Extremely helpful, i did spent crazy amount of time to upload a signature in OCI! thanks again.

[@shachinachi]

Big big thanks to you. Without your video I could not have figured out how to do this pic for OCI card. I received my card . Without your help it felt like impossible task for a person not that tech savvy like me 😟

[@BP-fl2qf]

Thank you very much for precise instructions. Much appreciated.

[@1600kk]

I was frustrated by getting a message “Invalid signature “ but your video did the trick!! thank you sir

[@saajanchhaya8187]

Thanks for instructions, really helpful. However they have now changed the dimension requirement
The height and width of the Applicant Photo must be equal.
The minimum dimensions are 200 pixels (width) x 200 pixels (height).
The maximum dimensions are 1500 pixels (width) x 1500 pixels (height).
The height and width of the Signature Photo must have aspect ratio 1:3
The minimum dimensions are 200 pixels (width) x 67 pixels (height).
The maximum dimensions are 1500 pixels (width) x 500 pixels (height).

[@rgadi3]

Very helpful video! even though the pixel rules have changed the technique simplifies it and saves hours of time and frustration. Thank you !

[@mridulkumarsharma8646]

Well done, deserves a thunderous applause Mr. Sharma for explaining so clearly. Hope I could upload the picture. Thanks a million

[@logandakshi2087]

Thank you very much Mr. Subraman for taking your time to provide this detailed instructions.

[@jaspreetbanwait9913]

Very helpful tutorial! I was struggling and luckily found this video that rescued me!

[@dakshitatakodra9922]

This was the clearest best video around. Thank you sooo much

[@sabysreya]

Very clearly explained from layman's perspective!! Thank you again!!

[@sharangpatil9633]

Sir, thanks a lot for precise instructions. We are not familiar with cropping and validating in pixels (or aspect ratio), so this video is extremely helpful.

[@questionableEQ]

Thanks Brother. This video came very handy for me today. Awesome help you are!

[@harbandkaur7271]

Good one - saved my day - keep it up - helps lot of people even the literate ones !!!

[@sachinmainkar]

Hello Sir, Thank you for this most helpful video. It was a life saver. I was able to prepare my photographs and signatures using your precise guidelines. Thanks again and Best Regards.

[@sheelagandhi4496]

Many thanks sir.I was looking into this how to crop to correct pixel size signature and photo. Your video coming so helpful.

[@swapniljariwalasparta]

Well explained with all the details, great work. Thank you!

[@KuldeepKaur-cn7dq]

Thank you very much Sir! Clear explanation and made life a bit easier. Much appreciated 😊

[@janakpatel9034]

Very good information explained in simple manner. Awesome

[@alishalysinger8141]

Thank you for the very clear and precise video.

[@puneetsohi]

super helpful. thank you for making such a detailed video!

[@rahulsubhedar]

Thank you Subraman. Very helpful

[@sajidabegum3472]

I usually dont comment but this was very helpful. Thank you very much

[@siminfy1]

I cannot thank you enough! Detailed and precise!

[@basantkukreja4765]

Thank you for the detailed instructions. Really helpful.

[@vgk11]

Great Video. Thank You!

[@lovemath101]

Excellent video, such great step by step guidance. Was extremely helpful! Thanks so much!

[@manpreetdhillon9460]

Very helpful video. Thank you so much for explaining this so thoroughly

[@shivappakonadi2291]

Thank you sir for the Video. Its really helpful while preparing photo and signature for OCI card application.

[@aboliphadke]

Thanks for sharing! Really appreciated detailed instructions 🙏🏼

[@mridulsharma8913]

Thank you for explaining brilliantly, when it came to doing I was clean board. Would very much appreciate if you could help me sort out the following. First I should share with you what I have. 1. Mac mini 2018 model, 2.Latest laptop with window 11. and a printer HP Laser Jet Professional M 1217, prints in black.
1. Is not having window 10 an impediment? If not how to do the job you explained so nicely, on window 11
2. How to scan on my printer, do you think my coloured photo would come in black and white since I don’t have coloured printer.
3. Scanning feature on my printer seems to have disappeared, or very likely my incompetency is working on 100% potency. Thank you.

[@annyj2022]

Cant thank you enough! Your instructions were really valuable!

[@sagarpatel6165]

This video is very helpful. Thank you for sharing!

[@Bluffmaster1]

Thanks for posting this video! much appreciated!

[@madhumadhu-bc4vq]

Great and very useful Video Bro.... Thank you for posting this Video.

[@singhnirmal2007]

Your video really helped. Great job explaining step by step! I was struggling to add my signature and was very frustrated by getting a message “Invalid signature “ .

[@JS-br3ex]

Very useful...Thank you so much

[@aartiparmar7659]

Thanks for the instructions... this video was helpful!

[@scandinavian4110]

hi, very good vide. Sir you forgot to inform one step while we checked the size in paint is ok. Before save as we must press crop one else JPEG size is too large as it is also taking the background into image consideration

[@salu190]

thanks this was very hlepful ,quick question: the application says " Please provide 2 most recent passport size color photos (not older than 6 months) of the applicant (hard copies).
• Photos must be 2-inch x 2-inch in size, in color, depicting front pose against a white/ plain light (pale) background with dark colored dress on photographic paper.
• The physical photo must be affixed on the physical application form and the digital photo must be uploaded on Govt. form online. The physical and uploaded photograph must be identical" , if I am using an existing old digital pic, how to work around this requirement?

[@MenTriv]

Thank you so much!

[@megata6184]

Thank you

[@vaniarvind2011]

Thank you ever so much for this wonderful video, and my oci made easy

[@JarivLetap]

Thank you!

[@salilsharma577]

Thank you for the informative topic.

[@rpan5441]

Many thanks. Very well explained

[@BharatSwaabhiman]

Good educating video. Correct me if i am wrong, The max height restriction is 500 pixels as of today, not 300.

[@ranimehta9536]

In case of minor OCI renwal residing in India, what needs to be uploaded for signature

[@deepjill4981]

Do we need any photos for paper form for the appointment after uploading photo and signature online.

[@vikrambhoja2968]

Hello Subraman can you please advise. My daughter is filling form to renew her OCI card after completing 20 years of age. There is a question on the form that asks... Have you surrendered /got your previous overseas citizen of India card cancelled. We had to get her card renewed back in 2015 as she had new passport. So her old card was cancelled at that time. Do we have to say yes for the above question and give them the details of that old card
Please advise thank you

[@vikr4m]

Thanks.

[@jthomas995]

Thank you so much Sir. This is really helpful.

[@krishnasrinivasan7541]

Excellent video. Thanks a lot.

[@travelpagol1209]

Hi i am Indian citizen, My wife is applying oci from her own country and i am residing in another country for work. Do i need to present there ( my wife country physically ) for her or my sons application?

[@salilsharma577]

Thanks

[@alwysrite]

photo paint shows 1200 x 1200 pixels ? is that ok?

[@Meeta78]

Thank you very much for this very useful video

[@nazaretd]

I read somewhere that the background cannot be white is this true? Thanks in advance.

[@pelathope]

Excellently done. (Is any country in the world ask this kind of high tech input from lay customers, for any purpose? Part of departmental easy to do business initiative I think.)

[@ngandhiusa]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@shachinachi]

really very helpful. thank you for sharing.

[@samk.varughese2445]

Thanks for this very helpful video.

[@shravanthisuresh5593]

super helpful, thanks!

[@diptimatharu1690]

Thanks a lot! Really helpful.

[@sradj1]

Thank you for this helpful video

[@lillytheis9446]

Very Helpul. Thank you.

[@ankurbaniya]

Hi Subraman thanks for wonderful content you are sharing . I generated digitial photo and signature using same size and pixels as you mentioned .But when I am trying to paste physical photo on top of digital photo in OCI application form ,its not overlapping because size of digital photo embedded on OCI application form is 1.5*1.5 but physcial photo is 2*2. Is this fine or something wrong happened from my end ? please suggest

[@bobyphysio]

Great video .. Bhai .. thank you 🙏

[@sundew6528]

Thank you, it was a big help

[@paulhamley3978]

I obtained my OCI 2 years ago when I was 58 yrs old. I renewed my passport April 2021. Do I need to renew my OCI

[@bennythomas133]

Sir I followed the steps but when I upload I get an error message that says file name or format not valid. Do you have any idea why?

[@neerajsharma7860]

COULD HAVE NOT BEEN BETTER. WELL DONE

[@sansaw1]

Thanks !! very useful

[@lakhbirsingh3077]

Thank you very much!

[@anilkamath7922]

Thanks a lot

[@ramendrasir]

Awesome..i could do it easily :)

[@lovepeaceandhappiness]

Thanks a lot for help 😊

[@sheelagandhi4496]

Hello sir. Thanks for the video. I need help with documents size. How to make 500kb size. Thanks

[@subraman9436]

Hello Sheela. Sorry but I did not see your message in a timely manner. Scan at a lower dpi to reduce size of documents. 200 dpi usually works well or try 100 dpi if that does not work. Hope this is helpful.

[@simi23]

thank you!!!

[@sandyperth1983]

thanks
It work for me

[@svenkat2006]

First we have to upload the photo in online application, then print the application and attach the photo print 3 in x 3 in. to it. This is the process in Canada. You might have it different in USA. You uploaded it, how to get the print. Which paper we can use for it to look like as if it is taken from a photo studio. The photo prints are very expensive. For last visa application they asked me to pay 26 dollars for digital file and another 26 dollars for printout, this is very expensive. I want to apply for OCI and they say I have to take another photo and pay 52 dollars plus 13 % tax. This is stupid. Photo studios in USA and Canada are robbing customers like this. If you could give the paper we can use on printer or any other resource where we can upload the photo and get the paper prints that would be helpful.

[@salu190]

I have the same question :)

[@ericibrahimkabwita5728]

I have an enquiry about this matter

[@namita9031]

Great video wat i dont get is why does indian govt have to make it so complicated ridiculous

[@ujjwaldatta6713]

Thank you

[@stumblingmywaytoindependence]

Thank you