Hong Kong Octopus Card Photo

Get a correct photo for your personalised Hong Kong Octopus Card in 3 seconds! No need to go anywhere, you can take the photo with your phone!

Hong Kong Octopus Card Photo Requirements

If you want to have and use the personalised Octopus card with your name and photo, you have to submit a picture of yourself that meets the requirements about the size, crop, background, etc. The list of requirements may look long but with our Hong Kong SAR Octopus Card Photo Guidelines you have everything in one place. Read our guidelines and learn more about the Octopus Photos’

• size
• composition and crop
• correct pose
• background
• colors and lights
• allowed and forbidden items

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Take your Hong Kong Octopus Card picture on your own by phone!

You must apply for your Octopus Card in-person. It means that your photo needs to be printed but there is no requirement of taking it in a professional photography studio or a photo booth. You can use your smartphone, digital camera or tablet (webcams are not suitable).

Candidates who take Octopus Card photos by themselves want to be sure that they attach a 100% correct picture. In order to do it, download a Hong Kong Octopus card photo generator you will be able to easily crop, resize, change the background and verify your photo. If the application marks the image as correct, you may be 100% of approval by customer service. This based on artificial intelligence Octopus Photo Maker enables you to create your perfect picture with no rush, to try different outfits and hairstyles and save your time and money!

Hong Kong SAR Octopus Card photo size (dimensions in mm and inches)

The required size of the HKSAR Octopus Card photo is 40 mm x 50 mm (width x height). In inches, this is: 1,5’’ x 2’’. Are worried that you are not able to produce a properly sized image? This is easy if you use the HK Octopus Photo Resizer!

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Hong Kong Octopus Card Picture Crop and Composition

The photo dedicated to the Octopus Card can not be a cut down version of a larger picture. It must be a passport-style photo and close-up. In the image all your head captured en-face must be visibly seen as well as the neck and the upper part of your shoulders.

Leave 3-5 mm of the space between the top of the head and the upper edge of the photo. The correct head’s image (from the top of the head to the chin) must measure 32 mm to 36 mm. Moreover, you must:

• put your head in the central spot of the image
• be looking straight at the camera
• not tilt your head

Background in the Hong Kong Octopus Card Image

Background on the Hong Kong Octopus Card picture must be uniquely white (free of patterns, shadows and any other objects). If you find it difficult to get, use a tool removing the incorrect background and changing it into the required white. Keep in mind that if your photo’s background is not plain and white, your application for the Octopus Card might be rejected because of the wrong picture.

Colours and lights

The colours in the Octopus Card Photo must be real. Your skin and eyes tones must be reflected naturally, that is why you must not submit a black and white of colour filtered photo.

Moreover, the candidate's face in the picture must be evenly illuminated on both sides. There must not be any shadows or difference in tone on your skin.

Our tip nr 1: don’t use a flash lamp because it causes glares on the skin and sometimes may provoke a “red eyes effect” - when the eyes look unnaturally red.

Tip nr 2: the best light is the daylight. We advise you to capture a photo during the day with natural light. 

How to do it correctly? Face the window keeping the distance 1,5-2 m from the camera or use the strong but distracted light source which is positioned exactly in front of you.

Can I smile in the HKSAR (Hong Kong) Octopus Card photo?

Yes, you are allowed to smile naturally, but only with your mouths. Do not exaggerate - don't show teeth if you want to smile. Photos with large smiles and open mouth will be rejected. The “safest” option is to keep a neutral facial expression. Just look straightly at the camera, close but don’t tighten your mouth and don’t blink.

Head covering

Fashion headgears such as caps, hats or headbands are forbidden in the Octopus Card Photo whereas head covering used as a part of a religious attire may be worn in the passport or visa picture. So, you can decide to keep your head covering (like hijab, turban or yarmulke etc.) but make sure that your head covering does not obscure your face oval because in such a case your picture will not be accepted. Your facial features including front and chin must be clearly visible in the photo. For a proper contrast, wear headgear in color contrasting to the background.

Hairstyle and beard

There is no contraindication to having hair down in the Hong Kong Octopus Card photo, just put it behind your ears as the hair must not cover your face. Wear your hair up if you have a voluminous hairstyle because it must be 3-5 mm space left between the top of your head and the edge of the photo. If you have a beard, you can pose with it.

Eyeglasses and sunglasses

This is not forbidden to keep your everyday eyeglasses in the photo for the picture dedicated to Hong Kong Octopus Card. Be informed that their frames must not cover your eyes or drop the shadow, neither glare on your skin. Glasses must not be tinted or dark (like sunglasses) and cannot give a reflection. Your eyes must be clearly visible. Avoid massive glasses frames.

Jewellery/piercing

Do you like jewellery? Or maybe you have a facial piercing? If yes, you do not need to remove jewellery or piercing before capturing the Octopus Card image as long as these items do not obscure any part of your face and do not give any reflection on your skin.

Instead, remove any accessories such as wireless headphones, headbands or bandanas and huge hair decorations as they may cover your face or drop shadow on it.

Dress-code for the Octopus Card Photo (Hongkong)

You can wear your normal clothes while taking a photo for your Octopus Card. We have only one advice for you: in order to distinguish your silhouette from the background, wear something in contrasting color (top and a headgear if you wear one for religious purposes).

Octopus Card photo service near me

 if you ask yourself a question: where to take an Octopus Card photo near me? - you can look for some professional studio or a photo booth. But why go anywhere if you are perfectly able to produce your correct picture for the Octopus Card on your own? Why overpay and waste the time?

A good idea is to take a picture on one’s own, at a convenient time and place. Use an online Octopus Card photo creator and get your photo in less than one minute!

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Octopus Card Photo Maker Online

Your OC photo must meet requirements about size, crop and background. But if you are not keen on graphic programs, you can instead upload your picture to the automatically cropping and resizing OC photo app.

In a few seconds, you will get your perfect Octopus Card photo ready to print! 

This photo tool is available online, easy to use, and cheap. How is it possible? It is because you pay only for correct photos and they have a guarantee of acceptance!