Last checked
19 October 2026
A confirmed row was read from the linked official file. An unconfirmed row is a date or a size we would not treat as the rule.
| Exam | Deadline | Photograph | Signature | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSP scholarships (two schemes named on the homepage) | Students 31 October 2026. Institute verification 15 November 2026. Level-2 30 November 2026. | Not a photo-upload rule in the SOP we read. | Not stated in the SOP we read. Applicants without Aadhaar: bank passbook with photograph, PDF or JPEG, maximum 200 KB, plus a bonafide certificate. | Confirmed |
| Joint CSIR-UGC NET December 2026 | Apply by 5 November 2026, 11:50 p.m. Late fee 6–9 November 2026. Exam 19, 22 and 27 December 2026. | Live camera photo, and a scanned colour JPG 10 kb to 200 kb, 80% of the face including ears, no mask, white background. | JPG or JPEG, 10 kb to 50 kb. Disability/UDID, result-awaited attestation, and category certificate: PDF, 50 kb to 300 kb where they apply. Identity proof JPG 10 kb to 200 kb if not using Aadhaar or DigiLocker. | Confirmed |
| SSC CGL 2026 | See the CGL 2026 notice. Photo rules below are from that notice, not from a later corrigendum. | Live capture in the form or the mySSC app. No pre-existing photograph. Plain background, good light, eye-level camera, full face, no cap, mask, or spectacles. | JPEG/JPG, 10 to 20 KB. Paragraph 9.6 says about 6.0 cm × 2.0 cm. Annexure-IV also says about 4.0 cm × 2.0 cm. The notice does not say which box wins. Aadhaar-authenticated applications are not rejected for photograph or signature standards. | Confirmed |
| SSC Constable (GD) 2026 | Applications 1–31 December 2025 (23:00). That window is closed. This row is the photo rule from that notice. | Live capture while filling the form. Do not photograph a printed photo. Clear, no cap or spectacles, full frontal view. | JPEG, 10 to 20 KB, about 6.0 cm (width) × 2.0 cm (height). Aadhaar-authenticated applications are not rejected on photograph or signature grounds. | Confirmed |
| SSC Constable (GD) 2027 | Tentative calendar: advertisement September 2026, closing October 2026, exam January–March 2027. A 2027 GD notice was not the document read for photo rules. | Not confirmed for 2027. Do not assume the 2026 live-photo rule until the 2027 notice says so. | Not confirmed for 2027. Not confirmed for 2027. | Not confirmed |
| JEE Main 2027 | Not announced on the JEE Main information bulletin page when checked. | Not confirmed. A 16 January 2025 NTA notice for JEE Main 2025 used 10 kb to 300 kb. That is not a 2027 rule. | Not confirmed. Not confirmed. Secondary write-ups that quote 50–300 KB for a Class 10 PDF were not used. | Not confirmed |
| UPSC NDA & NA (I) and CDS (I) 2027 | Calendar: notification 2 December 2026, last date 22 December 2026, exam 11 April 2027. Dates can change. | Not in the calendar. Use the notification when UPSC publishes it. | Not in the calendar. Not in the calendar. | Confirmed |
| UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) 2027 | Calendar: notification 13 January 2027, last date 2 February 2027, exam 23 May 2027. Dates can change. | Not in the calendar. | Not in the calendar. Not in the calendar. | Confirmed |
Left out on purpose
IBPS, NEET UG, RRB NTPC, and PAN card upload sizes are not in this table. Coaching pages quote numbers for them. Those numbers are not repeated here until the official notice is opened.
Where a form captures the photograph live, a resizer cannot supply the photo. The file you still prepare is usually the signature. Use increase photo size in KB only when a JPG was rejected for being under the minimum, and the image compressor when it is over the maximum.