UPSC Civil Services (CSE) Photo ID Size 2026
UPSC Civil Services (CSE) asks for the photo ID card, but we have not confirmed its size from the notice yet. Check the form field before you upload.
Add your Photo ID card
Add photos or PDFs of every page. We combine them into one PDF of 20–200 KB.
Scan or photograph each page flat, then combine them into one PDF here. Keep text readable.
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Unverified — sizes from secondary sources. Check the official notice before uploading. Notice: Civil Services Examination, 2026 (Examination Notice No. 05/2026-CSE, dated 04.02.2026) · checked 22 Oct 2026 ·Source we used
Rules for the photo ID card
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Photo ID card 20–200 KB
PDF
- PDF file only, all pages in one file
- Clear and readable; no cut edges
- The same ID whose number you enter in the form
Note: 20–200 KB per secondary guides; OTR guides describe the ID as a PDF. Check the field on the form.
Tip: Scan or photograph each page flat, then combine them into one PDF here. Keep text readable.
UPSC Civil Services (CSE) photo ID card: what is specific to this exam
These UPSC Civil Services (CSE) 2026 rules come from secondary sources quoting “Civil Services Examination, 2026 (Examination Notice No. 05/2026-CSE, dated 04.02.2026)”, page 2, last checked on 22 Oct 2026, not yet from the UPSC notice itself. The UPSC Civil Services (CSE) form usually opens around January–February.
From our UPSC Civil Services (CSE) notes
- UPSC's Common Application Form has one requirement no other exam shares: you sign three times, one below the other, and upload all three in a single image. That image must be roughly square, 350–500 pixels on each side, and 20–100 KB.
- UPSC uses a One-Time Registration profile shared by its exams. The photo and photo ID you upload there carry over, and each application then captures a live photo that is compared with them. If you have grown a beard or changed glasses since you registered, update the OTR photo before you apply.
- Upload the ID whose number you enter in the form, 20–200 KB. OTR guides describe it as a PDF; check the field on the form. Carry the same ID to the exam.
UPSC Civil Services (CSE) photo ID card compared with similar exams
- UPSC NDA & NA and UPSC CDS also list a photo ID card, but the sizes are not all confirmed from a notice yet, so make a separate file for each form. UPSC NDA & NA sizes · UPSC CDS sizes
- UPPSC PCS (and OTR) and MPPSC State Service do not ask for a photo ID card at all; UPSC Civil Services (CSE) does (size to verify · PDF). UPPSC PCS (and OTR) sizes · MPPSC State Service sizes
UPSC Civil Services (CSE) photo ID card questions
Does the IFS (Forest Service) form need separate uploads?
No. CSE and IFoS prelims share the same Common Application Form, so the same photo, three-signature image and ID are used.