SSC GD Photo and Signature Size: Live Photo Rules

These come from the notice for the Constable (GD) in CAPFs and SSF, and Rifleman (GD) in Assam Rifles Examination, 2026, published by the Staff Selection Commission on 1 December 2025 (read on 13 October 2026). Online applications for that exam ran from 1 to 31 December 2025. Check the notice for your year before you apply.

• Photograph: you do not need an existing photo. The online form captures a live photograph of you while you fill it in.
• Live photo rules: a clear, full frontal view, with your face fully inside the area marked by the camera, neither too close nor too far, and no cap, mask or glasses.
• Signature: upload a scanned signature in JPEG format, 10 KB to 20 KB, about 6.0 cm wide x 2.0 cm high.
• Forms with inappropriate photographs or blurred or miniature signatures are rejected, except for candidates who used Aadhaar based authentication.

Sit facing a window or a lamp so your face is evenly lit, with a plain light wall behind you. Take off glasses, caps and masks, look straight into the camera and keep your whole face inside the outline the form shows. A photo that does not follow the instructions can get the form rejected or cancelled later.

SSC recommends Aadhaar based authentication during One Time Registration. Candidates who use it are not rejected over the photo or signature standards, and the notice says they do not need to bring photographs or photo identity proof to the exam venue.

1. 1

   Sign on plain white paper

   Use a dark pen and sign normally, larger than usual, so the strokes stay sharp when the image is shrunk. A miniature signature is a common rejection reason.

2. 2

   Crop close to the ink

   Photograph the paper flat in daylight and crop tightly around the signature with Crop Image, keeping a wide 3 to 1 shape like the 6 x 2 cm box.

3. 3

   Resize to about 600 x 200 pixels

   Open Resize Image and set about 600 x 200 pixels, which matches the 6 x 2 cm proportion.

4. 4

   Fit it between 10 and 20 KB

   Open Compress to 20 KB, tick the minimum box and enter 10. Save it as JPEG; if your file is PNG, convert it first with Convert Image Format.

• A blurred signature from a shaky photo or heavy compression.
• A miniature signature, where the ink fills only a small part of the image.
• Glasses, a cap or a mask in the live photo.
• A face partly outside the camera outline, or taken from too close or too far.
• Preparing a 20 to 50 KB photo upload that the 2026 form does not ask for, and missing the live capture instructions.