SSC Photo & Signature Size 2026

What changed: SSC live photo capture

Until a few years ago, SSC candidates scanned a passport photo and uploaded it in a fixed KB range. That is no longer how it works. In the 2026 notices, SSC states that a candidate is not required to have a pre-existing photograph. The application module opens your camera and takes a real-time photo while you fill in the form. Because of this, “SSC photo size in KB” searches often lead to outdated advice — there is nothing to resize for the photo.

What SSC asks instead is that the live photo is clear and frontal. From the notice, the key instructions are:

• Find a place with good light and a plain background.
• Keep the camera at eye level and look straight into it.
• Do not wear a cap, mask or spectacles while the photo is captured.
• Your face should be fully inside the area marked by the camera — not too close, not too far.
• Never point the camera at an old printed or on-screen photo. SSC says such applications will be rejected.

Your appearance at the exam should match this captured photo, so take it close to the exam date's look (no major beard or hairstyle change if you can avoid it).

SSC signature size: the numbers that matter

Centimetres and pixels are linked by DPI (dots per inch). One inch is 2.54 cm, so 6 cm at 150 DPI is 6 ÷ 2.54 × 150 ≈ 354 px, and 2 cm is ≈ 118 px. The important part is the 3:1 shape — a wide, short image. A square signature photo stretched into this box looks distorted, which is one reason portals flag signatures as “inappropriate”.

Step by step: perfect SSC signature in 2 minutes

1. Sign big on white paper. Use a black or dark-blue ball pen. Sign 2–3 times and pick the cleanest one.
2. Photograph it in daylight. Hold the phone directly above, parallel to the paper, so there is no shadow of your hand or phone.
3. Pick the 6 × 2 cm preset above and upload the photo.
4. Zoom and drag until the signature fills about 80–90% of the width, with a little white margin around it.
5. If the ink looks grey, tick Black & white and raise brightness slightly so the paper turns pure white.
6. Create the JPG. The checklist must show green for dimensions and 10–20 KB. Download and upload that file to SSC.

Check a signature file before uploading

Check the exported file, not just its preview: confirm the actual format, file size in KB and pixel dimensions against your exam notification. Renaming a PNG to .jpg does not convert it to JPEG. Crop excess whitespace while keeping the handwriting proportions; open the downloaded file to check that thin pen strokes remain readable.

हस्ताक्षर खिंचा हुआ या धुंधला दिखे तो मूल साफ़ image से दोबारा शुरू करें। केवल KB कम करना पर्याप्त नहीं है; format और dimensions भी notification से मिलाएँ। The photo KB resizer and signature KB resizer remain available for forms that ask for those files.

Common SSC signature mistakes

• Too much white space: the signature becomes tiny (“miniature”) after resizing. Crop tightly.
• Signature in capital letters: use your normal running signature.
• Screenshot instead of photo: screenshots add blur and UI edges. Use the original camera photo.
• Renaming PNG to .jpg: the portal checks the real format. This tool always outputs a genuine JPEG.
• Different signature at the exam: sign the attendance sheet exactly as uploaded.

Other SSC uploads

Some SSC exams ask for additional documents such as category or disability certificates at later stages; those are usually PDFs with their own size limits given in the notice. Use the PDF compressor or JPG to PDF under 100 KB if a scanned certificate is too large.