Highly skilled workers
Photographs and passports
This page explains the photographs and passport you must send to support your application to the highly skilled worker category (Tier 1 General) under the points-based system to work in the United Kingdom.
You must send two recent passport photographs of yourself and any dependants for whom you are including applications. All the photographs must have the name of the person in the picture written on the back.
All the photographs should:
- measure 45mm x 35mm; and
- be in colour; and
- be taken against a white background; and
- be clear and of good quality; and
- not be framed or backed; and
- be full face, without sunglasses, hat or head covering unless you wear this for religious reasons.
The photograph you send will be used on your visa (known as vignette) which is fixed in your passport.
You must send your original passport or travel document and the original passport or travel document of all dependants.