Form size guide
PAN card (Protean) photo and signature size 2026
What PAN card (Protean) asks for (New PAN and changes, through Protean (formerly NSDL)), taken from the official notice and checked in November 2026.
Photo
- Size
- 197 × 276 pixels (2.5 × 3.5 cm at 200 DPI)
- File size
- up to 20 KB
- Format
- JPG
Signature
- Size
- 354 × 157 pixels (4.5 × 2 cm at 200 DPI)
- File size
- up to 10 KB
- Format
- JPG
Good to know
- Protean states 200 DPI and sizes in cm; the preset writes 200 DPI into the file.
- The limits are those of the DSC route. Protean allows up to 50 KB on the e-Sign route, so these files pass both.
- Applying through UTIITSL instead? It has its own limits; see the UTIITSL guide.
Source: Protean guidelines for a new PAN application. Rules change between notices, so check the one for your exam before you submit. Spec wrong or changed?
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