Every single day, thousands of CSC VLEs and cyber cafe operators in India assist citizens with PAN card applications (Form 49A) and corrections across UTIITSL (UTI PSA) and Protean (NSDL). The most frequent bottleneck is strict adherence to official photograph and signature upload specifications.
Portals immediately reject images that deviate even slightly in resolution, aspect ratio, or DPI.
1. Official Photo & Signature Guidelines:
- Applicant Photograph:
- Exact Resolution: 213 x 213 Pixels
- Print Density: 300 DPI
- Maximum File Size: Strictly under 30 KB (Ideal: 22KB - 28KB)
- Color Format: JPEG/JPG with plain background
- Applicant Signature:
- Resolution: 400 x 200 Pixels or 213 x 213 Pixels
- Density: 600 DPI
- Maximum File Size: Strictly under 60 KB
- Paper Background: Clean white with crisp ink visibility
2. 1-Click Solution on Smart CSC VLE:
Instead of manual Photoshop dimension tinkering, use our dedicated online PAN Card Cropper tool which automatically guarantees exact 213x213 px resolution, 300 DPI calibration, and file compression strictly under 30KB.