Passport and visa photos in Ankara
- U.S. Embassy 100 m
- VFS Global (Regnum Sky Tower, Söğütözü) 1 km
- Ankara Chamber of Commerce 500 m
- Notary public (Ankara 63rd Notary Office) Same building, upper floor
- Union of Turkish Notaries 300 m
We take photos for visa applications, passports, Turkish ID cards and residence permits. Every country's own size and background rules.
Ready in 5 minutes. You don't wait and you don't come back later. You walk out with the printed photos and the digital file five minutes after the shot.
4 biometric photos — 500 ₺ No appointment needed Monday–Friday 08:15–18:15 · Saturday 09:30–17:00
Print examples
The actual print sheets we hand you. Each document is cut to its own size, and the number of photos per sheet changes with it.
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ID photo · 45x60 mm · 4 photos -
Biometric (ID card, passport, licence) · 50x60 mm · 4 photos -
US visa and Green Card · 51x51 mm · 4 photos -
Schengen visa · 35x45 mm · 8 photos
Where we are
Çukurambar Fotoğraf is in Çankaya, Ankara, 100 m from the U.S. Embassy. Address: Kızılırmak Mah. Ufuk Üniversitesi Cad. Ambrosia İş Merkezi No: 11, Çankaya, Ankara.
| Place | Distance | What we do |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Embassy | 100 m — 1–2 minutes on foot | 51x51 mm prints and the digital file for DS-160 |
| Notary public (Ankara 63rd Notary Office) | Same building, upper floor | Get your photo while you are here for the notary |
| Union of Turkish Notaries | 300 m — 3–4 minutes on foot | Biometric photos for document procedures |
| Ankara Chamber of Commerce | 500 m — 6–7 minutes on foot | Biometric photos for membership cards |
| VFS Global (Regnum Sky Tower, Söğütözü) | 1 km — 3 minutes by car | 35x45 mm prints and digital file for Schengen and other applications |
Come before your appointment. Your photo is ready in five minutes. We hand you the prints and send the digital file by email or WhatsApp.
Getting here
From the U.S. Embassy: 1–2 minutes on foot. Ambrosia İş Merkezi No: 11, above Çağdaş Market.
The 63rd Notary Office is in the same building; Pelit Pastanesi is next door. When the Besa Kule sign is on your left, Ambrosia is ahead.
From Söğütözü metro station: walk 3 minutes towards the back of the Eti Maden building. You will see Ambrosia İş Merkezi.
Show this to your taxi driver: Kızılırmak Mah. Ufuk Üniversitesi Cad. Ambrosia İş Merkezi No: 11, Çankaya.
What we do
Biometric and ID photos
Turkish ID card, passport and driving licence. 50x60 mm, white background.
Visa photos
United States, Schengen, United Kingdom, Canada, China and other countries. We shoot and print in each country's own size.
Residence and work permit photos
50x60 mm biometric photos for e-ikamet residence permit and work permit applications.
Digital photo file
For online applications. Prepared to the pixel and file size limit of DS-160, e-ikamet and other portals.
Baby and child biometric photos
We also take ID, passport and visa photos for babies. It needs different equipment and patience. We are used to it.
Business portraits
For lawyers, doctors, academics and company ID cards. LinkedIn and company website photos too. Studio lighting and retouching included.
Photo prints
Prints from wallet size to 20x30.
You get both: printed photos and a digital file
Most applications need both. You take the printed photo to your appointment and upload the digital file to the application form. Both come from the same session.
Printed photos
Printed on photo paper in the size your country requires. In your hand in 5 minutes.
Digital file
Prepared to the pixel and file size limit of your application portal. Sent by email or WhatsApp.
How five minutes is possible
We don't send prints out to a lab and we don't ask you to come back tomorrow. We use a professional thermal photo printer in the studio. It prints on photo paper in seconds, at archival quality. Speed does not cost you quality here.
The session takes 2–3 minutes. Printing and preparing the digital file takes 2 minutes. Five minutes in total.
Why file size matters
Even when the size is correct, the portal rejects the upload if the file is over its limit. The limits differ a lot by country. The U.S. DS-160 form accepts up to 240 KB. The Russian visa portal caps at around 30 KB. Tell us which application the file is for and we prepare it to that limit.
Why phone photos get rejected
Phone apps crop to the right size. Size is not the problem.
- Background. There is a shadow on the wall behind you. The background an app removes stays ragged at the edges.
- Lighting. One side of the face comes out darker than the other. Automated checks catch this.
- Head ratio. The distance from chin to the top of the hair has a fixed ratio to the photo height. Phone distance changes every time, so the ratio doesn't hold.
- Print quality. Photos printed on a home printer are not accepted at application centres.
A rejected photo does not just cost you the photo. It costs you the appointment. The next slot can be weeks away.
If the authority does not accept a photo we took, we shoot it again. No charge.
Prices
Updated: September 2026
Our prices are below the 2026 maximum tariff for photographers set by the Ankara Chamber of Commerce. The tariff figures are ceilings, not real prices. We list the official ceiling next to ours so you can compare. All our prices include VAT.
| Service | Quantity | Our price (incl. VAT) | ATO ceiling price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biometric or ID photo | 4 | 500 ₺ | 714 ₺ + VAT |
| Biometric or ID photo and digital file | 4 | 650 ₺ | 884 ₺ + VAT |
| Biometric or ID photo | 8 | 650 ₺ | 918 ₺ + VAT |
| Biometric or ID photo and digital file | 8 | 800 ₺ | 1.088 ₺ + VAT |
| Biometric or ID photo | 12 | 800 ₺ | 1.122 ₺ + VAT |
| Visa photo (in your country's size) | 8 | 500 ₺ | 918 ₺ + VAT |
| Visa photo (in your country's size) and digital file | 4 | 650 ₺ | 884 ₺ + VAT |
| Digital file only (no print) | 1 | 400 ₺ | 612 ₺ + VAT |
| Portrait 6x9 cm | 2 | 550 – 600 ₺ | 765 ₺ + VAT |
| Business portrait (retouched, digital) | 1 shot | 1.200 – 1.500 ₺ | 1.700 ₺ + VAT |
| Studio sitting 13x18 cm | 2 | 750 – 850 ₺ | 1.020 ₺ + VAT |
| Photo print 10x15 | 1 | 80 ₺ | 76,50 ₺ + VAT |
| Photo print 13x18 | 1 | 160 ₺ | 153,00 ₺ + VAT |
| Photo print 15x21 | 1 | 200 ₺ | 229,50 ₺ + VAT |
| Photo print A4 | 1 | 220 ₺ | — |
| Extra prints (from the same shoot) | 4 | 150 ₺ | — |
| Reprint from our archive | 4 | 150 ₺ | — |
| The chamber's tariff figures exclude VAT, so they are written as "+ VAT". VAT on photography is 20% in Türkiye. See the full tariff. | |||
| We do not charge a rush fee. Your photo is ready in five minutes anyway. | |||
| The price is the same whichever country's size you need. | |||
| Prices may change. Message us on WhatsApp for the current price. | |||
Photo sizes by country and document
Updated: September 2026
Sizes differ by country and by document. A photo printed in the wrong size is rejected. Bring your appointment letter and we will check the size together before we shoot.
| Document | Size |
|---|---|
| Turkish ID card | 50x60 mm |
| Turkish passport | 50x60 mm |
| Driving licence | 50x60 mm |
| Residence permit (e-ikamet) | 50x60 mm |
| Work permit | 50x60 mm |
| Bar association / lawyer licence | 50x60 mm |
| Country | Size |
|---|---|
| United States (visa, DS-160, Green Card, USCIS) | 51x51 mm |
| Schengen countries (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Greece and others) | 35x45 mm |
| United Kingdom | 35x45 mm |
| Ireland | 35x45 mm |
| Canada — visa / TRV | 35x45 mm |
| Canada — passport / PR card | 50x70 mm |
| China | 33x48 mm |
| Japan | 45x45 mm |
| South Korea | 35x45 mm |
| India | 51x51 mm |
| Saudi Arabia | 51x51 mm |
| Russia | 35x45 mm |
| Ukraine | 35x45 mm |
| Azerbaijan | 35x45 mm |
| Georgia | 35x45 mm |
| Uzbekistan | 35x45 mm |
| Australia | 35x45 mm |
| New Zealand | 35x45 mm |
| Vietnam | 40x60 mm |
| Mexico | 35x45 mm |
For Japan the Ministry of Foreign Affairs standard is 45x45 mm, but some consulates ask for 35x45 mm. Bring your appointment letter and we will check which one applies. For a country not listed here, just ask.
| Application | Limit |
|---|---|
| U.S. DS-160 | 600x600 px, 240 KB |
| China visa | about 150 KB |
| Schengen application centres | about 200 KB |
| India e-Visa | 10 – 300 KB |
| Russia visa | about 30 KB |
Five common mistakes
- Using one country's photo for another. A square 51x51 mm photo taken for a US visa is not accepted for Schengen. A Turkish ID photo is not accepted for a US visa either.
- Shooting on a phone and cropping in an app. The app can hit the size. It usually cannot hit the background, the lighting or the head ratio.
- Using a photo older than six months. Almost every country wants a photo taken in the last six months.
- Wrong size or digital format. Submitting 2x2 inch for a country that wants 35x45 mm, or the reverse. DS-160 needs a square JPEG between 600x600 and 1200x1200 pixels, max 240 KB.
- Glasses, smiling or a coloured background. Glasses have been banned in US visa photos since 1 November 2016. Most countries want a neutral expression and a plain light background; shadows and patterns are rejected.
How it works
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Come in
No appointment needed. Tell us which document or which country the photo is for.
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Get photographed
Correct size, correct background. Takes 2–3 minutes.
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Take it with you
Prints and digital file delivered in 5 minutes. If the authority does not accept it, we shoot again at no charge.
Questions people ask
Do I need an appointment?
No. Just come in.
How much does a passport photo cost in Ankara?
Four biometric or ID photos cost 500 ₺ at our studio, VAT included. The 2026 ceiling price set by the Ankara Chamber of Commerce for the same service is 714 ₺ plus VAT.
Do you give the digital file as well as prints?
Yes. Prints plus digital file cost 650 ₺, digital file only costs 400 ₺. We send the file by email or WhatsApp.
What size is a US visa photo?
51x51 mm, that is 2x2 inches, square. The file uploaded to the DS-160 form must be at least 600x600 pixels and no larger than 240 KB.
What size is a Schengen visa photo?
35x45 mm, that is 3.5x4.5 cm.
Can I use a photo I took with my phone?
You can, but we don't recommend it. Even when the size is right, background shadows, uneven lighting and the head ratio often fail the standard. A rejected photo costs you your appointment.
What is the difference between a biometric photo and an ID photo?
A biometric photo is for official applications such as ID, passport, driving licence and visas: white background, neutral expression, fixed size. An ID photo for a job or school application has looser rules.
Can you take a biometric photo of my baby?
Yes. We take ID, passport and visa photos for babies too.
How long does it take?
5 minutes. The session takes 2–3 minutes and printing plus preparing the digital file takes 2 minutes. We print in the studio ourselves.
What if my photo is rejected?
We shoot it again at no charge.
Contact
- Address
- Kızılırmak Mah. Ufuk Üniversitesi Cad.
Ambrosia İş Merkezi No: 11
Çankaya / Ankara - Phone
- +90 312 284 86 36
- Message us on WhatsApp
- Opening hours
Monday 08:15 – 18:15 Tuesday 08:15 – 18:15 Wednesday 08:15 – 18:15 Thursday 08:15 – 18:15 Friday 08:15 – 18:15 Saturday 09:30 – 17:00 Sunday Closed - Map
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