Free guide: upload size limits for exams and government portals
Every limit here is copied from the official notice or portal page, linked with the date we checked it — no guesses. Each line links a free tool that makes the file on your phone; nothing is uploaded to us.
Exams
Rules change with every notice — open the notice before you apply. All exam pages.
SSC CGL 2026
- Photo — taken live in the form; nothing to upload.
- Signature — JPEG, 300 × 100 px, 10 KB–20 KB · make it on the exam page
Source: official notice (paras 9.4-9.6), checked 26 Sep 2026.
SSC CHSL 2026
- Photo — taken live in the form; nothing to upload.
- Signature — JPEG, 300 × 100 px, 10 KB–20 KB · make it on the exam page
Source: official notice (paras 9.4-9.6), checked 26 Sep 2026.
SSC JE 2026
- Photo — taken live in the form; nothing to upload.
- Signature — JPEG, 300 × 100 px, 10 KB–20 KB · make it on the exam page
Source: official notice (paras 10.4-10.6), checked 26 Sep 2026.
IBPS PO 2026
- Photo — JPEG, 200 × 230 px, 20 KB–50 KB · make it on the exam page
- Signature — JPEG, 140 × 60 px, 10 KB–20 KB · make it on the exam page
- Thumb impression — JPEG, 240 × 240 px, 20 KB–50 KB · make it on the exam page
- Handwritten declaration — JPEG, 800 × 400 px, 50 KB–100 KB · make it on the exam page
- Certificate PDF — PDF, up to 500 KB · Compress to 500 KB
Source: official notice (Annexure: guidelines for scanning and upload of documents), checked 26 Sep 2026.
NEET UG 2026
- Photo — JPEG, 10 KB–200 KB · make it on the exam page
- Signature — JPEG, 10 KB–100 KB · make it on the exam page
- Thumb impression — JPEG, 10 KB–200 KB · make it on the exam page
- Certificate PDF — PDF, 50 KB–300 KB · Compress to 300 KB
Source: official notice (Information Bulletin pages 16-17), checked 26 Sep 2026.
JEE Main 2026
- Photo — JPEG, 10 KB–200 KB · make it on the exam page
- Signature — JPEG, 10 KB–100 KB · make it on the exam page
- Certificate PDF — PDF, 50 KB–300 KB · Compress to 300 KB
Source: official notice (Information Bulletin page 4), checked 26 Sep 2026.
CUET UG 2026
- Photo — JPEG, 10 KB–200 KB · make it on the exam page
- Signature — JPEG, 10 KB–50 KB · make it on the exam page
- Certificate PDF — PDF, 50 KB–300 KB · Compress to 300 KB
Source: official notice (Information Bulletin pages 8-9), checked 26 Sep 2026.
RRB NTPC UG 2026
- Photo — taken live in the form; nothing to upload.
- Signature — JPG/JPEG, 140 × 60 px, 30 KB–49 KB · make it on the exam page
- Certificate PDF — PDF, up to 400 KB · Compress to 300 KB
Source: official notice (paras 14.4, 14.5.1–14.5.2), checked 17 Oct 2026.
RRB NTPC Graduate 2026
- Photo — taken live in the form; nothing to upload.
- Signature — JPG/JPEG, 140 × 60 px, 30 KB–49 KB · make it on the exam page
- Certificate PDF — PDF, up to 400 KB · Compress to 300 KB
Source: official notice (paras 14.4, 14.5.1–14.5.2), checked 17 Oct 2026.
Government portals
GST registration (new taxpayer)
- Photograph of promoter / partner — PDF or JPEG, up to 100 KB · Compress to 100 KB (section 21(b))
- Photograph of authorised signatory — PDF or JPEG, up to 100 KB · Compress to 100 KB (section 21(c))
- Proof of appointment of authorised signatory — PDF or JPEG, up to 1 MB · Compress to 1 MB (section 21(c))
- Proof of principal / additional place of business — PDF or JPEG, up to 1 MB · Compress to 1 MB (sections 21(e), 21(f))
- Documents when Aadhaar authentication is not chosen (e-KYC) — PDF or JPEG, up to 2 MB · Compress to 2 MB (section 21(i))
Source: GST Portal user guide — Apply for Registration (Normal Taxpayer), checked 22 Oct 2026.
Income Tax e-filing — responding to e-proceedings
- Each attachment with your response — a format the portal accepts, up to 5 MB · Compress to 2 MB (section 3.4)
Source: Income Tax e-filing portal — e-Proceedings user manual, checked 22 Oct 2026.
National Scholarship Portal (NSP)
- Each document (income / caste certificate, marksheet, fee receipt, bank passbook) — PDF or JPEG, up to 200 KB · Compress to 200 KB (Q13)
Source: FAQs for applying scholarships on the National Scholarship Portal, checked 22 Oct 2026.
CTET (CBSE)
- Photograph, 3.5 × 4.5 cm — JPG / JPEG, 10 KB–100 KB · Govt Photo Resizer (section 2(c))
- Signature, 3.5 × 1.5 cm — JPG / JPEG, 3 KB–30 KB · Govt Photo Resizer (section 2(c))
Source: CBSE CTET September 2026 Information Bulletin, checked 22 Oct 2026.
Driving licence — Sarathi (Parivahan)
- Photograph, 420 × 525 px (35 × 45 mm) — JPG, 10 KB–20 KB · Govt Photo Resizer (Photograph)
- Signature, 256 × 64 px — JPG, 10 KB–20 KB · Govt Photo Resizer (Signature)
Source: Sarathi — Photo and Signature Scan & Upload Process, checked 22 Oct 2026.
PAN — online application with scanned images (Protean)
- Photograph, 3.5 × 2.5 cm, 200 DPI, colour — JPEG, up to 20 KB · Govt Photo Resizer (item (k))
- Signature, 2 × 4.5 cm, 200 DPI, colour — JPEG, up to 10 KB · Govt Photo Resizer (item (k))
- Proof of identity / address / date of birth, 200 DPI, black & white — PDF/A or JPEG, up to 300 KB · Compress to 300 KB (item (k), per page)
Source: Protean — Guidelines for filling PAN New Application, checked 22 Oct 2026.
HPPSC (Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission)
- Photograph, 110 px wide × 140 px high — JPG, up to 40 KB · Govt Photo Resizer (Q5)
- Signature, 140 px wide × 110 px high — JPG, up to 40 KB · Govt Photo Resizer (Q5)
Source: HPPSC FAQs, checked 22 Oct 2026.
Not listed yet: driving licence (Parivahan / Sarathi), voter ID (Form 6), PAN, Passport Seva and EPFO — we could not find their upload limits on an official page we could check. Until then, read the size shown on the upload screen itself, and make the file with the image resizer or the PDF compressor.
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