Parivahan Sarathi: How to Resize Photo and Signature Under 20KB for Driving Licence

Applying for a Learner's Licence (LL) or Permanent Driving Licence (DL) through the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) portal—Sarathi Parivahan (sarathi.parivahan.gov.in)—is now completely digital across India. However, the #1 bottleneck applicants encounter is the strict file constraint: both the candidate photograph and signature must be strictly between 10 KB and 20 KB.

Official Parivahan Sarathi Upload Criteria

The Sarathi portal enforces hardcoded validation scripts that instantly reject uploads failing these criteria:

• Document Types: Candidate Photograph and Signature.
• Allowed File Size: Strictly between 10 KB and 20 KB. Any file exceeding 20.0 KB (even 20.1 KB) or under 9.9 KB will trigger the error: "File size is not within specified limit".
• Allowed File Type: JPG or JPEG format only.
• Dimensions: Standard passport ratio (approximately 350x450 pixels) for photos, and landscape ratio (approximately 400x200 pixels) for signatures.

1-Click Solution with MyDeskMate

To eliminate this headache, our engineering team created a specialized Parivahan mode inside our Sarkari Photo Resizer:

1. Navigate to MyDeskMate Sarkari Resizer.
2. Click the "🚗 Driving Licence (Under 20 KB)" preset button.
3. Upload your passport photo or signature image.
4. Our algorithm scales the canvas and applies stepped quality quantization to land the file size at precisely 14 KB to 17 KB—the sweet spot for 100% portal acceptance.
5. Download your compliant file and proceed with your Parivahan application immediately.