How to use it
- Tap the document you want to prepare — each one is already set to fit the official rules.
- Select a photo or scan from your phone. For the signature, thumb or declaration, the paper is cleaned to white and cropped automatically.
- Check the preview: the size and KB shown must be inside the official range.
- Download the JPG and upload it to the Navy Agniveer application form. Your live photo is taken inside the form itself.
Navy Agniveer upload requirements at a glance
From the official notification — Agniveer (SSR) and Agniveer (MR) batches 01/2027 & 02/2027 — INET 2026, online applications 14.03.2026 – 06.04.2026. Checked on 20 October 2026.
| Document | Size | File size | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photograph holding a slate with your name and the photo date | Not specified | 10–50 KB | — |
| Live photograph (webcam) | Captured live in the form — nothing to upload | — | — |
| Original certificates, mark sheets, domicile certificate (and NCC ‘C’ / sponsor certificate if held) | Not specified | Not specified | — |
Rules for each document
Photograph holding a slate with your name and the photo date
- Official (para 34.1, SSR and MR): “Passport size recent color photograph (taken not before Mar 26) of size 10 KB to 50 KB (front portrait in light background without head gear except for Sikhs). Photograph is to be taken with candidate holding a black slate in front of his/her chest with his/her name and date of photograph taken, clearly written on it with white chalk in capital letters.”
- The name and date go on a black slate you hold in the photo — not a printed strip added to the image.
- “Change in appearance like growing beard, head gear, etc in comparison to the photograph may result in cancellation of candidature.”
- File format and pixel size are NOT stated.
Live photograph (webcam)
- Para 34.2: “Live photograph will be captured through the webcam during filling of application form. Candidates are advised to capture good quality photograph at the time of application form. Photograph which are not clearly visible, blurr, black shade etc. may result in cancellation of candidature.”
Original certificates, mark sheets, domicile certificate (and NCC ‘C’ / sponsor certificate if held)
- Para 32: “all required documents in original are to be scanned and uploaded.” No format or size is stated.
- Para 32.4: the originals of everything uploaded must be brought at every stage of recruitment, including INS Chilka.
General instructions
- Apply only via joinindiannavy.gov.in (INET 2026 portal: agniveer.navydmpr.in). Applying through a Common Service Centre is optional (fee ₹60 + GST).
- The SSR and MR advertisements do not ask for a signature or thumb-impression upload.
- Correction windows: 2 days after applications close, and another 2 days after INET.
Where these numbers come from
Every value on this page is taken from the official Indian Navy — Directorate of Manpower Planning & Recruitment documents below. If a newer notification is out, it takes priority.
- Indian Navy Agniveer (SSR) 01/2027 & 02/2027 advertisement
- Indian Navy Agniveer (MR) 01/2027 & 02/2027 advertisement
- Join Indian Navy — INET 2026 online application notice
Where official sources disagree
- Signature / thumb sizes quoted on resizer sites for Navy Agniveer are not in either official advertisement.
Next update: INET 2027 advertisement (batches 01/2028 & 02/2028) expected around March 2027.