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 SEBI Grade A application form. Your live photo is taken inside the form itself.
SEBI Grade A upload requirements at a glance
From the official notification — Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager) 2025, detailed advertisement published 30.10.2025 (applications 30.10.2025 – 28.11.2025). Checked on 20 October 2026.
| Document | Size | File size | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photograph | 200 × 230 px (preferred), 3.5 × 4.5 cm | 20–50 KB | JPG, JPEG |
| Live photograph (webcam / mobile) | Captured live in the form — nothing to upload | — | — |
| Signature | 140 × 60 px (preferred) | 10–20 KB | JPG, JPEG |
| Left thumb impression | 240 × 240 px (preferred), 3 × 3 cm, 200 DPI | 20–50 KB | JPG, JPEG |
| Hand-written declaration | 800 × 400 px (preferred), 10 × 5 cm, 200 DPI | 50–100 KB | JPG, JPEG |
Rules for each document
Photograph
- Official: “Photograph must be a recent passport size colour picture (4.5cm × 3.5cm)”, “Dimensions 200 x 230 pixels (preferred).”, “Size of file should be between 20KB-50KB.”
- Read here as 3.5 cm wide × 4.5 cm high and 200 px wide × 230 px high (not labelled in the advertisement).
- Colour, against a light-coloured, preferably white background; look straight at the camera with a relaxed face; no squinting, harsh shadows or red-eye; no reflections on glasses.
- “Caps, hats and dark glasses are not acceptable. Religious headwear is allowed but it must not cover your face.”
- Format comes from the scanning rule: “The image file should be JPG or JPEG format.”
Live photograph (webcam / mobile)
- Required in addition to the uploaded photo: “candidates will also be required to capture and upload their live photograph either by using webcam or mobile phone.” “Capture Photo” uses the webcam; “Click here to Scan” opens a QR code for your phone. No pixel or KB limit is given.
- Do: light-coloured, preferably white background with adequate light; look straight at the webcam / camera; passport-size framing.
- Don't: small size photograph; coloured glasses / sunglasses / cap; shadow on face, not facing the camera, distorted face, face covered with mask, blurred image; dark or improper background.
Signature
- Official: “File type: jpg / jpeg”, “Dimensions 140 x 60 pixels (preferred)”, “File size: 10KB – 20KB”.
- “The applicant has to sign on white paper with Black Ink pen.” Signature in CAPITAL LETTERS shall NOT be accepted.
- The signature is printed on the call letter; a mismatch with the signature at the exam = disqualification.
Left thumb impression
- Official: “File type: jpg / jpeg”, “Dimensions: 240 x 240 pixels in 200 DPI (Preferred for required quality) i.e 3 cm * 3 cm (Width * Height)”, “File Size: 20 KB – 50 KB”.
- White paper with black or blue ink, properly scanned and not smudged. No left thumb → right thumb may be used.
Hand-written declaration
- Official: “File type: jpg / jpeg”, “Dimensions: 800 x 400 pixels in 200 DPI (Preferred for required quality) i.e 10 cm * 5 cm (Width * Height)”, “File Size: 50 KB – 100 KB”.
- Declaration text: “I, _______ (Name of the candidate), hereby declare that all the information submitted by me in the application form is correct, true and valid. I will present the supporting documents as and when required.”
- “The applicant has to write the declaration in English clearly on a white paper with black ink.” Own handwriting only; NOT in CAPITAL LETTERS. Written by anybody else or in any other language = application invalid.
- Visually impaired candidates who cannot write may get the text typed and put their left thumb impression below it.
SEBI Grade A declaration text
“I, _______ (Name of the candidate), hereby declare that all the information submitted by me in the application form is correct, true and valid. I will present the supporting documents as and when required.”
Write it in your own handwriting in English, not in capital letters, then use the Declaration tab above.
General instructions
- Scanner: minimum 200 dpi, True Color; crop to the edge of the image before uploading.
- “Your Online Application will not be registered unless you upload your Photograph, signature, left thumb impression and handwriting declaration as specified.” No certificates are uploaded at the application stage.
- Exam day: affix a recent recognizable photograph on the call letter, the same as uploaded; bring the original photo ID and a photocopy. Thumb impression and photograph are captured on the Phase II exam day and the photo is matched with the uploaded one; left-eye IRIS is also captured.
- Upload guidance: “How to apply” sections A–C, PDF pp. 14–18. The November 2025 addendum only raised posts (General 56 → 77, Research 4 → 8).
Where these numbers come from
Every value on this page is taken from the official Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) documents below. If a newer notification is out, it takes priority.
- SEBI Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager) 2025 detailed advertisement
- SEBI Grade A 2025 addendum (increase in posts)
- SEBI careers – Grade A 2025 page
Where official sources disagree
- Pixel sizes are labelled “(preferred)”; the KB ranges are the limits the form enforces (“If the file size and format are not as prescribed, an error message will be displayed.”).
- Photo: “200 x 230” pixels and “4.5cm × 3.5cm” are not labelled width × height (aspect ratios 0.87 vs 0.78); read here as 200 px / 3.5 cm wide × 230 px / 4.5 cm high. Thumb and declaration sizes are explicitly “(Width * Height)”.
- The scanning section refers to “point (i) & (ii) above for the pixel size”, which do not exist in this advertisement; each document's pixel size is stated separately, so the numbers are unaffected.
Next update: No 2026 Grade A advertisement on sebi.gov.in as of 24.10.2026 (the 2025 one came on 30.10.2025) — re-check in November 2026.