According to the Ministry of Civil Affairs 2016 "Provisional Norms for Marriage Registration Work" Chapter IV (7) provisions, the parties to the marriage registration should submit "two inches" of the two sides of the recent half-headless photo. According to the "marriage registration service standard system", the size specification of marriage certificate photos (marriage registration photos) is "color photos of both parties with red or blue background, size 53mm*35mm (width * height)".
The background of the marriage certificate registration photo stipulated by the Ministry of Civil Affairs can be red or blue. However, in our traditional Chinese culture, red has always been a happy and auspicious color, the vast majority of couples will choose red as the background color when taking marriage certificate photos.
The relevant person in charge of the Civil Affairs Bureau said that the group photo is an important part of the examination of the marriage registration authority. For group photos and composite photos, she explained in detail: "The group photo should be the two parties at the same time, the same place, jointly taken image pictures." A composite photo is an image that has been reproduced or scanned from two or more photos. Marriage registration photos should be clearly identifiable, and composite photos, artistic photos, wedding photos, life photos, stills, etc., should not be used."