SSC Signature Size

SSC signature size: official rules

Sources: SSC notices for Combined Graduate Level Examination 2026, CHSL 2026, Constable (GD) 2026 and MTS 2025, published on ssc.gov.in. Check the notice for your exam before you upload.

How to resize your signature for SSC

1. Sign on plain white paper with a black or dark blue pen. Sign larger than normal so the strokes stay clear after shrinking.
2. Photograph it from directly above in daylight. The table around the paper is removed automatically.
3. Choose the photo above. Min 10 KB and Max 20 KB are already set, with 300 DPI.
4. Pick a shape under Dimensions & DPI: SSC 6.0×2.0 cm for most notices. The signature is fitted inside with a white border, so it is never cut off.
5. Download the JPG and upload it in the signature field.

6.0×2.0 cm or 4.0×2.0 cm?

SSC's own documents disagree. The main text of the 2026 CGL and CHSL notices, and the MTS 2025 and GD 2026 notices, describe the signature as about 6.0 cm wide and 2.0 cm high. The annexure at the end of the CGL and CHSL notices says about 4.0 cm by 2.0 cm. Both are written as approximate sizes, and the upload box checks the file size and format. Use 6.0×2.0 cm unless the form you are filling shows 4.0×2.0 cm next to the upload box; the result is 10–20 KB either way.

At 300 DPI, 6.0×2.0 cm is 709×236 pixels and 4.0×2.0 cm is 472×236 pixels. A clean signature at that size is often only a few KB, so the tool keeps it sharp and, if needed, adds padding inside the file to reach the 10 KB minimum. The signature itself is unchanged.

Why SSC has no photo upload any more

Recent SSC notices say the candidate is not required to have an existing photograph. Instead, the application captures your photo through the camera. The notices ask for good light, a plain background, the camera at eye level, your face fully inside the frame and no cap, mask or glasses, and they warn that photographing an existing photo leads to rejection. So you do not need a photo resizer for SSC, only a properly sized signature.

SSC signature on a phone, step by step

Most candidates fill the SSC form on a phone. Put the paper on a table near a window, hold the phone directly above it so the paper looks rectangular, and tap to focus on the ink before taking the picture. Open this page in the same phone's browser, choose the photo, tap SSC 6.0×2.0 cm, and download. The file is saved to Downloads on Android or Files on iPhone; select it from there in the SSC upload box. If the preview shows a faint line or speck from the paper, crop it out with Crop & rotate and the tool will redo the clean-up.

Aadhaar authentication and visually impaired candidates

The 2026 SSC notices say that candidates who complete Aadhaar-based authentication are not rejected over photo or signature standards. Even so, upload a clear signature: it is compared with the one you sign at the exam centre. Visually impaired candidates may give a thumb impression in place of a signature, as allowed in the notice; a thumb impression can be resized here in the same way.

Common SSC signature mistakes

• Signing in capital letters. Use your normal running signature.
• Lined notebook paper. Ruled lines can stay in the image. Use blank paper.
• Shadow of the phone. A grey patch across the signature lowers contrast. The clean-up removes most of it, but daylight is best.
• Too small inside the frame. A short signature in a big white box looks like a dot after resizing. Cut empty margins fixes this.
• File slightly over 20 KB. Some portals count 1 KB as 1000 bytes. Files from this page stay under 20,000 bytes.

Other signature rules

Bank exams use 10–20 KB at 140×60 pixels, and RRB needs 30–49 KB; see RRB signature size and the general signature resize tool. UPSC asks for three signatures in one image; see UPSC photo and signature size. For a plain size limit, use resize image to 20KB.