Photo Basilisk / Passport photo
Passport & ID photos
Drop by,
get photographed, done.
Biometric passport photos for all countries and all ID documents: passport, identity card, visa, residence permit, GA travelcard. No appointment needed, taken by professionals and in your hands within a few minutes.
Standard format 35 × 45 mm
For the Swiss passport and identity card, as a print.
Special format
Other formats for foreign passports, visas and special ID documents.
Digital
Biometric file for online applications, by e-mail.
Print & digital
Both together: printed and as a file.
Reorder
Additional prints of your existing photo.
We photograph babies from 6 months. For younger children, you can take the photo yourself and send it to us for biometric editing and printing.
Drop by
Clarastrasse 36, Basel. No appointment, during all opening hours. Tram stop Clarastrasse, 7 minutes by tram from Basel SBB station.
Get photographed
Professional photo with studio lighting, taken by our photo specialists and checked against the biometric requirements of your destination country.
Take it with you
Take your prints with you straight away or receive the digital file directly by e-mail.
Truly biometric
We know the requirements of every country (format, background, head size, facial expression) and check every photo before you pay. Photo booth pictures rejected? Not a problem with us.
For job applications too
While you're here: a professional application photo is available from 79.– (¼ hour, retouched, by e-mail).
Glasses, hijab, uniform
We advise you on the spot on what your destination country allows and take several versions if needed.
135 years of photography in the same place
Basel faces have been photographed at Clarastrasse 36 since 1891. Four generations of craftsmanship, today digital and analogue.
Address
Clarastrasse 36, 4058 Basel
Tram stop Clarastrasse
4 minutes on foot from Messeplatz
7 minutes by tram from Basel SBB station
5 minutes by tram from Basel Badischer Bahnhof
Parking: Coop underground car park opposite
Opening hours
Mon–Fri 09:00–18:30
Sat 09:00–16:00