Barmer photo upload for the health insurance card

Creating the photo for the Barmer health card

1. 1Take a photo in daylight from the front or upload one in the tool above.
2. 2“Health insurance card” is already selected: we crop, replace the background and check the photo.
3. 3See the free preview, buy and download the file.

Uploading the photo to Barmer online

Barmer asks for the photo by letter. Upload it at lichtbild.barmer.de with the order number from the letter and your date of birth – no “Meine Barmer” login needed.

1. 1Create the photo at FotoKlar and download the file
2. 2Open lichtbild.barmer.de and enter the order number and your date of birth
3. 3Upload the photo – according to Barmer the new card arrives about two weeks after the check

Photo requirements

What Barmer itself says:

• Photographed from the front
• Face height 70–80% of the photo
• Evenly and well lit
• Eyes clearly visible – no tinted glasses, no peaked cap
• No head covering except for religious reasons
• Background without distracting outlines, no other people; not required to be biometric

Photo rejected – what now?

If your photo is rejected, Barmer usually tells you why. Common reasons are shadows, a busy background, a tilted head or a face that is too small.

• Take a new photo in daylight from the front, head straight
• Face large enough in the frame (about 70–80% of the image height)
• Have the background replaced – FotoKlar does this automatically
• If the insurer rejects the purchased photo for not meeting its requirements, we refund the €7.99 in full