Aadhaar Latest Updates and Tips – UIDAI

Aadhaar is for all Indians from a new born to senior citizen.Everyone can enroll for Aadhar Card for absolutely free. You may have Aadhaar but still you may not know everything about it. In this article you will know all such important points that you should must know.

Latest News Update About Aadhaar

Aadhar was for all every citizen since beginning. But now government of India has announce Aadhar for NRIs with Indian passport.

Another announcement from government made on July 5, 2019 is that PAN is interchangeable with Aadhaar. It means those who don’t have PAN card can file their Income Tax Return by quoting Aadhaar number.

IMP TIP :

If You have only year printed in date of birth then you don’t need to go to the Aadhaar Seva Kendra.All you need is just to download new Aadhaar or Order Reprint of Aadhaar Online. In old format of Aadhaar only year is printed in DOB.

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Important Excerpts From Aadhaar Amendment Bill

1. You can choose to use Aadhaar as Proof of Identity for opening bank accounts or getting mobile SIM card. – Ravi Shankar Prasad said in Lok Sabha
2. Soon Option to Children to Exit from Aadhaar after attaining the age of 18. This is a good decision because children don’t know what they are doing so giving them option to exit when they attain age of 18 is a good idea. – Ravi Shankar Prasad said in Lok Sabha
3. Rs 1 crore penalty and a jail term for private entities for storing Aadhaar data – Ravi Shankar Prasad said in Lok Sabha
4. It (The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019) provides that no service or benefit of any scheme will be denied for lack of Aadhaar – Ravi Shankar Prasad said in Lok Sabha

What Aadhaar Detail You Can Update Online?

Almost everything expect your name and biometric details you can update Online. But thing is that DOB and Names you can change only once ,while address and phone no. could be change as many times it changes. Important thing is you should must have registered mobile no. where you will get OTP to verify that it’s you . If your mobile no. is not registered go to Aadhar Seva Kendra and update it.

What is e-Aadhaar and what is its validity

e-Aadhaar is a password protected electronic copy of Aadhaar, which is digitally signed by the competent Authority of UIDAI. You can download it here Download E-Aadhaar E-Aadhaar is as equally acceptable as a Physical Copy of Aadhaar sent from UIDAI. See This PDF

Even black & White photocopy of Aadhar is equally valid for all purposes.

Anyone can easily download e-Aadhaar through either Enrollment No. or Aadhar No.

What Aadhar Services You Get Online

For any Aadhaar online service to use you should must have mobile no. which is registered with your UIDAI.

You can download your Aadhar, Locate an Enrolment Center near you. You can also check your Aadhaar Status, you can also retrieve lost or forgotten Enrolment Id or Aadhaar Id. You can also Order Aadhar Reprint at a cost of just ₹ 50/- and you will get it delivered at your home within 5 to 10 days.

Apart from these you can update your home Address. If you are living in a rented house then also you can change Address by providing house owners UIDAI no. and his consent.

If you have address proof then good because you can just update your address by uploading any address proof such as address mentioned in your bank passbook, or passport, driving license etc.

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Quick Links

Download Aadhaar Card

To Check Aadhaar Status

Retrieve Lost or Forgotten EID/UID

Check Bank Account Linked with Aadhaar

Order Aadhaar Reprint

Check Aadhaar Reprint Status

Check Aadhaar Status

Update your address online

Check Update Status

Request for Address Validation Letter

Lock/Unlock Biometrics

Verify an Aadhaar Number

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