in India, Aadhar Card Has become one of the most important documents to identify a citizen. Unlike its peers like Voter ID card, PAN card and others, an Aadhar card serves multiple purposes. It serves as a proof of identity for an Indian citizen – including his/her date of birth, address and other details. Aadhar card can also be linked with one’s phone number, bank etc. to perform various official functions. Considering the importance of Aadhaar, it is essential for an individual to ensure that all the details present on the card are correct. If not, the person is required to update them at the earliest.
Aadhar card is a one of its kind document issued by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). The card carries biometric credentials like fingerprint and iris of the individual apart from the usual details on the identity document like name, date of birth, gender and address.
What details can be updated in Aadhar card?
As of now, the government allows an individual to change his/her demographic and biometric details.
Demographic details include name, address, date of birth/age, gender, mobile number, email address, relationship status and consent to information sharing. According to the UIDAI website, the biometric details such as iris, fingerprints and facial photographs can be updated.
How to Update Aadhaar Card Name, Address, Gender, Other Details Online
In order to update their Aadhaar card details online, one has to first link their phone number to access the website. If the phone number is in line, one can visit the portal https://ssup.uidai.gov.in/ssup/ to initiate the process. The UIDAI website says, “The self-service online mode provides address updates to residents where residents can directly request an update on the portal.”
On the homepage, one has to click on ‘Proceed to update Aadhaar’ for this to work. Here, one has to log in to the portal with the Aadhaar number and OTP sent on their mobile phone. One has to fill his Aadhaar number. From there the user has to click on the ‘Send OTP’ option, after which a six-digit OTP will be sent to the registered mobile number. After filling it, the captcha has to be verified to proceed.
Once this is done, the user has to select the option ‘Update Demographic Data’ and from there, select the relevant options on the next page. In this step, one can choose the details which he/she wants to change in the Aadhar card. Once this is done, click on the ‘Proceed’ option. On this page, relevant changes need to be made. One can change name, email address, address gender and others during this process. After filling the relevant details, click on the ‘Proceed’ option. On the next page, the user needs to upload a soft copy of the supported Proof of Address (PoA) document to proceed further. The list of supported POA documents can be seen on the UIDAI website. One can use their Voter ID, PAN Number, Birth Certificate, Electricity Bill and many other documents as POA.
After all this is done, the user has to click on the submit option. After this, he can also take a preview of the changes made. UIDAI will send an Update Request Number (URN) to the user using which he can check the status of the Aadhaar card update process.
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