NEW DELHI, July 3: After the vaccine certificate, the government has now given an option to the people to rectify online any mistake in details in their Aadhar card.
All one need to do is to visit the government’s official online portal of the Unique Identification Authority of India (Uidai) and follow some simple steps. The site allows you to change personal details such as name, address, sex, and date of birth on the Aadhar card.
Step 1: Go to the official uidai.gov.in website and visit the “Update Aadhar” section.
Step 2: You then need to tap again on the “Update Address in your Aadhar” link. Once you click on it, you will be redirected to a page that will allow you to update more than your address.
Step 3: Now click on the “Proceed to Update Aadhar” link and then enter the relevant credentials. You will be asked to enter your Aadhar number and captcha. After that, you need to tap on the ‘Send OTP’ button.
Step 4: Once you receive a six-digit OTP on your registered mobile number, just enter it. After which, you will be able to update your demographics data. You just need to click on the “demographics data” option. Just add the latest details and submit the data by clicking on “Proceed” button.
Step 5: At the end, you will also be asked to upload relevant documents which validate the changes you want to make to your Aadhar card. In simpler terms, you will have to provide a proof for the changes you are making.
As per the official site, the following demographic data can be updated online:
#Name
#Date of Birth
#Gender
#Address
#Language
You are allowed to update the name on your Aadhar card twice in a lifetime. One can change the gender and date of birth only once. The official site says “change in Date of Birth can be updated only for unverified DoB.”
Each type of update will require some verification. For Name, you need to scanned copy of Proof of Identity (POI) and for date of birth, you will require Scanned copy of proof of date of birth. If you are going to update address, then you should have scanned copy of Proof of Address (POA). If you just want to update language, then you don’t need to submit any document for it.
(Manas Dasgupta)