Aadhaar Tips: You can make these changes in Aadhaar only once...
Employment Newsdesk September 24, 2024 12:15 PM

The Aadhaar card is an important document in today's time. Many times when you change your house, your address changes and you must also change it on your Aadhaar card. For this, UIDAI gives you a chance to update your Aadhaar. But you cannot correct every mistake in Aadhaar again and again. Some rules have been made regarding changes in Aadhaar. Here know how many times a person can change his name, address, gender, and date of birth and what is the way to change it.

You can correct this mistake only once
According to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), gender and date of birth can be changed only once in life. If any kind of mistake has been made in it, then you can get it corrected once. But you will not get this chance again and again.

You get a chance to correct this mistake only 2 times.
Aadhaar card holders are given the facility to change their name (Name Change in Aadhaar) a maximum of 2 times, that is, the name can be changed only twice. If there is a mistake in your name or a woman has to change her surname after marriage, then she can do this work only twice.

How many times can you change the address?
You can change the address on the Aadhaar card (Address Change in Aadhaar) as many times as you want. There is no limit set for this. You can change your address online yourself by providing valid proof like an electricity/water/telephone bill, or rental agreement or you can change it by visiting the Aadhaar enrolment center.

This is how the name changes.
To change the name, go to the Aadhaar enrolment center and give your Aadhaar number to the executive officer. You will be asked to fill out the Aadhaar enrolment form there. Fill it out and attach the necessary documents. After receiving the form and all the documents, the executive officer will take your biometric data for authentication and enter the information. The proof of the document is scanned and the original document is returned. Once the application process is completed, the executive officer gives a receipt containing the receipt number. This receipt number can be used to track the Aadhaar update status. You will be charged Rs 50 for this work.

This is how the date of birth will change.
If you want to change the date of birth of your Aadhaar, then it would be better for you to go to the nearest Aadhaar enrollment center for because this opportunity is given to you only once. For this, documents like a PAN card, birth certificate, passport, bank passbook, certificate issued by the university, etc. will be required. Also, the correction form has to be filled. Now the officer present at the Aadhaar center will take your biometric details and verify them, which includes everything from your fingerprint to your iris scan. Along with this, your form will be checked and the information will be confirmed by you. If your documents are found correct, your date of birth is updated. To change the date of birth in Aadhaar, you will have to pay a fee of Rs 50. At the Aadhaar center, you are given a URN slip through which you can track the status of your Aadhaar update request online.

This is the way to change the address.
To change your address, first, go to the official website of UIDAI myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/ and log in. Go to the Aadhaar update option in the top menu. After this, click on the option of Proceed to Aadhaar update. Now on the next page, select the address and click on the option of Proceed to Aadhaar update. After this, your current address will appear on your screen. The option of the address you want to update will come. You will have to fill in the details of the new address. After this, you will have to upload some documents. You have to click on both the check boxes given below and click on Next. After this, you will see the payment option. Here you have to pay a non-refundable fee of Rs 50. You will get a receipt as soon as the payment is completed. After this, your Aadhaar will be updated in a day or two.

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