Updating data on Aadhaar
A Step-by-Step Guide To Aadhaar Card Name Correction
As one of the most important documents of identification for Indians, the Aadhar card includes a unique 12-digit identification number along with your name, birth date, address, telephone number, marital status, etc. The Indian government initially conceived the Aadhar scheme to fix leakages in various assistance schemes for the poor. It is a handy identification document that reduces the hassle of carrying multiple documents like a passport, voter ID, ration cards, PAN cards, and driving licenses. Moreover, in the Union Budget 2019, the government has announced that you can now file your income tax returns through your Aadhar card if you do not have a PAN card. Therefore, it is very important that you keep all your personal details updated in your Aadhar card.
In this article, we will focus on the different steps you will need to follow for changing the name on your Aadhar card.
UIDAI has made it simpler for people to get their Aadhar card updated or corrected both online and offline. Here are mentioned brief processes of Aadhar card update or correction through which people can easily get their e Aadhaar card details updated and corrected. Follow the given steps below to update the Aadhar card address, name, date of birth, mobile number, and email id on the Aadhaar card online and offline by visiting the Aadhaar Enrolment/Update Centre.
Registered Mobile Number
A registered mobile number is essential to access Aadhaar Online Services
You can verify your mobile number that has been declared at the time of enrolment or during the latest Aadhaar detail update.
If you have not registered your Mobile number while enrolling for Aadhaar, you are required to visit a Permanent Enrolment Centre to get it registered.
Enabling Aadhaar for various services like Government & Non-Government Services, Subsidy Benefits, Pensions, Scholarships, Social Benefits, Banking services, Insurance services, Taxation services, Education, Employment, Healthcare, etc., makes it essential to ensure that Aadhaar data of the resident stored in the CIDR is accurate and up-to-date.
Demographic data update, the need could arise from:
- Changes in life events such as marriage may lead to residents changing their basic demographic details such as name and address. Address and the mobile number could also change due to migration to newer locations. Residents may also want changes in their relative’s details due to changes in life events such as marriage, death of a relative, etc. In addition, residents could have other personal reasons to change their mobile number, email address, etc.
- Changes in various service delivery platforms may lead residents to declaration request changes and to add a mobile number to CIDR etc.
- Errors were made during the enrolment process wherein the resident’s demographic data may have been captured incorrectly. Changes to the “DoB/Age” and “Gender” fields are expected primarily due to enrolment errors.
- Since a resident can enroll anywhere in India, it may happen that a native speaker of language “A” is enrolled by an operator of language “B” and consequently the resident’s local language of enrolment is “B”. Later, the resident may want to change the local language of enrolment to another that he/she prefers. If so, all the demographic information printed on the Aadhaar letter will need to be updated in the new local language.
- UIDAI may also ascertain the availability of POI, POA and other documents collected at the time of enrolment/update and its quality and decide to notify residents to update their demographic information and submit the required document.
Biometric update, the need could arise from:
- Age <5 years at the time of initial enrolment –The child should be re-enrolled when the child attains an age of 5 years and all biometric data should be provided. A de-duplication would be done for the child at this stage. This request will be treated similarly to a new enrolment request while retaining the original Aadhaar number
- Age between 5 and 15 years at the time of enrolment – The resident should furnish all biometrics for updates when the resident attains age of 15 years.
- Age >15 years at the time of enrolment – Residents are recommended to update their biometric data every 10 years.
- Events like accidents or diseases leading to a biometric exception
- As the Aadhaar authentication service is becoming ubiquitous, residents may also approach for biometric updates because of authentication failures (called false rejects – where a correct resident with a valid Aadhaar number may be incorrectly rejected) which may result from incorrect biometric capture or poor biometric quality captured at the time of enrolment. With improvements in technology, it may be possible to capture better-quality biometrics in the CIDR.
- UIDAI may verify the quality of biometrics captured during enrolment/ update and decide a threshold. All the residents whose biometrics are below the decided threshold level may be notified by UIDAI to update of biometrics.
Aadhaar details that can be updated are:
Demographic information | Name, Address, Date of Birth/Age, Gender, Mobile Number, Email Address, Relationship Status and Information Sharing Consent |
Biometric information | Iris, Finger Prints and Facial Photograph |
The UIDAI update process accepts a wide range of PoI (Proof of Identity) and PoA (Proof of Address) documents. View the list of supporting documents.
Modes of Update
1. Via Online
The Self-Service online mode offers address updates to the residents where the resident can directly place the update request on the portal. The Aadhaar number and registered mobile number of the resident are required to log in to the portal. The resident is authenticated using OTP on his/her registered mobile number. To complete the update process, the resident needs to upload the supporting POA documents, which will be verified against requested data at a later stage at UIDAI’s Update back-office by a Verifier. The resident needs to have a mobile number registered with Aadhaar for using this service.
2. By Visiting Permanent Enrolment Centre
These are modes where residents place the demographic/biometric update request with the help of an operator at a Permanent Enrolment Centre. In such a case, the documentary evidence is collected by the operator at the time of accepting the request. The document verification by the verifier also happens at the time of placing the Update request. UIDAI currently has envisaged three modes for Assisted Updates:
a. Update Client Standard
Fields: All biometric and demographic fields as well as local language can be updated
Identity Authentication: Biometric check at the back end.
Document Verification
- Verification is done for those fields which require documentary evidence.
- Verification is done by a verifier appointed by UIDAI/Registrars present at Enrolment / Update Centre.
- The verification procedure followed should be in line with DDSVP Committee Recommendations followed during the enrolment process
Form Filling and Acknowledgement
- Done by the operator on update client as requested by the resident. Handles spelling, language issues, transliteration, etc. An operator will provide biometric sign-off against every update request.
Resident gets an acknowledgment receipt with an Update Request Number (URN) which can be tracked.
b. Update Client Lite (UCL)
Fields: All demographic fields and Photos as well as local language can be updated.
Identity Authentication: Biometric Authentication of the resident.
Document Verification
- Verification is done for those fields which require documentary evidence
- Verification is done by a verifier appointed by UIDAI/Registrars present at Enrolment / Update Centre.
- The verification procedure followed should be in line with DDSVP Committee Recommendations followed during the enrolment process
Form Filling and Acknowledgement
- Done by the operator on update client as requested by the resident. Resident gets an acknowledgment receipt with an Update Request Number (URN) which can be tracked. The operator will provide biometric sign-off against every update request.
c. Update through AUA Point of Presence
This mode will be used by select Registrar who will also become AUAs. UIDAI may provide applications / APIs for Updates. The Registrars selected for such updates will be Registrars known to collect/generate/possess and/or manage the particular demographic field and is a custodians of such data.
Fields: Demographic fields
Identity Authentication: Biometric Authentication of resident on the AUA device; UIDAI may decide to use other/additional authentication factors if required. For example mobile OTP, for taking update requests from this mode.
The operator will provide a biometric sign-off against every update request. Thus they must have Aadhaar. Auth standards of UIDAI will be applicable for the device/s used.
Document Verification: UIDAI will accept updates based on Registrar’s verification process and Resident Authentication. For audit purposes, electronic/scanned document copies may be collected online. These document copies may be captured and received with each resident request or may be made available, by the Registrar, in batches against the Update Request Numbers, Date, and time.
Form Filling and Acknowledgement
- Done by Registrar’s Operator( employee/ outsourced) on a Device with Biometric Authentication Feature, such as a Micro-ATM Resident gets an acknowledgment receipt with Update Request Number (URN) which can be tracked. The acknowledgment may be a print receipt and/or SMS/email based on the type of request. For example, for mobile number updates, the acknowledgment can be an SMS on the given mobile number. The API will have the functionality to generate electronic as well as Print receipts. The Registrar may provide print receipts at the end of taking update requests if they so decide.