New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has put in place a resident pleasant facility to assist them replace handle in Aadhaar on-line with the consent of the Head of Family (HoF).
“The HoF based online address update in Aadhaar will be of great help to the relative(s) of a resident–like children, spouse, parents etc, who don’t have supporting documents in their own name to update address in their Aadhaar,” mentioned a Ministry of Electronics & IT launch.
Aadhaar handle change course of might be accomplished by submitting Proof of Relationship doc like Ration Card, Marksheet, Marriage Certificate, Passport and many others. mentioning the identify of each the applicant and HOF and the connection between them and OTP based mostly authentication by the HOF. In case even Proof of Relationship doc isn’t accessible, UIDAI supplies the resident to submit a self-declaration by the HOF within the UIDAI prescribed format.
“With people moving cities and towns due to various reasons within the country, such a facility will be beneficial for millions of people. This choice would be in addition to the existing address update facility using any valid Proof of Address document prescribed by UIDAI,” mentioned the ministry launch.
Any resident above the age of 18 might be an HOF for this objective and may share his/her handle together with his/her kin by way of this course of.
How to replace handle in Aadhaar on-line with the consent of Head of Family (HOF)
In the ‘My Aadhaar’ portal ( ), a resident can select this feature whereas in search of to replace handle on-line.
Following which, the resident might be allowed to enter the Aadhaar variety of the HOF, which is able to solely be validated.
No different data of the HOF’s Aadhaar might be displayed on the display screen to take care of enough privateness of HOF.
Post profitable validation of Aadhaar variety of HOF, the resident might be required to add the Proof of Relationship doc.
Resident has to pay the price Rs. 50 for the service.
On profitable fee, a service request quantity (SRN) could be shared with the resident, and an SMS could be despatched to the HOF in regards to the handle request.
The HOF to approve the request and provides his/her consent by logging into the My Aadhaar portal inside 30 days from the date of receiving the notification and the request might be processed.
If the HOF rejects to share her/his handle, or doesn’t settle for or decline inside the stipulated 30 days of SRN creation, the request could be closed. The resident, in search of handle replace by way of this feature, might be knowledgeable in regards to the closure of the request by way of an SMS. In case the request is closed or rejected as a result of non acceptance of the HOF or rejected throughout course of, the quantity shall not be refunded to the applicant.
