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The deadline for updating Aadhaar free has been extended by 6 months.
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has again extended the deadline for updating Aadhaar for free by 6 months. Now you will be able to update your Aadhaar for free till June 14, 2025 and you will not have to pay any charge for it. After this, charges will have to be paid for updating Aadhaar. Earlier this deadline was 14 December 2024.
UIDAI posted on X on Saturday that, to benefit lakhs of Aadhaar number holders, the service of free online document uploading has been extended till June 14, 2025. This free service is only myAadhaar Available on the portal.
Deadline extended for the fourth time UIDAI has extended the deadline for updating Aadhaar for free for the fourth time. Earlier it was extended for three months each, whereas this time the deadline has been extended for 6 months. Earlier this deadline was 14 June 2024, which was extended to 14 September 2024 and then to 14 December 2024.
UIDAI says that this initiative to update Aadhaar for free is especially for those people who got Aadhaar card 10 years ago and have not updated it even once.
You can update yourself on the official website To update Aadhaar, users can visit the official website of UIDAI. myAadhaar You can update your details yourself by visiting. In this, only demographic data can be updated online. If you cannot update Aadhaar yourself, you can get this work done by going to the nearby Aadhaar center, but here you will have to pay a fee of Rs 50 for updating every detail (demographic and biometric data).
To update Aadhaar online, it is necessary to update your mobile number. Otherwise Aadhaar will not be updated online. Mobile number can be updated at the Aadhaar center only. After updating the details, you will also get a service request number. Through this you can check when the details will be updated in your Aadhaar.
Why is it important to update Aadhaar?
- It is easy to open a bank account or avail benefits of government schemes.
- There is no problem in getting PAN card, passport, voter ID card or ration card made.
- It is easy to verify a person’s identity.
- There is less risk of scam or fraud.
Complete process to update Aadhaar
How to update address in Aadhaar with address proof
- First the official site of UIDAI myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/ Go to.
- To login here you will have to enter your 12 digit Aadhaar number. After this enter the captcha code and click on send OTP.
- After this an OTP will come on your registered mobile number. Enter it and login.
- Now go to Aadhaar update option. After this click on the option of Proceed to Aadhaar Update.
- After this, on the next page, select the address and click on the option of Proceed to Aadhaar Update.
- By doing this your current address will appear in front of you.
- After this, the option of the address you want to update will appear.
- Here you will have to fill the information of your new address.
- After this you will have to submit a document on which you will have the new address.
- After this you will have to click on both the check boxes given below and click on Nest.
- Now the payment option will appear in front of you. Here you can make payment through UPI, Net Banking or Card as per your wish.
- You will get a receipt once the payment is completed. After this your Aadhaar will be updated in about 30 days.
You can update your address even without documents UIDAI also provides the facility to update address in Aadhaar online with the permission of the head of the family. Under this, the head of the household can approve the address of his child, spouse, parents for online Aadhaar address update. Anyone above 18 years of age can be a HOF.
This is the whole process
- first of all you myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in Go to website.
- Yes, to login you have to enter your 12 digit Aadhaar number. After this enter the captcha code and click on send OTP.
- After this an OTP will come on your registered mobile number. Enter it and login.
- After this you will get the option of online update service, select it.
- After this you click on Head Of Family (HOF) based Aadhaar update.
- After this the Aadhaar number of the Head of Family will have to be entered.
- After this you will have to pay a service charge of Rs 50.
- After this a request for address update will be sent to HOF.
- After this the HOF will have to give its permission.
- If HOF rejects the request to share the address, your Aadhaar address will not be updated.
