Aadhaar Card Update: How to change date of birth, mobile number, address on Aadhaar in a few minutes

UIDAI has added a new update to its official portal that allows the citizens who have moved to a new residential address to change the said address on their current Aadhaar identification. This self-service portal on the Aadhaar website helps the users to make these changes all by themselves. 

The updates were first announced on Aadhar's Twitter handle where it was announced that the new Aadhaar enrolment and Mandatory Biometric Update (MBU) would be provided free of charge. 

New Aadhaar registration is mandatory for children once they reach the age of five and again once they turn 15-years-old. The demographic update is all the data concerning the user’s name, date of birth, gender, address, mobile number, email address, and language.

The users will also have an option of updating their demographic data with an extra charge of Rs 50, whereas, if the user wants to update the biometric, then the charges incurred will be Rs 100. In the event users face any issue, Aadhaar issued a notice on Twitter asking users to get in touch with them via email at help@uidai.gov.in or by calling their toll-free helpline directory (1947).

Here are the documents needed to update Aadhaar online 

For residential or biometric updates, users will need to have proof of name, date of birth, gender, address, and optionally language.

Proof of Name 

Users need to provide Proof of Identity (POI). These include Passports, PAN Card, Ration/ PDS Photo Card, Voter ID, Driving License, or even a Government Photo ID Cards/ Service photo identity card issued by PSU, among others. 

Proof of birth date

Birth Certificate, SSLC Book/ Certificate, PAN card, Passport or Certificate of Date of Birth issued by Group a Gazetted Officer on UIDAI standard certificate format for enrolment/ update.

Proof of Gender

OTP authentication via mobile or face authentication

Proof of Address 

Users require a scanned copy of Proof of Address (POA) documents which can consist of Passport, Bank Statement/ Passbook, Post Office Account Statement/ Passbook, Ration card, Voter ID, Driving License, Government Photo ID cards/ service photo identity card issued by PSU, electricity bill (not older than 3 months), water bill (not older than 3 months).

Proof of language

No documents are needed for the same.

Other than the documents mentioned above, the web portal lists a broad category of other documents that people can use.