How to Register for Aadhaar Card?

Aadhaar card number was launched in 2009. It is a 12 digit number, generated after a person registers him/herself giving biometric information to UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India).

Features of Aadhaar Card

Ø    The most important thing about this number is that one person can have only one aadhaar  number. If he / she tries for another time, it automatically gets failed.

Ø    Currently government of India is not charging any fees for that process. So it is absolutely FREE.

Ø    If any person loses his/her aadhaar card, E-aadhaar card can be generated through mobile phone or computer with his/her registered mobile number.

Ø    One thing is to be noted that by having aadhaar card, it is not proven that you are the citizen of India.

Ø    After successfully getting aadhaar card number, you can update and / or correct your details online mode as well as offline mode.

How to register for aadhaar card?

                                             Any person who want to register himself/herself for aadhaar card number, have to feel up the UID / aadhaar card number registration form and have to go to aadhaar card enrollment center or Jan Suvidha Kendra (JSK).

If you want to download aadhaar card registration form, click here

If you want to know nearby aadhaar card enrollment center, click here

There, he /she have to give his/her demographic and biometric information as listed below.

Demographic information required:

Name

Date of Birth

Gender

Address

Parent/Guardian details (required for children, adults may provide)

Contact details phone and email (optional)

Biometric Information required:

Photo

10 finger prints

Iris

If you want to know which documents can be used for registering for aadhaar card, click here for full list of documents.

You also have to submit documents of identity and resident address. The aadhaar card generating agency will issue a slip containing details of registration and Enrollment Identification number (EID) with date and time of registration.

If you want to check the status of your aadhaar card application status, then you can do it with the help of Enrollment Identification number (EID) slip. In the link given below you have to fill in the required details which you already have in Enrollment Identification number (EID) slip. After filling all the required details, you will get the message whether your aadhaar card number has been generated or not. To check the aadhaar card status click here.  A below page will open. Fill in the details.

If you get the message “Your aadhaar card number has been generating successfully” then you have two options for getting your aadhaar card.

1.      Online method:

You can get the .pdf file of your aadhaar card downloaded right now. To download your aadhaar card with the help of Enrollment Identification number (EID) click here

You have to fill in required Enrollment Identification number (EID) slip details in the webpage. After that a .pdf file will be downloaded. Please note that the .pdf file will be a password protected file. To open that file you have to enter your local PIN (Postal Identification Number) as password. You can take a print out of it and / or save digitally. 

2.      Offline method:

In this method you don’t have do anything, except waiting. The UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) will post the aadhaar card to your address given while registration. In case you don’t get it in one or two month, you should use online method given above. Please note that registering second time will not help you, because aadhaar card registration can be done only once per person.

The data given by the applicant are verified and then a unique 12 digit number called aadhaar card number  is generated and the print out of the same is sent to the applicant by post.

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