You can fill up the Aadhar Card Correction Form in either of the two ways – online or offline
Contents
Aadhar Card Offline Process
Here are the steps you need to follow to complete the process of rectifying your previous information in the form through the offline method:
- Step 1: Visit the official UIDAI website.
- Step 2: Select Resources > Enrolment Docs > Download Forms from the dropdown options under the head ‘Menu’
- Step 3: Download the Aadhaar Card Correction Form.
- Step 4: Fill in the necessary details that has to be rectified
- Step 5: You need to attach proofs for every correction you have made
- Step 6: The rectified Aadhaar Card Correction Form, with the attached documents, has to be sent to the below address: Unique Identification Authority of India,
Online Process
The following are the guidelines for completing the rectification of the details of your Aadhaar Card Correction Form online:
- Step 1: Visit the official UIDAI website or download the form from this link for free: uidai.gov.in/images/aadhaar_enrolment_correction_form_version_2.1.pdf
- Step 2: Enter the 12-digit Aadhaar Card number and then the captcha code provided
- Step 3: Click on the ‘OTP’ tab for the generation of the One Time Password, which will be sent to your registered number
- Step 4: Enter the OTP and click on the ‘Submit’ button
- Step 5: Select the fields in which you have to make rectifications, and then correct and update them
- Step 6: Upload a scanned copy of documents as proof of every rectification you have made
- Step 7: An Updated Request Number or URN will then be generated
- Step 8: Take a printout of the rectified form for future reference
Contents of The Aadhar Card Correction Form
ou have to fill up the following details in the Aadhaar Card Correction Form while applying for rectification in information:
- Pre-enrolment ID
- NPR number
- Name of the applicant
- Gender – Male, Female, Transgender
- Age and Date of Birth (DoB)
- Complete residential address, Email ID provided previously and registered contact number
- Data about father/mother/guardian/husband/wife. Information about father, mother, guardian is mandatory when the applicant is a child below the age of 5 years
- Details of supporting document proofs – proof of identity, residential address, DoB
- Data about Introducer or HUF (Hindu United family), if required
- Signature or thumbprint of the applicant
Below is the list of fields where rectifications can be made:
- You have to mention your 12-digit Aadhaar Number to proceed further
- Name of the resident
- Gender – Male, Female or Transgender
- Details mention under C/O, D/O, S/O, W/O or HO
- Residential address
- Landmark details
- Name of the locality or area or sector
- Name of the state, city or district or town or village
- Details of Post Office
- Pin Code
- Contact number
- Email ID
- Updated list of documents as proof:
- POI: For change of the applicant’s name
- DOB: For change in Date of Birth
- POA: For change in address
Things to keep in mind while filling the Aadhaar Correction Form
The following are the guidelines that you should remember while filling the Aadhaar Correction Form:
- Remember to use capital letters only throughout the form
- Ensure that you mention your contact number as it is a mandatory field
- Send the corrected through post, if you have opted for filling the form offline
- Select the same language option, either or local language or English, as you had done at the time of enrolment
- Update the form only with the most recent details and not with invalid or old information
- Mention complete names, including salutations, that is, Mr. Ms., Dr., Col etc.
- Make sure that you have mentioned the complete address
- Mention your complete name below the signatures or thumbprints
- Carefully attach documents as proof for every rectification made
