How to Apply for Aadhaar Card

Aadhaar Card provides 12 digit unique number generated randomly to every citizen of India, to enroll for Aadhaar Card there is no age limit any Indian Individual can get his or her Aadhaar Card by enrolling himself whether it may be infant, children, or a person with disability. Any citizen of India, Non Resident Indian (NRI), and any foreign citizen residing in India are eligible to get enrolled for Aadhaar Card anywhere and anytime in India. Government have come up with Aadhaar Card permanent centers in all states in India to help to enroll new born and as well as those who are still left without enrolling their self for Aadhaar Card.

Benefits of Aadhaar Card

Aadhaar Card can use used as POI (Proof of Identity) and POA (Proof of Address), for e.g. to open bank account, applying for passport and at various places.

Aadhaar Card is needed to apply for various schemes implemented by Government mostly for those who are living in rural and semi-urban areas.

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (MNREGA) employees with Aadhaar Card now can get their salaries on time in their respective bank accounts.

Aadhaar Card is now used to Know Your Customer (KYC) in various sectors like banking, insurance, mutual fund, mobile phones, landline, new gas connection, and vehicle purchases.

How to Apply for Aadhaar Card?

To Apply for Aadhaar Card find out the nearest Aadhaar Card Enrollment Center in your area, click here to find out the nearby Aadhaar Card Enrollment Center.

You can also take Appointment Online for Aadhaar Card Enrollment if the center accepts online appointments if no than you will have to walk in to Aadhaar Center and stand out in quee for your turn or else if no quee you can also get enrolled instantly. To know how to take Aadhaar Card Online Appointment click here.

You can download the Aadhaar Card Enrollment Form Online or you can even get the Aadhaar Card Enrollment Forms at the Aadhaar Center’s free of Cost. (While going for enrolling for Aadhaar Card it is good to take the filled Aadhaar Card form with valid photocopy documents so that you save your time).To know the valid list of documents which you will require to get enrolled for Aadhaar Card click here. You can also download and print the Aadhaar Card Application Form by clicking here.

Just provide the filled Aadhaar Application form with valid photocopies of documents self-attested to the Aadhaar Enrollment Operator.

The Operator will fill all the demographic details in the Aadhaar Software which you have filled in the Aadhaar Card Application form, review all the details carefully while the operator feeds in the Aadhaar software by seeing the monitor which is placed on your side.

After the operator will take all your biometric details like both hands fingerprints, iris scan, and photo. After capturing all these details, operator will ask you to review all your demographic details once again check it carefully if the operator have entered it correctly without any spelling mistakes errors.

If all things are OK, the operator will give you Aadhaar Card Acknowledgement Slip. Don’t forget to miss out this slip and if the operator doesn’t provide you the slip you should ask the Aadhaar Card Acknowledgement Slip so that It would be easy to track your Aadhaar Card generation process and without the Aadhaar Card Acknowledgement Slip you will not able to prove that you have enrolled for Aadhaar Card till your Aadhaar Card gets delivered to your address.

In few weeks after verification you will receive SMS on your phone or an email that your Aadhaar Card Number have been generated and will soon receive your Aadhaar Card send through post on your Address.

How much time does Aadhaar Number Generation process takes?

Normally Aadhaar Card Number generating process takes 60 to 90 days in rare conditions it could even take long time due to amount of backlogs. If in case any errors or issues in the application during verification process your application might get rejected and will asked to re-enroll yourself. After Aadhaar Card number is generated the Aadhaar Card printing process might take 3 to 5 weeks and additional few weeks for the Aadhaar Letters to get delivered to your postal address by India Post.

Also Check: How to Download Aadhaar Card Online

UIDAI Standard Certificate Format for Aadhaar Enrolment Update Form

UIDAI, the Unique Identification Authority of India has released a fixed standard format of Certificate for Aadhaar Enrolment Update. Aadhaar Applicants and those who want to update their Aadhaar will now have to submit this new format Certificate for Aadhaar Enrolment Update, this certificate will be treated as a document as well as a form for new enrolment or update. This new UIDAI Standard Certificate Format for Aadhaar Enrolment/ Update Form is not applicable for all, instead, it is applicable for those applicants who will submit documents as listed below: POI (Proof of Identity) documents Certificate of Identity having photo issued by Gazetted Officer or Tehsildar on UIDAI standard certificate format for enrolment/ update Certificate from Superintendent/ Warden/ Matron/ Head of Institution of recognized shelter homes or orphanages etc. on UIDAI standard certificate for aadhaar enrollment /update Certificate of Identity having photo issued by MP or MLA or MLC or Municip

Aadhaar Card PDF Password

We have discussed earlier how to download your e-Aadhaar Card Letter Online from the website, to know the complete process just click here . To download Aadhaar Card from UIDAI Website or mAadhaar app aadhar card download password is not required. But once you finish downloading your Aadhaar Card PDF File, to view your downloaded eAadhaar PDF it will ask you to enter the password. This means your e-Aadhaar PDF file is encrypted with password protection for your security and privacy reasons. Without entering the valid password your e-Aadhaar card cannot be viewed by anyone. So In this post, we will focus on how people after downloading their e-Aadhaar Card Letter can open their Aadhaar if they are facing any difficulty in it. To Open the PDF file of Aadhaar Letter you need the password, many people may be unaware of their Aadhar password and some people even though knowing the correct Aadhar password may be unsuccessful to unlock or view their Aadhaar PDF. Below are steps explai

Aadhaar Card Enrollment Rejected?

Is you Aadhaar Card enrollment Rejected? did you receive any message on your registered mobile number that your Aadhaar Card generation is rejected? then here we are going to list a few reasons which could lead to such rejections. Main Reason Behind Rejection of Aadhaar Mostly many people in India have messed up and don’t remember if they have been earlier enrolled for Aadhaar Card or not. And because they have not received their Aadhaar Card they go to Aadhaar Center and they get their self re-enroll, but this is not the solution to this problem. A person can enroll for Aadhaar Card only once and once you have been issued with 12 digit Aadhaar, even if you try to enroll yourself any number of times your application will always get rejected. If the first application is valid and all documents have been furnished then it will be accepted and you will be issued with 12 digit Aadhaar Number, however, you will also get your Aadhaar Card Letter delivered to your address via India P

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