Big news came for Aadhaar card holders on Saturday. Actually, Aadhaar Unique Identification Authority of India or UIDAI has extended the deadline for updating Aadhaar card for free (Free Aadhaar Update Deadline) and now this work can be done for free till 14 December 2024. This deadline was ending today, but the authority has decided to extend it for three months.
The deadline was going to end today
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has provided the facility to update the Aadhaar Card made more than 10 years ago for free and its deadline was ending today, which has now been extended. Earlier also, the last date for getting this work done for free has been extended several times. Earlier it was extended from 14 March to 14 June 2024 and then this last date was extended once again to 14 September. On Saturday, another increase was made in it and now Aadhaar card users can get this work done absolutely free for three more months i.e. till 14 December. UIDAI shared this information on social media and posted it on X handle.
#UIDAI extends free online document upload facility till 14th December 2024; to benefit millions of Aadhaar Number Holders. This free service is available only on #myAadhaar portal. UIDAI has been encouraging people to keep documents updated in their #Aadhaar. pic.twitter.com/ThB14rWG0h
— Aadhaar (@UIDAI) September 14, 2024
This much charge will be levied after the deadline is over
After this fixed deadline for updating the Aadhaar card for free, you will have to pay the charge fixed by UIDAI for doing this important work, which is Rs 50. The special thing is that this free service of updating the Aadhaar card provided by UIDAI is available only on myAadhaar Portal.
Update details online like this
- Log in to the official website of UIDAI.
- Go to My Aadhaar portal on the homepage and log in using the OTP received on the registered mobile number.
- After this, check your details and if the details are correct then tick the correct box.
- If the demographic information is found to be incorrect, select the identity document from the drop-down menu and upload the document.
- This document can be uploaded in JPEG, PNG and PDF format.
You will have to go to the center for these updates
As mentioned, the facility of free Aadhaar update is available only online. You will have to pay the prescribed fee for any kind of update in the Aadhaar card by visiting the Aadhaar center. Meanwhile, keep in mind that there are some updates which will have to be done by visiting the center and not online. In these, if you have to update iris or biometric data. Then for this you will have to go to the Aadhaar Center.
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