Having email id linked with Aadhaar Card is very important as it allows the card holder to get notifications of his or her Aadhaar. Also in some cases OTP’s are also sent to email id, so having valid email id registered with Aadhaar benefits a lot during such situation.
In case while enrollment of Aadhaar if you have not provided your email id to be linked with Aadhaar or in case if your email id has been suspended by the provider or your email id has been hacked or if you have forgot the password which you had linked with Aadhaar then in this tutorial we will be going to tell you the complete procedure on how to get your email id linked with your Aadhaar Card.
First of all let us know, which all methods are there available through which you could link email id to Aadhaar Card.
You can link email id to Aadhaar Card via offline mode only that is by visiting Aadhaar Center, the online update mode of updating Aadhaar details only allows Aadhaar Holders to update their Address and rest all details like email, mobile number, DOB, age, etc. needs to be update via offline mode. Previously UIDAI Online Update used to allow Aadhaar Holders to correct or update their email online, but this option is no more available due to security reasons and update in their portal.
So now let us start with how to link email id to Aaadhar Card.
Process on How to Link Email id to Aadhaar Card
To link email id to Aadhaar Card, you will have to first find out the nearest Aadhaar Center located in your area. If you are having difficulty in finding it out, then you may not worry as UIDAI has dedicated a separate page through which you can find out or locate nearest Aadhaar Center in your area. To know the complete process on how to find our nearest Aadhaar Center click here.
Once you know the center location, you will need to carry your Aadhaar Card, supported documents and walk in to the center.
At the center you will have to request for Aadhaar Update Form.
Fill in details asked in the form, make sure you enter your email id which you want to update.
Enclose the supported documents by referring to list of documents which are been asked to produce for update.
Submit the form to the operator and he or she will feed in your details in the software.
Once update request has been taken you will be handed over with Aadhaar Update receipt which you will have to keep with you until your Aadhaar details gets updated. You will be notified via SMS about the update, once it is processed by UIDAI. Also you can check the status of your update request online from time to time.
To successfully process and update your email in your Aadhaar it will take almost 90 days.
That’s it, this is how you can link email id to Aadhaar Card if already not done.
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