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You can make these changes in Aadhaar only once, if you make a mistake even by mistake, you will not get a chance again

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Aadhaar card is an important document in today's time. Many times when you change your house, your address changes and you must have changed it in your Aadhaar card as well. For this, you are given a chance to update Aadhaar by UIDAI. But you cannot correct every mistake in Aadhaar again and again. Some rules have been made regarding changes in Aadhaar. Here know how many times a person can change his name, address, gender and date of birth and what is the way to change it.

According to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), gender and date of birth can be changed only once in life. If any kind of mistake has been made in it, then you can get it corrected once. But you will not get this chance again and again.

Aadhaar card holders are given the facility to change their name (Name Change in Aadhaar) a maximum of 2 times, that is, the name can be changed only twice. If there is a mistake in your name or a woman has to change her surname after marriage, then she can do this work only a maximum of two times.

You can change the address on the Aadhaar card (Address Change in Aadhaar) as many times as you want. There is no limit set for this. You can change your address online yourself by providing valid proof like electricity/water/telephone bill, rental agreement or you can change it by visiting the Aadhaar enrollment center.

To change the name, go to the Aadhaar enrollment center and give your Aadhaar number to the executive officer. There you will be asked to fill the Aadhaar enrollment form. Fill it and attach the necessary documents. After receiving the form and all the documents, the executive officer will take your biometric data for authentication and enter the information. The proof of the document is scanned and the original document is returned. Once the application process is completed, the executive officer gives a receipt which contains the receipt number. This receipt number can be used to track the Aadhaar update status. You will be charged Rs 50 for this work.

If you want to change the date of birth in Aadhaar, then it would be better for you to go to the nearest Aadhaar enrollment center because this opportunity is given to you only once. For this, documents like PAN card, birth certificate, passport, bank passbook, certificate issued by the university etc. will be required. Also, the correction form has to be filled. Now the officer present at the Aadhaar center will take your biometric details and verify it, which includes everything from your finger print to iris scan. Along with this, your form will be checked and the information will be confirmed from you. If your documents are found correct, your date of birth is updated. To change the date of birth in Aadhaar, you will have to pay Rs 50 as a fee. At the Aadhaar center, you are given a URN slip through which you can track the status of the Aadhaar update request online.

To change your address, first go to UIDAI's official website myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/ and login. Go to the Aadhaar update option in the top menu. After this, click on the option of Proceed to Aadhaar update. Now select the address on the next page and click on the option of Proceed to Aadhaar update. After this, your current address will appear on your screen. The option of the address you want to update will come. You will have to fill the details of the new address. After this, you will have to upload some documents. You have to click on both the check boxes given below and click on Next. After this, you will see the payment option. Here you have to pay a non-refundable fee of Rs 50. You will get a receipt as soon as the payment is completed. After this, your Aadhaar will be updated in a day or two.