If you want to link your mobile number with Aadhaar card or want to update your mobile number, then you have to visit your nearest Aadhaar Enrollment Center. Learn how to update mobile number in Aadhaar card:
Aadhaar card is a very important document in today’s era. Today, to avail online facilities related to Aadhaar, it is necessary that your mobile number is registered with UIDAI. In such a situation, if you want to link your mobile number with Aadhaar card or want to update your mobile number, then you will have to visit your nearest Aadhaar Enrollment Center. Learn how to update mobile number in Aadhaar card:
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How to change mobile number in Aadhar Card?
If you have changed your mobile number, then it will also have to be updated in the Aadhaar card. You can follow these steps to know how to link mobile number with Aadhaar card:
Phase 1: Visit the nearest Aadhaar Enrollment Center or Aadhaar Seva Kendra for mobile number update. You can take the help of mAadhaar app to search the nearest Aadhaar center.
Phase 2: Then you have to fill the Aadhaar Update/Correction Form here.
step 3: Submit the form to the Aadhaar executive. For this, a fee of Rs 50 may have to be paid.
step 4: After this, you will be given an acknowledgment slip, which will contain the Update Request Number (URN). You can check the status of your update using the URN.
Step 5: Your mobile number will be updated in Aadhaar database within 30 days.
How to add/update mobile number in Aadhaar card
If you wish, you can add your mobile number to your Aadhaar card and register it with UIDAI. After this all messages and OTP related to Aadhaar will be sent to this mobile number. Learn how to link Aadhaar card with mobile number:
Phase 1: First of all, you have to visit the nearest Aadhaar Enrollment Center.
Phase 2: Here you will get the Aadhaar Enrollment Form, which you will have to fill.
step 3: Mention your mobile number in the form.
step 4: After filling the form completely, submit it to the Aadhaar executive.
Step 5: Here you will have to verify your details along with providing your biometrics. Here you do not need to provide any document.
Step 6: You will have to pay a fee of Rs 50 for this service.
The point to be noted here is that if you enter your mobile number at the time of enrolment, then you need not register again.
How to update mobile number in Aadhaar sitting at home through India Post Payment Bank
If you do not want to go anywhere to update or add mobile number in Aadhaar card, then you can do this work even sitting at home through India Post Payment Bank Portal. If you have changed your phone number recently, here’s how to update it from the comfort of your home through the India Post Payments Bank portal:
Phase 1: For this visit the official site of India Post Payment Bank.
Phase 2: Here you have to go to the service request option.
step 3: Then open Non-IPPB Banking and click on ‘Doorstep Banking’.
step 4: A new page will open with a form. Enter the details here and don’t forget to tick the box for Aadhaar Mobile Update.
Step 5: Now tap on the submit button.
Please tell that you will be contacted by the postal department after the successful submission of the application. Will visit your home to register biometrics and complete KYC based on your availability. Once the biometric is done, the mobile number will be updated in Aadhaar.
how to check aadhar to mobile number link status online do
Here we are telling you two ways, with the help of which you can check whether your Aadhaar card is linked with mobile or not:
Method 1
- Go to My Aadhaar on the UIDAI website and here under Aadhaar Services you will see the option of Verify an Aadhaar Number. Click on it
- Here enter your Aadhaar number and captcha code and click on Proceed And Verify Aadhaar. After this you will know whether your Aadhaar card is linked with the mobile number or not.
Method 2
- After visiting the UIDAI website, click on Verify Email/Mobile Number under the Aadhaar Services section in My Aadhaar.
- Here select the option of Verify Mobile Number. Enter your Aadhaar number, mobile number and captcha code.
- Click on Send OTP to know whether your mobile number is verified with UIDAI record or not. From this it will be known whether the mobile number is linked or not.
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