Do you want to associate your mobile number with the Aadhaar card? Check out the step by step process here

New Delhi | Jagran Business Office: With increasing digitization across the country, the Aadhaar card has become one of the most important proofs of identity to have. This 12-digit ID card is needed to complete tax returns, open a bank account, buy a new SIM card, collect benefits under schemes such as PM Kisan Yojana and PM Awas Yojana. This is the reason why it is very important to update every kind of information entered into the Aadhaar card from time to time.

The Single Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the issuing organization of Aadhaar numbers, said that if your mobile phone number is linked to your Aadhaar card, you can change the different types of details entered on your card through verification from the mobile home OTP.

Documents needed to link Aadhaar with the mobile number

According to the UIDAI, no additional documents are required to update the mobile number of your Aadhaar card. You just need to go to a nearby Aadhaar service center and fill out a form to associate your cell phone number with your Aadhaar card.

Step by step process to link Aadhaar with mobile number

Step 1: Visit the nearest Aadhaar Service Center or Aadhaar Update Center.

2nd step: Fill out the Aadhaar update form.

Step 3: Enter your updated mobile number in the Aadhaar update form.

Step 4: After that pay a fee of Rs 50 to Aadhaar service center.

Step 5: Aadhar will register your request via executive biometric authentication at the service center.

Step 6: After that, you will receive an acknowledgment, in which the Unique Reference Number (URN) is entered.

Step 7: Thanks to this URN, you will be able to follow the status of your request later.

Posted by:
Talibuddin Khan