What Happens If I Lock My Aadhar Card?

To further strengthen your privacy and security, UIDAI has introduced a feature to lock and unlock your Aadhaar Number. After locking your Aadhaar Number, Authentication cannot be performed using Aadhaar Number.This will prevent the misuse of your Aadhaar Number by anyone else.

What happens when I lock my Aadhar card?

Once it is locked you will not be able to perform any form of Authentication (Biometric, Demographic or OTP) using your Aadhaar Number. However, you can still use your latest Virtual ID for performing Authentication. For Un-Locking Aadhaar Number you must have your latest Virtual ID.

How can I unlock my Aadhar card?

Send SMS 1947 with Aadhaar Register mobile number as RVID Space last 4 or 8 digit of UID. Select Unlock radio button, Enter Latest VID and security Code and click on send OTP or select TOTP and click on Submit. Your UID will be unlocked successfully.

What happens if we lock biometric in Aadhar card?

Locked Biometrics ensures the Aadhaar holder will not be able to use their Biometrics (fingerprints/iris) for authentication. Fingerprint and iris data in Resident’s Aadhaar used for authentication can be locked.This facility aims to strengthen privacy and confidentiality of Resident’s Biometrics Data.

What happens when biometrics is locked?

Locked biometrics ensures the Aadhaar holder will not be able to use their biometrics (fingerprints/iris) for authentication.

Can I surrender my Aadhar card?

Aadhaar is a 12-digit identification number the UIDAI issues to the residents of India. However, once generated, there is no process to cancel or surrender Aadhaar, even after the death of a person. Also, there is no provision to even update information about a holder’s death in the Aadhaar database.

Can someone misuse my Aadhar number?

UIDAI’s ‘Aadhaar Authentication History‘ facility can be used to check if your Aadhaar card is being misused.Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the issuing body of Aadhaar, provides a facility to check if someone has been misusing your card, called the ‘Aadhaar Authentication History.

How can I activate my suspended Aadhar card?

1) A deactivated Aadhaar can be activated again upon re-verification of your biometrics or update of your Aadhar card. 2) You need to visit the nearest enrolment center along with various documents for identity, address and proof for date of birth.

What is password for e aadhar?

Combination of the first 4 letters of name in CAPITAL and the year of birth (YYYY) as password.

What is the password to unlock Aadhaar card PDF?

How to unlock PDF file such as Aadhaar online

1. To unlock PDF online, go to ilovepdf website and select ‘Unlock PDF’ option from the ‘All PDF option’ dropdown menu.
2. Now, upload the PDF file you wish to remove password.
3. Hit ‘Unlock PDF’ button and enter password.
4. The password will be removed from the PDF file.

What can someone do with a scanned copy of my Aadhar card?

3) If someone gets to know my Aadhaar number, they can use it to hack my bank account. Absolutely false. Just like by merely knowing your ATM card number, no one can withdraw money from the ATM machine, by knowing your Aadhaar number alone, no one can hack into your bank account and withdraw money.

How can I get Aadhar card if I have fingerprint?

If biometric authentication fails repeatedly over a period of time, resident may approach an Aadhaar updation centre and get their biometrics updated with UIDAI.

How can I lock my Aadhar card by SMS?

How to lock Aadhaar through SMS

1. Go to TEXT in the first SMS and type ‘GETOTP’ (SPACE) and your Aadhaar number’s last four digits.
2. Send the second SMS as soon as you receive the OTP. Enter the last four digits of your Aadhaar (SPACE) six-digit OTP in this LOCKUID (SPACE).

What is biometric lock?

Biometric door locks—or smart locks—are devices that allow you to unlock your door with the combination of a fingerprint and PIN. Smart locks typically cost a few hundred dollars and allow you to authorize several people to unlock your door.

How can I check my biometric status in Aadhar card?

You can visit UIDAI’s website and login to your account using your Aadhaar and OTP to check the status of your Aadhaar biometrics. Alternatively, you can check the status of Aadhaar biometrics by logging in to your account through the mAadhaar app.

Can a person have 2 Aadhar card?

So, it will not be possible to have two Aadhaar numbers for a single person. In fact, if a person registers for Aadhaar number by impersonating as some other person, his own biometric information will be tied with the Aadhaar number obtained in the name of such other person.

How can I cancel my Aadhar card after my death?

As of Now, there is no procedure made available by UIDAI to surrender an Aadhaar Card after death, so you need not to follow any procedure. You can talk about the Demise with the UIDAI via Call or Email and ask for Procedure as they may have a process in the future.

Does Aadhar card expire?

Once an Aadhaar Card is issued to you, it is valid for the lifetime. However, in case of minors, the Aadhaar Card to children who are below the age of five years is blue in colour and is known as Baal Aadhaar. Thus, once the child attains the age of five years, the Aadhaar Card is also required to be updated.

Can someone hack my bank account with my Aadhar card?

3. Can someone hack into my bank account if they get to know my Aadhaar number? Absolutely false. Just as by merely knowing your ATM card number, no one can withdraw money from the ATM machine; by knowing your Aadhaar number alone, no one can hack into your bank account and withdraw money.

What is the meaning of inactive aadhar?

If your Aadhaar has not been used for the last three consecutive years i.e. you haven’t linked it to any bank account or to your PAN or used it for any other transaction such as giving Aadhaar details to EPFO to claim pension and so on then it could have been deactivated.

What happens if aadhar update is rejected?

Rejection of Aadhaar Card
You need to revisit the Aadhaar Enrolment Centre, in case your Aadhaar application was rejected due to the insufficient documentation. Once you visit the centre, you must complete the documentation and your request for Aadhaar application will be processed immediately.