Aadhar card is used as an important document in the country. Without an Aadhar card, the benefits of many government schemes are not available. Aadhar card can be used for every purpose. Aadhaar card is required for everything from opening a bank account to making a PAN card. But do you know that some Aadhaar cards also expire? What steps should you take if your Aadhar card expires? How many days is the validity of an Aadhar card? Let us tell you its complete information today.
You can verify your Aadhar card to check its validity. By doing verification you can check whether your Aadhar card is valid or not. This also gives information on whether your Aadhar card is fake or genuine. Aadhar card is now being used at most places, so its complete information should be kept correct. This can also be checked through online verification.
How long is an Aadhar card valid?
If someone's Aadhaar card is issued, it remains valid throughout his life. But this does not happen in the case of minors, because their Aadhar card is valid for some time. The Aadhaar card of children below five years of age is blue. This is known as the Bal Aadhaar Card. When the child turns five years old, it is necessary to update the Aadhaar card.
What to do to activate an Aadhar card?
If you do not update the Baal Aadhaar card after five years, it becomes deactivated. In such a situation, it is necessary to update the biometric data to activate the Aadhar card. A second Aadhar card is issued in place of the child's Aadhar card.
This Aadhar card has to be updated every 15 years so that your Aadhar card remains active and the correct information remains updated.
How to verify Aadhar card
First of all, you have to go to the official website of Aadhar Card, uidai.gov.in.
Now click on the 'Verify Aadhaar Number' option under 'On Aadhaar Services' on the homepage.
After this, you can enter 12 12-digit Aadhaar numbers and a captcha code and after that, you can verify your Aadhaar.
Now you can check it by clicking on the verify button.
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