Whenever we talk about any document that is required for almost every work, the name of the Aadhar Card appears first. The Aadhaar card is issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India. This Aadhaar contains the demographic and biometric information of the cardholder. In such a situation, apart from important tasks like opening a bank account and getting a SIM card, it is also needed to avail benefits of government schemes. On the other hand, after the introduction of the PVC Aadhaar card, many people got it, but do you know that some PVC Aadhaar cards are invalid? Probably not, so let us know how you can know whether your PVC Aadhaar is valid or invalid. You can learn about this in the next slides...

This PVC card is invalid
According to the Unique Identification Authority of India i.e. UIDAI, if a person has made a PVC Aadhaar card from a cyber café or other places, then it is invalid because such a PVC Aadhaar card lacks security features.

Therefore, if you also have such an Aadhar card, then instead you can get a PVC Aadhar card issued by UIDAI. It is very easy to get it made and the entire process is online, where your work is done for just Rs 50.

The method of making PVC Aadhaar cards issued by UIDAI is as follows:-
Step 1

To get a PVC Aadhaar card issued by UIDAI, you have to first go to its official website uidai.gov.in.
After going to the portal, you have to click on the option 'Order Aadhaar PVC Card' in the section 'My Aadhaar'.

Step 2
After this fill in the 12 digit Aadhaar number and captcha code
Then click on the 'Send OTP' button

Step 3
Now an OTP will come on your registered mobile number, enter it, and click on submit.
Finally, after seeing the preview, pay the online fee of Rs 50, then after a few days this card arrives at your address.

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