Aadhaar Card Correction: Can it be improved once the wrong gender is registered in the Aadhaar card and if yes then how many times? This is possible, according to UIDAI, the card issuing organization.
Aadhaar Card, UIDAI: Aadhaar Card is a very important document. Aadhar card records the demographic and biometric information of a user. Along with this, a 12-digit unique number is also entered. Often people have many questions regarding Aadhaar card updation. A similar question often arises in the minds of people about gender, ie gender updation. Aadhaar update can be done through UIDAI website or Aadhaar center.
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Can it be rectified once the wrong gender is entered in the Aadhar card and if yes, how many times? This is possible according to UIDAI, the Aadhaar card issuing organization.
As per UIDAI rules, gender can be updated only once in Aadhaar, although the gender information can be changed more often but for this, the cardholder has to apply at UIDAI Regional Office. This entire process is called exceptional handling process.
Under this, firstly the information has to be given to the UIDAI Region Office through e-mail and then the Aadhaar center has to be corrected. This process has to be followed to make changes in age, name, date of birth and gender beyond the prescribed limit.
According to UIDAI, information on Aadhaar update request can be obtained by calling the toll free number 1947. If you have recently applied for an updation, you can get information by calling this number.
