Updating your Aadhaar

You change your address, mobile number, name, date of birth, photo or other details in Aadhaar, online or at an Aadhaar centre.

For whom: Anyone in Telangana who has an Aadhaar and needs to change or correct a detail in it, or to refresh its documents or biometrics.

Published on 30-10-2026. Not every fact has been checked against its official source yet: confirm at the office.

Only if

What do you need to change in your Aadhaar? Address · Is a mobile number linked to your Aadhaar, and do you still have that phone? Yes

Log in to the myAadhaar portal with your Aadhaar number and the OTP sent to your linked mobile. Choose "Address Update" and type the new address in English (it is turned into Telugu for you; you can correct it). Upload a clear colour scan (PDF or JPEG) of the original proof of address and pay online. The address you type must match the document.

💻 Online

myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in ↗

📎 Your Aadhaar (the number is enough), Proof of address (in your name)

💰 Fee: Pay the charge the portal shows; check the amount before you pay.

Not confirmed: UIDAI's FAQ says an online address update costs ₹50 (GST included), but UIDAI's current list of charges gives ₹75 for a separate demographic update and shows no separate online charge. We did not see the payment screen.

Only if

What do you need to change in your Aadhaar? Documents only (same details; giving fresh proofs of identity and address) · Is a mobile number linked to your Aadhaar, and do you still have that phone? Yes

Log in to the myAadhaar portal with an OTP and choose "Document Update". Upload scans of your proof of identity and proof of address. This does not change the details in your Aadhaar; it adds fresh proofs for them. It is meant for people who have not changed any detail for years (8 to 10).

💻 Online

myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in ↗

📎 Your Aadhaar (the number is enough), Proof of identity (with name and photo), Proof of address (in your name)

💰 Fee: Free · Free on myAadhaar until 14 June 2027 (UIDAI Office Memorandum of 13.05.2026). At a centre it costs ₹75.

Only if

What do you need to change in your Aadhaar? Address / Documents only (same details; giving fresh proofs of identity and address) · Is a mobile number linked to your Aadhaar, and do you still have that phone? Yes

When you finish, download the receipt (invoice) with the service request number (SRN) and keep it; the SRN also comes by SMS. Until processing starts you can cancel the request under "Requests" on myAadhaar, and the money comes back within 21 days. If the request is rejected, the money is not refunded.

💻 Online

myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in ↗

Only if

What do you need to change in your Aadhaar? Mobile number or e-mail / Name, date of birth or gender / Photo, fingerprints or irises (including the compulsory update for children at 5 and 15)

Find the nearest Aadhaar centre on UIDAI's locator (Bhuvan Aadhaar); it need not be the centre where you first enrolled. UIDAI's own Aadhaar Seva Kendras in Telangana are in Hyderabad (Moosarambagh Metro Station), Madhapur and Hanamkonda; you can book a free appointment for them at bookappointment.uidai.gov.in (up to 2 a month).

💻 Online

bhuvan-app3.nrsc.gov.in ↗

Only if

💻 Online

bhuvan-app3.nrsc.gov.in ↗

Only if

What do you need to change in your Aadhaar? Address · Is a mobile number linked to your Aadhaar, and do you still have that phone? No, or I don't know

Online services need a linked mobile, so go to an Aadhaar centre. Tick "Update" on the form, write the new address and show the original proof of address; you confirm with a fingerprint. At the same visit you can have your mobile number linked too (within the same ₹75). Keep the receipt: it shows the update request number (URN) or enrolment number (EID) and the charge paid. Take back your original documents.

🏛️ Aadhaar centre (Aadhaar Seva Kendra or Aadhaar enrolment centre)

📎 Your Aadhaar (the number is enough), Aadhaar update form, Proof of address (in your name)

💰 Fee: ₹75 · Name, gender, date of birth, address, mobile, e-mail: ₹75 (taxes included) for one or several of them at once. Free when done together with a biometric update.

Only if

At an Aadhaar centre, ask for "Document update". Show the original proof of identity and proof of address; the operator scans them and gives them back. Keep the receipt: it shows the update request number (URN) or enrolment number (EID) and the charge paid. Take back your original documents.

🏛️ Aadhaar centre (Aadhaar Seva Kendra or Aadhaar enrolment centre)

📎 Your Aadhaar (the number is enough), Proof of identity (with name and photo), Proof of address (in your name)

💰 Fee: ₹75 · Document update at a centre costs ₹75 (taxes included).

Only if

What do you need to change in your Aadhaar? Mobile number or e-mail

At an Aadhaar centre, ask to change the mobile number or e-mail. No document or old number is needed; you confirm with your fingerprint. A mobile number cannot be changed on the myAadhaar portal. To change only the e-mail, you can do it free in UIDAI's "Aadhaar" mobile app until 31 December 2026. No new Aadhaar letter is sent for this change, only an SMS or e-mail. Keep the receipt: it shows the update request number (URN) or enrolment number (EID) and the charge paid. Take back your original documents.

🏛️ Aadhaar centre (Aadhaar Seva Kendra or Aadhaar enrolment centre)

📎 Your Aadhaar (the number is enough)

💰 Fee: ₹75 · Name, gender, date of birth, address, mobile, e-mail: ₹75 (taxes included) for one or several of them at once. Free when done together with a biometric update.

Not confirmed: UIDAI's pages also list "Mobile Number Update" among the "Aadhaar" app's services, and UIDAI's FAQ says the mobile number can also be updated through the postman. We found no official document on how these work or what they cost. Ask on 1947.

Only if

What do you need to change in your Aadhaar? Name, date of birth or gender · Have you changed this detail before? A name can be changed twice in a lifetime, and the date of birth and gender once. No, I am within the limit

At an Aadhaar centre, tick "Update" on the form and fill in only the detail that changes. Show the original proof of identity for a new name, or proof of date of birth for the date of birth; the first change of gender needs no document. You confirm with your fingerprint. Keep the receipt: it shows the update request number (URN) or enrolment number (EID) and the charge paid. Take back your original documents.

🏛️ Aadhaar centre (Aadhaar Seva Kendra or Aadhaar enrolment centre)

📎 Your Aadhaar (the number is enough), Aadhaar update form, Proof of identity (with name and photo), Proof of date of birth

💰 Fee: ₹75 · Name, gender, date of birth, address, mobile, e-mail: ₹75 (taxes included) for one or several of them at once. Free when done together with a biometric update.

Only if

10.

Even for a change beyond the limit, first make a normal update request at an Aadhaar centre with the right documents: for a name, a Gazette notification and a photo ID in the old name (or a divorce decree, adoption certificate or marriage certificate); for gender, a medical certificate or transgender identity card; for the date of birth, a proof of date of birth. It will be rejected because the limit is crossed; keep that enrolment slip (EID slip).

🏛️ Aadhaar centre (Aadhaar Seva Kendra or Aadhaar enrolment centre)

📎 Your Aadhaar (the number is enough), Aadhaar update form, Proof of identity (with name and photo), Proof of date of birth, Proof for a gender change (from the second time)

💰 Fee: ₹75 · Name, gender, date of birth, address, mobile, e-mail: ₹75 (taxes included) for one or several of them at once. Free when done together with a biometric update.

11.

After the rejection, call 1947 or e-mail help@uidai.net.in. Give the EID number and ask for exception processing through the UIDAI Regional Office. Attach the latest EID slip and the documents to the e-mail. UIDAI allows it only with a proper reason and after checking.

📞 By phone

Not confirmed: UIDAI has a Regional Office at Ameerpet, Hyderabad (reception 040-23739269); its page does not say outright that requests from Telangana go to it. UIDAI's pages give help@uidai.net.in for requests beyond the limit and help@uidai.gov.in for other questions.

Only if

What do you need to change in your Aadhaar? Photo, fingerprints or irises (including the compulsory update for children at 5 and 15)

12.

At an Aadhaar centre, ask for a biometric update: your photo, ten fingerprints and both irises are taken again. There is no limit on photo changes. The compulsory update for children at 5 and 15 is done on its own, not with other changes. UIDAI recommends that adults update their biometrics every 10 years. Keep the receipt: it shows the update request number (URN) or enrolment number (EID) and the charge paid. Take back your original documents.

🏛️ Aadhaar centre (Aadhaar Seva Kendra or Aadhaar enrolment centre)

📎 Your Aadhaar (the number is enough)

💰 Fee: ₹125 · ₹125 (taxes included). Free the first time between ages 5 and 7, and the first or second time between 15 and 17; free between 7 and 15 until 30 September 2027. Name, address and other changes made along with it are free.

Not confirmed: UIDAI's FAQ page still says ₹100 for a photo change; the current list of charges and the Aadhaar Seva Kendra page say ₹125. Check the amount on your receipt.

For everyone

13.

Check your request on the myAadhaar portal under "Check Enrolment & Update Status" with your URN, SRN or EID. Making a request does not guarantee the change; UIDAI checks it and then accepts or rejects it.

💻 Online

myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in ↗

⏱️ within 90 days · By UIDAI, 90% of requests are done within 30 days; it can take up to 90 days. It cannot be speeded up.

14.

When the change is done, download a fresh e-Aadhaar on myAadhaar. If the name, address, date of birth or gender changed, a new Aadhaar letter comes by post to the address in your Aadhaar. Your Aadhaar number does not change.

💻 Online

myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in ↗

💰 Fee: Free · Downloading e-Aadhaar is free.

Documents you need

Your Aadhaar (the number is enough)

original

Aadhaar letter, e-Aadhaar, PVC card or the Aadhaar number.

If you don't have it:

→ Getting lost documents again

Aadhaar update form

original

The same as the enrolment form: tick "Update" and fill in only what changes. Form 1 for 18 and over, Form 3 for ages 5 to below 18, Form 5 for a child under 5.

If you don't have it:

The centre gives it to you. The forms are also on the UIDAI website under "Enrolment & Update Forms".

Proof of address (in your name)

original

Any one of: Indian passport; ration card; voter ID card; service or pensioner photo ID; Kisan photo passbook; marriage certificate issued by the government; SC/ST/OBC caste certificate; a bank passbook with photo, stamped and signed by the bank, or a post office passbook; a stamped bank or post office statement not older than 3 months; an electricity, water, phone/broadband or gas bill not older than 3 months; a property tax receipt not older than a year; a registered sale or gift deed, or a rent or lease agreement; a certificate in UIDAI's format from a Tahsildar, MP, MLA, village panchayat head or secretary, or Village Revenue Officer (valid for 3 months). If you have no proof in your own name: you can use the Aadhaar of a family member living at the same address, with their consent (a self-declaration by the head of the family in UIDAI's format, valid for 3 months).

Proof of identity (with name and photo)

original

Any one of: Indian passport; ration card; voter ID card; driving licence; service or pensioner photo ID; Kisan photo passbook; CGHS/ECHS/ESIC card; a government marriage certificate or a family court divorce decree (with a photo ID in the old name if it has no photo); SC/ST/OBC caste certificate; mark sheet or certificate; transgender identity card. To change the first name or the full name: a Gazette notification, together with an old proof of identity in the old name. The name goes into Aadhaar exactly as it is on the document.

Proof of date of birth

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Any one of: birth certificate; Indian passport; service or pensioner photo ID; mark sheet or certificate; transgender identity card. Under 18, the birth certificate is compulsory. If you gave a birth certificate before, give the corrected birth certificate with the same registration number. If you gave another document before, give a corrected copy of that document, or a birth certificate.

If you don't have it:

→ Birth certificate

Proof for a gender change (from the second time)

original

The first gender change needs no document. After that: a medical certificate, or a transgender identity card.

If something goes wrong

If it is rejected

Check the status on myAadhaar to see why: an invalid document, a document not in your name, details that do not match the document, an unclear scan, or a limit crossed. Apply again with the right document. The charge for a rejected online request is not refunded. To complain: the myAadhaar grievance page, 1947, help@uidai.gov.in, or the UIDAI Regional Office (Hyderabad, 040-23739269).

UIDAI contact centre (1947, toll-free)

myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in ↗📞 1947

If it is late

If the change is not done after 30 days, file a complaint with your URN, SRN or EID on the myAadhaar grievance page, or call 1947. After 90 days, call 1947 or write to help@uidai.gov.in. Do not trust anyone who asks for money to speed it up: by UIDAI, the process cannot be speeded up.

UIDAI contact centre (1947, toll-free)

myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in ↗📞 1947

If you are asked for more money

The charges are the same at every Aadhaar centre, including Aadhaar Seva Kendras: ₹75 for a change of details, ₹75 for a document update, ₹125 for biometrics, and the compulsory update for children is free. The chart of charges is shown at the centre, and the charge is printed at the bottom of your receipt. If you are asked for more, tell the Centre Manager at an Aadhaar Seva Kendra, call 1947, or complain on myAadhaar.

UIDAI contact centre (1947, toll-free)

myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in ↗📞 1947

Also

If you paid on myAadhaar but no receipt with an SRN came, the money is refunded to your account within 21 days. If it has not come after 21 days, call 1947 or write to help@uidai.gov.in.

UIDAI contact centre (1947, toll-free)

myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in ↗📞 1947

→ Getting lost documents again → Birth certificate → Getting a new Aadhaar → Linking Aadhaar to your bank account (DBT seeding)→ Voter ID: corrections, change of address, new card, removing a name

Updated on 30-10-2026

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