After how many years should you change the photo of your Aadhaar card? Know the rules before getting into trouble.

After how many years should you change the photo of your Aadhaar card? Know the rules before getting into trouble. India-employmentnews | 2025-01-13 16:15:03

Aadhaar Photo Update Rules: People living in India need to have many documents. These documents are needed every day for some work or the other. If we talk about these, then documents like voter cards, ration cards, PAN cards, passports, driving licenses and Aadhaar cards are included. The Aadhaar card is the biggest document used in India. About 90 per cent of the country's population has an Aadhaar card.

From taking admission to school and college to taking advantage of government schemes, an Aadhaar card is needed. Aadhaar cards are issued by UIDAI in India. If any information is entered wrongly in it, then you also get a chance to update it. Similarly, you can also get your photo updated. After how many years should the photo on the Aadhar card be updated? Let us tell you.

Photo in Aadhar card should be updated after this many years

First of all, let us tell you that there is no such rule in the Aadhar card that you have to get your photo updated after this much time. It completely depends on you whether you want to get the photo updated or not. But if we talk about that, then because many people get the Aadhar card made much earlier.

So in such a situation, it has been advised by the Unique Identification Authority of India i.e. UIDAI that everyone should get their Aadhar card photo updated at least once in 10 years. If a child has got the Aadhar card made at the age of 5 years. Then after the age of 15 years, he needs a biometric update. So in such a situation, he should also get his photo updated.

Get the photo updated like this.

To get the photo updated on the Aadhar card, you have to go to your nearest Aadhar centre. You can also make an online appointment for this. After this, you will have to fill out an update form which you have to submit to the officer present there. Then a new photo will be taken for your Aadhaar card. After that, you will be given an update request number. For this update, you will have to pay a fee of Rs 100. Within a few days, your new photo will be updated on your Aadhaar card.

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