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Are you willing to enroll your kid’s name for the Aadhaar Card?
Its processing won’t involve the steps of registration that the teenagers & youths follow. The competent authority Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) published more than a couple of tweets in the month of February, 2018. All these tweets recite the updates regarding this card. These updates are basically meant for the tiny tots who are just five or below.
It’s a must to drill these updates in your head timely. You can get rid of glitches in the banking transactions, passport making and telecom services in the upcoming years.
What are the Aadhaar Updates for the kids below 5 years?
- Blue Card for Under 5 Kids:
The UIDAI has tweeted a fresh update on its official Twitter account. It has introduced a ‘Baal Aadhaar Card’ for a particular age group. The kids who are upto 5 years of age will be segregated under this age-group.
What’s the requirement?
So far, the UIDAI has announced to mandatorily provide the child’s birth certificate. If the parents have not yet registered their wards birth, they must get it done shortly. Otherwise, their children would definitely face off hitches in the future. If the parents have any plan to migrate or become an NRI, it would be a helpful tool.
To name the second requirement, the competent authority has directed to append the parent’s Aadhaar card number. Either mother or father can provide this detail to the authority. That will be valid to authenticate the Aadhaar application of their ward.
Cheers! The kids’ biometric details are not necessary. It defines that there is no need to scan the iris and finger prints of your ward.
- When to scan biometrics:
One more tweet reads the official twitter handle of the foretold authority. It cites that upto 5 years, no scanning of the iris and pupil will be required. But once the kids surpass that threshold of the 5 years of age, it’s a mandatory practice to come down to the nearby Aadhaar center for updating the card. The registry of biometric details fulfills this formality. The respective authority doesn’t charge a single penny for it.
- Mandatory to upgrade the biometrics at 15 years of age:
The authority has mandated to upgrade the biometric details at 15 years of age. The parents along with their ward must visit the nearby UIDAI office with the supporting documents. It determines that the children when reached the threshold of 15, they have to scan their finger prints and iris again.
These facilities would cost no arm and a leg. It would be absolutely free government service.
What are the steps to get blue coloured Baal Aadhaar card?
- Visit the UIDAI office. It must be located nearby your house.
- Take its enrollment form from the office.
- Fill it completely providing valid details of the kid’s birth and self’s Aadhaar number.
- Mention the mobile number to be registered with the blue card.
- Capture the picture of the kid. Except biometrics, the picture will be attached onto the form.
- Attach the supporting documents as aforementioned. The child’s school Id from any recognized educational institution can be attached to the enrollment form.
- Once all formalities will be fulfilled, you can get the acknowledgement slip from the office.
- This slip would enable you to catch on the Aadhaar status updates online.
- Subsequently, an SMS will be issued to notify the successful submission of the enrollment form. The message will flash on the registered number that would be registered in the form.
- These formalities would reach their termination at the delivery of this card. The entire process would take at least 60 days. Thereafter, you can collect it either by post or manually. If you find it feasible, collect it online using the number mentioned on the acknowledgement slip.
