Download Aadhaar Card Online

Download Aadhaar Card online

Download aadhaar card online is a simple process and takes just 5 minutes. It might be possible that

a) you just have your aadhaar no. but lost your original aadhaar card

or

b) you don't have either of that

or

c) you have your enrollment id

or

d) you have nothing - neither aadhaar card number nor enrollment id

Whatever your situation is, we're here to help you and guide you.

Let's quickly get into following steps:

Finding out your Aadhaar No. online 

1. Visit the official website of UIDAI at https://resident.uidai.net.in/find-uid-eid

The screen is something like this:

 

 

2. Be sure to select Aadhaar No (UID) from the top selection choice.

3. Next enter your Full Name as you've given at the time of registration / on your aadhaar card.

4. Enter your registered email id or mobile phone no.

5. Enter the security code you see on your screen in the box Enter the security code.

6. Finally, click on Get OTP.

7. You'll soon receive One-time password on your mobile phone / email id, which is valid for 5 minutes.

8. Enter that password in the last field, mentioned as, Enter OTP and click on Verify OTP button.

If all is well, you'll get message as

Congratulations! Aadhaar Number (UID) has been sent to your mobile.

You'll soon get SMS  / email with your aadhaar no.

 

Downloading your Aadhaar card online

Since we've got our aadhaar no. with us, now we'll download our aadhaar card online.

1. Visit the official website at https://eaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/

The screen is something like this:

 

2. Be sure to choose I have Aadhaar on top of the form.

3. Enter your Aadhaar no., which we've retrieved as mentioned above, your Full Name and Pin Code of your residential address.

4. Enter the text as shown on your screen in Enter above Image Text.

5. Click on Get One Time Password button.

You'll soon receive SMS with OTP.

6. Enter that OTP in the last box mentioned as Enter OTP.

7. Finally, click on Validate & Download button.

8. Your aadhaar card will be downloaded in a PDF file format. Password to open that file is the area pincode number which you've given at the time of registration of aadhaar card.

Take the print out of your aadhaar card and keep it in a safe place. You can give this printout to your bank, LPG gas agency, college etc., wherever you want. It's valid everywhere.

Still got any problem, do let me know in comments box below and I'll try to solve it.

You can also check the status of your aadhaar card from here.