Aadhaar and PAN cards are the most important legal documents for Indian citizens, as they are essential requirements in all sorts of financial and official tasks, including opening bank accounts, tax filings, and government scheme enrollments. Meanwhile, correct and updated details like name, date of birth, address and other details on both documents are vital. You must do this especially following a relocation or property purchase.
Changing a few details like address can be done easily online in a few minutes from home.
How to update your address in Aadhaar? Step-by-step process
- You need to log in to UIDAI's myAadhaar portal.
- Enter your Aadhaar number and verify it with an OTP
- Select the Address Update option from the page.
- You need to enter the new address and upload a valid address proof for the same.
- If all details are correct, then submit.
- You will then receive an Update Request Number (URN), which you can use to track the status.
Step-by- step process to change the address on your PAN card
- Visit the NSDL or UTIITSL portal.
- From the home page, select the "Change/Correction in PAN Data" option.
- Enter the PAN number and other details.
- In the next step, select Aadhaar-based e-KYC.
- Complete OTP verification.
- Once e-KYC is complete, the new address in Aadhaar is updated in the PAN database.
Changing the address in documents like Aadhaar and PAN gives a lot of relief in completing financial and other legal work in a new city or place where you have shifted. Make sure that if you update your address on Aadhaar, then update it on PAN as well, because an address mismatch can cause disruption to many financial tasks.