Aadhaar Card update: If your child’s Aadhar card is made, then this news is very important for you. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has advised parents to get their children’s biometrics updated at the prescribed age. If this process is not completed in time, the child’s Aadhaar may become invalid for many government and private services.

In fact, according to UIDAI, biometrics of more than 1 crore children have been updated across the country so far. However, there are still a large number of children whose updates are pending. Therefore, parents are being advised to complete this important work as soon as possible.

Why is it important to update children’s biometrics? (Aadhar Card update)

When Aadhaar is created for a child below 5 years of age, it contains only photo and demographic information. At that time, fingerprints and iris scans of the child are not taken. Therefore as soon as the child completes 5 years of age, his/her first Mandatory Biometric Update (MBU) It is necessary to get it done.

After this, on completion of 15 years of age, second biometric update is also mandatory. This process is necessary because the biometric data of children changes with increasing age.

What could be the effect of not updating?

If biometrics are not updated on time, the child’s Aadhaar may not be considered valid in many places. Such as:

• school admission


• Benefits of government schemes


• scholarship application


• bank account services

Therefore, parents are advised to go to the nearest Aadhaar Seva Center and get this process completed as soon as the child turns 5 or 15 years of age.

Where and how to update?

Children’s biometric update nearby Aadhaar Service Center Or it can be done at the authorized Aadhaar center. For this it is necessary to take the child along. Typically the first update at 5 years of age is free, while subsequent updates may charge a nominal fee.

UIDAI says that parents should complete this important process on time so that in future children do not have to face problems to any government service or document.