When Aadhaar card is issued by UIDAI for children, its color is blue. Blue colored Aadhaar card is also called ‘Baal Aadhaar’.
What color is your Aadhaar Card? Have you ever noticed the color of your Aadhaar Card? If not, then let us tell you that there are two types of Aadhar cards and their color is also different from each other. Aadhaar cards are usually printed in black on white paper. Which you will see with almost everyone. But the color of the Aadhar Card made for children is completely different from this.
Children’s Aadhar card is blue in color.
When the Aadhar card is issued by UIDAI for children, its color is blue. Blue colored Aadhaar card is also called ‘Baal Aadhaar’. According to UIDAI, the Aadhaar card of the newborn child is made through the birth discharge certificate and Aadhaar card of the parents.
The blue colored 12 digit Aadhaar card is meant for children aged 5 years or less. It is valid only for 5 years and after that it becomes invalid and has to be updated again. According to the rules, the Aadhaar of a newborn child can be used only till the age of 5 years. If it is not updated after the end of this period, it is made inactive. After 5 years, when the child turns 15, then the biometrics have to be updated.
According to UIDAI, fingerprint of the newborn child is not taken. But when the child turns 5 years old, one has to go to the nearest Aadhaar center to get Aadhaar updated.
Blue Aadhaar is issued in 60 days.
Take your child along to the enrollment center. Fill the form for enrollment there and submit it. The guardian will have to provide his Aadhar card as a document. You will be asked to provide a phone number under which the Blue Aadhar Card will be issued. In Blue Aadhaar no biometric information is required, only a photo will be clicked. A message will come after the document is verified. Blue Aadhaar card will be issued to your child within 60 days of verification.
This is how to update Aadhaar after 5 years.
This mandatory biometric update for children is absolutely free. No charge will have to be paid for this. Let us know how you can get your child’s Aadhaar made or updated. For this you will have to go to your nearest Aadhaar center once.
Book an appointment like this: You will have to book an appointment by going to https://appointments.uidai.gov.in/easearch.aspx. When the homepage opens on the website, you will see the Book an appointment option, click on it. After this, fill the location details and click on Proceed to Book an appointment. After verifying all the information, click on Summit to book the appointment. Now you have to go to the Aadhar enrollment center with all the original documents.
It is noteworthy that there is no need to fulfill any criteria to get Aadhaar card made for newborns i.e. children below 5 years of age. There will be no need for biometric data in this. The process and authentication of Aadhaar will be done on the basis of parents. Aadhaar verification of the child will be done only through the demographics and photographs of the parents.
