Can we resort to our old aadhaar instead of updated one.

Annu (Querist) 02 June 2022 This query is : Resolved
Dear Sir, My wife has updated her name on aadhaar back to her name before marriage.This was on account of our differences wherein she left matrimonial home went to her parents,lodger FIR u/s 498A/406. Few months later she withdrew her FIR before filing of chargesheet and since then has been living with me harmoniously. now she wants to continue with her aadhaar after marriage as she has both aadhaar with same number and biometrics but with different surnames. she cannot further update it as name change lomit of 2 times is exhausted. Can she use her old aadhaar with after marriage surname ? Is it legally valid?

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A user is asking if their wife can use her old Aadhaar card with her maiden surname, as she has updated her name on Aadhaar to her post-marriage surname. She has exhausted the two-time limit for name changes on Aadhaar. While Aadhaar is primarily a unique number, its practical use as an identity document is widespread. There's ambiguity regarding the legal validity of using an older Aadhaar with a previous surname when name change limits have been met, with no clear instructions from UIDAI on the matter.

K Rajasekharan (Expert) 02 June 2022
Aadhar, as per its original intention, is just a unique number but in practice it is being used as an identity record everywhere with, almost no much protection of the data on their data base.

Therefore, there is no problem in using your earlier or later Aadhar Card, if she has access to both of the addresses.

In fact, even the authorities of Aadhar are more ambivalent or confused as to its legal status as of now. That is why they issued a direction on the use an unmasked card last week and its immediate retraction on finding that it had gone against their stand till then.

Annu (Querist) 03 June 2022
UIDAI has put limit on name change of two times.But there is no clarity with regard to resorting to previous name on aadhaar instead of updated one.

kavksatyanarayana (Expert) 16 June 2022
No instructions from UIDAI. Let us wait and see.

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