Aadhaar Biometric Updation

a)      Age <5 years at the time of initial enrolment – Currently, 

 all children below the age of 5 years only have their demographic data recorded

. No biometrics are collected in their case and their identity is tagged to one of their guardians,

 who must have enrolled for Aadhaar. The child requires to be reenrolled when the child

 attains age of 5 years and all biometric data should be provided. A PoA, PoI & DoB

 verification mechanism similar to the one followed during enrolment process

 would need to be followed. A de-duplication would be done for the child at this stage

 although the Aadhaar number will remain the same.

b)      Age 5-15 years at the time of enrolment – All residents above the age of 5 years 

are enrolled with their biometrics, but since the biometrics, especially the fingerprints 

undergo some changes,  UIDAI requires all such residents to furnish all biometrics for 

updates when the resident attains age of 15 years.

a)      Age >15 years at the time of enrolment – Residents are recommended to 

update their Biometric data every 10 years.

b)      Events like accidents or diseases leading to biometric exception

c)      As the Aadhaar authentication service becomes ubiquitous, residents may also 

approach for biometric updates because of authentication failures which may result from

 incorrect biometric capture or poor biometric quality captured at the time of enrolment.

 With improvements in technology, it may be possible to capture better quality 

biometrics in the CIDR.