There are three methods mentioned over UIDAI’s website to download your aadhaar card digitally with the help of your aadhaar number, enrollment number and last, is your Virtual ID number. Aadhaar number is a 12 digit number printed on your aadhaar card, enrollment number is a 14 digit number given to you at the time of your aadhaar enrollment and Virtual ID is a 16 digit number generated online for downloading your aadhaar card. These three methods are fully operational and you can use any of these methods to download your aadhar card. Service of Aadhar Card Download in Hindi is also available on UIDAI’s website if you are not comfortable reading English or any other language.

The Unique Identification Authority Of India’s (UIDAI) virtual ID scheme enables consumers to produce a 16-digit amount that can be used with telecom businesses and other service suppliers to complete know-your-customer (e-KYC) formalities. Those who don’t want to share their original Aadhaar particulars with a service provider can use the virtual ID.

In the midst of concerns of theft of private information among individuals soon this year, UIDAI announced that VID will be functional from August along with facial recognition. These will tackle issues linked to Aadhaar’s privacy and authentication. Service providers not yet fully fitted to roll out VID were also given time by the Aadhaar body.

How can you use a Virtual ID number?

  • Basically, the virtual ID (VID) is a temporary and non-transferable 16-digit random number mapped with the Aadhaar number of a user. The VID can be used wherever e-KYC is needed in place of the Aadhaar number.
  • Using the UIDAI page or mobile app, VID can be obtained. You will need to feed your Aadhaar number on the official website of UIDAI to generate the VID and fill in the OTP to get the virtual identity.
  • A person can produce VID once a day and it does not have an expiry period. You can create as many VIDs as you want, but when a fresh one is created, the older IDs will be automatically discontinued.

Downloading your aadhaar card using the virtual id number is a very safe and very effective way as it can be regenerated many times which is a completely safe process. This service has been introduced by the government some time back and for some testing sessions the beta version of this facility was launched in the April month and now after all the testing, this method is now included in aadhar download option. You can choose this method if you are unable to use other options of aadhar number and enrolment number. Keep in mind that it can be generated once a day and after that, you can generate the new Virtual ID the next day. The Reserve Bank has also guided the banks to make use of the Virtual IDs rather then aadhar number to ensure more safety of individuals. This allows clients to choose whether to offer banks the Aadhaar Number or Virtual ID number.

If you are also looking to download your aadhaar card online try using this method for downloading your e aadhar online from the website.