How to avail aadhaar services via SMS

The Unique Identification Authority of India has a started a new service called ‘ Aadhaar services on SMS’ for residents who do not have any access to resident portal, internet, m-Aadhaar and others. With the help of this new feature,  Aadhaar Card holders will be able to use various Aadhaar services such as VID Generation/ retrieval, Aadhaar lock/ unlock or biometric lock/ unlock.

Process to avail Aadhaar services on SMS

To generate Virtual -ID

GVIDAadhaar-Number-last-4-digits to 1947

To Retrieve  virtual ID

RVID Aadhaar-Number-last-4-digits

To get OTP

  • If using Aadhaar Number- GETOTP Aadhaar-Number-last-4-digits.
  • If using Virtual ID- GETOTP Virtual-ID-last-6-digits.

To lock Aadhaar

You are required to send 2 SMS to avail this facility:

  • SMS 1: GETOTPAadhaar-Number-last-4-digits
  • SMS 2: LOCKUID Aadhaar-Number- last-4-digitsOTP-6-digits

Note:

  • For locking Aadhaar Number, you are required to pre-generate VID, else it cannot be locked.
  •  In case, multiple Aadhaar Numbers are attached to the same mobile number, and when last 4 digits of the Aadhaar Number are same for at least 2 dependents, then the second SMS to be sent as: LOCKUIDAadhaar Number-last-8-digitsOTP-6-digits.

To unlock Aadhaar

You are required to send 2 SMS to avail this facility:

  • SMS 1: GETOTPVirtual-ID-last-6-digits
  • SMS 2: UNLOCKUID Virtual-ID- last-6-digitsOTP-6-digits

Send SMS to 1947

To enable biometric

If you use Virtual ID-

  • SMS 1: GETOTPVirtual-ID-last-6-digits
  • SMS 2: ENABLEBIOLOCK Virtual-ID- last-6-digitsOTP-6-digits

Note

If your Aadhaar is locked, you cannot avail this facility.

In case, multiple Aadhaar Numbers are attached to the same mobile number, and when the last 4 digits of the Aadhaar Numbers are the same for at least 2 dependents, then the second SMS to be sent as: 

  • ENABLEBIOLOCKAadhaar-Number-last-8-digitsOTP-6-digits.
  • In case, multiple Aadhar Numbers are attached to the same mobile number, and when the last 6 digits of the Virtual IDs are the same for at least 2 dependents, then the second SMS to be sent as: ENABLEBIOLOCKVirtual-ID-last-10-digitsOTP-6-digit.

To disable biometric lock

You are required to send 2 SMS to avail this facility:

If you use Aadhaar Number-

  • SMS 1: GETOTPAadhaar-Number-last-4-digits
  • SMS 2: DISABLEBIOLOCK Aadhaar-Number- last-4-digitsOTP-6-digits

If you use Virtual ID-

SMS 1: GETOTPVirtual-ID-last-6-digits

SMS 2: DISABLEBIOLOCK Virtual-ID- last-6-digitsOTP-6-digits

Note:

If your Aadhaar is locked, you cannot avail this facility.

In case, multiple Aadhar Numbers are attached to the same mobile number, and when the last 4 digits of the Aadhaar Numbers are the same for at least 2 dependents, then the second SMS to be sent as: DISABLEBIOLOCKAadhaar-Number-last-8-digitsOTP-6-digits.

In case, multiple Aadhaar Numbers are attached to the same mobile number, and when the last 6 digits of the Virtual IDs are the same for at least 2 dependents, then the second SMS to be sent as: DISABLEBIOLOCKVirtual-ID-last-10-digitsOTP-6-digits.

To temporarily unlock biometric

You are required to send 2 SMS to 1947  to avail this facility:

If you use Aadhaar Number-

SMS 1: GETOTPAadhaar-Number-last-4-digits

SMS 2: UNBLOCKBIO Aadhaar-Number- last-4-digitsOTP-6-digits

If you use Virtual ID-

SMS 1: GETOTPVirtual-ID-last-6-digits

SMS 2: UNBLOCKBIO Virtual-ID- last-6-digitsOTP-6-digits

Note:

If your Aadhaar is locked, you cannot avail this facility.

In case, multiple Aadhar Numbers are attached to same mobile number, and when last 4 digits of the Aadhaar Numbers  are same for at least 2 dependents, then second SMS to be sent as: UNBLOCKBIOAadhaar-Number-last-8-digitsOTP-6-digits.

In case, multiple Aadhaar Numbers are attached to same mobile number, and when last 6 digits of the Virtual IDs are same for at least 2 dependents, then second SMS to be sent as: UNBLOCKBIOVirtual-ID-last-10-digitsOTP-6-digits.