How to change your name on Aadhaar
Understand the official route for a name correction, prepare the right evidence and check your receipt. Your Aadhaar number and OTP stay on the official service.
Identity & certificates
Understand identity updates, issued documents and state certificates. Find the issuing authority before preparing a copy.
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Independent navigation help. No Aadhaar, PNR, UAN, password or OTP fields here. Open an official link when you are ready to use that service.
6 official service routes
DigiLocker: issued documents versus uploaded scans
Know whether a document came from its issuer or was uploaded by you, then use the appropriate record for the task.
Voter registration or correction: choose the right ECI form
Use the Election Commission’s form descriptions to distinguish a new registration from a correction or another request.
Find income, caste and domicile certificate services for your state
Find the correct state and issuing department before preparing evidence. Certificate names, eligibility and application routes differ by jurisdiction.
Find the official birth or death certificate route
Start with the registrar for the place of the event. Separate registration, a certificate copy and record corrections before choosing a service.
Use myScheme to find relevant government schemes
Discover possible schemes, read their actual rules and follow the responsible department’s application route. A suggested match is only a starting point.
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Sources reviewed 5 October 2026. Confirm current requirements on the authority’s website. External links take you to its own privacy and account policies.
PRACTICAL HELP, ON YOUR DEVICE
Tools for the next step.
Calculators use the assumptions you supply. File tools make working copies; keep originals, check exports and follow the receiving service’s requirements.
Document scanner
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On your devicePhoto and signature size optimizer
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On your deviceIndia official-service finder
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