UIDAI issues and manages Aadhaar. Here's how name changes and corrections work — including the rule most people get wrong.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is the statutory body that issues Aadhaar and maintains the Aadhaar database. Because Aadhaar underpins so much verification — bank KYC, PAN linking, subsidies and more — the name on it needs to be correct and consistent with your other records.
UIDAI treats a small correction (a wrong spelling) differently from a full name change. A minor correction can sometimes be made at an enrolment centre with a supporting document you already hold. For a complete change of name, UIDAI generally looks for recognised proof of identity — and a Gujarat Gazette notification is one of the documents commonly used.
UIDAI permits only a limited number of name updates on an Aadhaar. If the limit is exhausted, requests are considered only through UIDAI's exception-handling process, which typically involves an enrolment centre, informing the Regional Office, and that office reviewing the case at its discretion. A Gazette can support such a request as proof of identity, but it does not reset the limit, and approval rests with UIDAI.
We prepare the Gazette and documentation drafted to match your Aadhaar exactly, and we're honest about what's within our control (accurate documents) versus UIDAI's decision. See our Aadhaar name correction service and the detailed update-limit guide.
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