The Unique Identification Authority of India has pronounced a new service called ‘Aadhaar Services on SMS’ for residents who do not have access to internet /resident portal/m-Aadhaar and others. With this new feature, Aadhaar card holders will be able to use various aadhaar services such as VID generation/retrieval, Aadhaar lock/unlock, Biometric lock/unlock and other related services.
Process to Avail Aadhaar Services on SMS
To avail Aadhaar Services on SMS, residents are required to send SMS from their registered mobile number to 1947 in the below mentioned format:
| Aadhaar Services | Process | Example |
| To Generate- Virtual ID | GVID<SPACE>Aadhaar-Number-last-4-digits | If your Aadhaar Number is 9876-5432-1987, then SMS will be GVID 1987 and send it to 1947. |
| To Retrieve- Virtual ID | RVID<SPACE> Aadhaar-Number-last-4-digits | If your Aadhaar Number is 9876-5432-1987, then SMS will be RVID 1987 and send it to 1947. |
| To Get OTP | a) If using Aadhaar Number- GETOTP<SPACE> Aadhaar-Number-last-4-digits. b) If using Virtual ID- GETOTP<SPACE> Virtual-ID-last-6-digits. | a) If your Aadhaar Number is 9876-5432-1987, then SMS will be GETOTP 1987 and send it to 1947. b) If your Virtual ID is 9876-5432-1987-6543, then SMS will be GETOTP 876543 and send it to 1947. |
| To Lock Aadhaar | You are required to send 2 SMS to avail this facility: SMS 1: GETOTP<SPACE>Aadhaar-Number-last-4-digits SMS 2: LOCKUID<SPACE> Aadhaar-Number- last-4-digits<SPACE>OTP-6-digits
Note: 1. For locking Aadhaar Number, you are required to pre-generate VID, else it cannot be locked. 2. 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: LOCKUID<SPACE>Aadhaar Number-last-8-digits<SPACE>OTP-6-digits
| a) If your Aadhaar Number is 9876-5432-1987, then SMS will be GETOTP 1987 and send it to 1947. b) If suppose you receive the OTP as “012345” then |
| To Unlock Aadhaar | You are required to send 2 SMS to avail this facility: SMS 1: GETOTP<SPACE>Virtual-ID-last-6-digits SMS 2: UNLOCKUID<SPACE> Virtual-ID- last-6-digits<SPACE>OTP-6-digits
Note: 1. This service can only be availed bypassing Virtual ID only. 2. In case, multiple Aadhar Numbers are attached to the same mobile number, and when last 6 digits of the Virtual IDs are same for at least 2 dependents, then the second SMS to be sent as: UNLOCKUID<SPACE>Virtual-ID-last-10-digits<SPACE>OTP-6-digits
| a) If your Virtual ID is 9876-5432-1987-6543, then SMS will be GETOTP 876543 and send it to 1947. b) If suppose you receive the OTP as “012345” then |
| To Enable Biometric Lock | You are required to send 2 SMS to avail this facility: If you use Aadhaar Number- SMS 1: GETOTP<SPACE>Aadhaar-Number-last-4-digits SMS 2: ENABLEBIOLOCK<SPACE> Aadhaar-Number- last-4-digits<SPACE>OTP-6-digits
If you use Virtual ID- SMS 1: GETOTP<SPACE>Virtual-ID-last-6-digits SMS 2: ENABLEBIOLOCK<SPACE> Virtual-ID- last-6-digits<SPACE>OTP-6-digits
Note: 1. If your Aadhaar is locked, you cannot avail this facility. 2. 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: ENABLEBIOLOCK<SPACE>Aadhaar-Number-last-8-digits<SPACE>OTP-6-digits. 3. 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: ENABLEBIOLOCK<SPACE>Virtual-ID-last-10-digits<SPACE>OTP-6-digits. | For Aadhaar Number: a) If your Aadhaar Number is 9876-5432-1987, then SMS will be GETOTP 1987 and send it to 1947. b) If suppose you receive the OTP as “012345” then For Virtual ID- a) If your Virtual ID is 9876-5432-1987-6543, then SMS will be GETOTP 876543 and send it to 1947. b) If suppose you receive the OTP as “012345” then |
| To Disable Biometric Lock | You are required to send 2 SMS to avail this facility: If you use Aadhaar Number- SMS 1: GETOTP<SPACE>Aadhaar-Number-last-4-digits SMS 2: DISABLEBIOLOCK<SPACE> Aadhaar-Number- last-4-digits<SPACE>OTP-6-digits
If you use Virtual ID- SMS 1: GETOTP<SPACE>Virtual-ID-last-6-digits SMS 2: DISABLEBIOLOCK<SPACE> Virtual-ID- last-6-digits<SPACE>OTP-6-digits
Note: 1. If your Aadhaar is locked, you cannot avail this facility. 2. 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: DISABLEBIOLOCK<SPACE>Aadhaar-Number-last-8-digits<SPACE>OTP-6-digits. 3. 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: DISABLEBIOLOCK<SPACE>Virtual-ID-last-10-digits<SPACE>OTP-6-digits. | For Aadhaar Number: a) If your Aadhaar Number is 9876-5432-1987, then SMS will be GETOTP 1987 and send it to 1947. b) If suppose you receive the OTP as “012345” then For Virtual ID- a) If your Virtual ID is 9876-5432-1987-6543, then SMS will be GETOTP 876543 and send it to 1947. b) If suppose you receive the OTP as “012345” then |
| To Temporarily Unlock Biometrics | You are required to send 2 SMS to avail this facility: If you use Aadhaar Number- SMS 1: GETOTP<SPACE>Aadhaar-Number-last-4-digits SMS 2: UNBLOCKBIO<SPACE> Aadhaar-Number- last-4-digits<SPACE>OTP-6-digits
If you use Virtual ID- SMS 1: GETOTP<SPACE>Virtual-ID-last-6-digits SMS 2: UNBLOCKBIO<SPACE> Virtual-ID- last-6-digits<SPACE>OTP-6-digits
Note: 1. If your Aadhaar is locked, you cannot avail this facility. 2. 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: UNBLOCKBIO<SPACE>Aadhaar-Number-last-8-digits<SPACE>OTP-6-digits. 3. 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: UNBLOCKBIO<SPACE>Virtual-ID-last-10-digits<SPACE>OTP-6-digits. | For Aadhaar Number: a) If your Aadhaar Number is 9876-5432-1987, then SMS will be GETOTP 1987 and send it to 1947. b) If suppose you receive the OTP as “012345” then For Virtual ID- a) If your Virtual ID is 9876-5432-1987-6543, then SMS will be GETOTP 876543 and send it to 1947. b) If suppose you receive the OTP as “012345” then |