Aadhaar Update Fees 2025: What You Pay and What is Free

From 1 October 2025, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) revised what you pay to update your Aadhaar. This page gives you the exact charges in a single table, tells you which updates are still free, and shows how to do the free ones yourself online before the deadline.

Direct answer: A demographic update (name, address, date of birth, gender, mobile or email) costs Rs 75 at a centre. A biometric update (photo, fingerprints, iris) costs Rs 125 at a centre. Uploading identity or address documents is free online on the myAadhaar portal till 14 June 2027. This fee framework runs till 30 September 2028.

UIDAI raised its old charges, which had stayed flat for years. Services that earlier cost Rs 50 now cost Rs 75, and services that cost Rs 100 now cost Rs 125. The revised schedule applies from 1 October 2025 and stays valid till 30 September 2028 (a fresh revision is set to begin from 1 October 2028).

So in plain terms:

• Demographic update (name, address, date of birth, gender, mobile, email) at a centre: Rs 75 per update.
• Biometric update (photograph, fingerprints, iris) at a centre: Rs 125.
• If you update demographics at the same time as a biometric update, the demographic part is free; you pay only the Rs 125 biometric charge.

These are the standard resident charges. Special home-based enrolment, where an officer visits your house, costs extra (Rs 700 including GST for the first resident and Rs 350 for each additional person at the same address), over and above the normal update charge.

The most useful saving is the free document update on the official myAadhaar portal. Till 14 June 2027, you can upload a fresh proof of identity and proof of address at no cost to refresh the documents linked to your Aadhaar. The same update done at a centre costs Rs 75.

Address changes are also document-based, so a self-service address update through myAadhaar falls under this free document-update window till 14 June 2027. UIDAI has been urging residents whose Aadhaar is more than ten years old, and who have never updated their documents, to use this free online route.

What you cannot do free online:

• Biometric updates (photo, fingerprints, iris) always need a visit to a centre. There is no online option.
• Name, date of birth, gender, mobile and email changes are not self-service online for most residents; these are done at a centre for Rs 75.

For more on the portal and app, see our guide to the Aadhaar services overview.

Free document update online (till 14 June 2027):

1. Go to the official myAadhaar portal at myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in and log in with your Aadhaar number and OTP.
2. Choose the document update option and review the name and address already on record.
3. Upload a clear scan of a valid proof of identity and proof of address (see list below).
4. Submit and save the Update Request Number (URN) shown on screen.
5. Track the status with the URN on the same portal until it shows completed.

Paid update at an enrolment or update centre:

1. Find your nearest centre using the locator on the UIDAI website.
2. Carry your original documents and your Aadhaar number.
3. Tell the operator what you want to change (demographic, biometric, or both).
4. Give your biometrics where needed and verify the details on screen.
5. Pay the fee: Rs 75 for a demographic update or Rs 125 for a biometric update. Collect the acknowledgement slip with your URN.

Documents commonly accepted as proof of identity or address: passport, voter ID, ration card, bank passbook, electricity or water bill, registered rent agreement, or a government-issued certificate. UIDAI publishes the full accepted-document list on its site.

• 14 June 2027 is the last day for the free online document update on myAadhaar. After this date the free window may end, and the same update could cost Rs 75 at a centre. If your Aadhaar is old or your address has changed, do it now.
• 30 September 2026 is the last day of the one-year fee waiver for child biometric updates (MBU) in the 7 to 15 age band. Children in the 5 to 7 and 15 to 17 mandatory-update windows remain free as part of normal MBU rules.
• 30 September 2028 is when the current fee framework expires. Charges may be revised again from 1 October 2028.

A Mandatory Biometric Update (MBU) is required when a child first enrolled before age five turns five, and again around age fifteen, because biometrics mature with age. Doing the MBU on time keeps the Aadhaar valid for school, scholarship and exam use. This is separate from the routine adult biometric update, which still costs Rs 125. For the child-specific process, see our Aadhaar for children guide.

Keep your Aadhaar details accurate to avoid mismatch problems with banks, PAN and government schemes. If a department refuses to act on a correct request or hides its own rules, you can use the The RTI Playbook to file a clean information request.

An address update is a document-based update. You can do it free online on the myAadhaar portal till 14 June 2027 by uploading a valid proof of address. If you go to an enrolment or update centre instead, it costs Rs 75.

A biometric update (photograph, fingerprints, iris) costs Rs 125 at an enrolment or update centre from 1 October 2025. Biometric updates cannot be done online. They are free for children in the mandatory-update age bands.

Yes. UIDAI has kept the online document update free till 14 June 2027 on the myAadhaar portal, where you upload fresh proof of identity and proof of address. The same task done at a centre is charged Rs 75.

No. Children in the mandatory biometric update windows (around ages 5 to 7 and 15 to 17) are updated free. UIDAI has also waived the Rs 125 biometric charge for the 7 to 15 age group for one year, till 30 September 2026.

Generally no. Name, date of birth and gender changes are demographic updates done at a centre for Rs 75 each. The demographic charge is waived only if you update these at the same time as a biometric update, when you pay only the Rs 125 biometric fee.

If your address or documents are out of date, use the free myAadhaar document update before 14 June 2027. For name, date of birth or biometric changes, budget Rs 75 or Rs 125 and visit a centre. If a public authority blocks a service over an Aadhaar issue and will not explain its rule in writing, ask us through the homepage at righttoinformation.wiki and consider filing an RTI for the records.

Reviewed by Dr. Shrawan Kumar Pathak.