New rules makes Aadhaar enrolment tough for OCI in Bengaluru, leads to high pendency and rejections
The Hindu
New Aadhaar enrolment rules causing issues for NRIs and OCIs in India, leading to pendency and rejection of applications.
When Sunil M., a resident of Dallas, US, and an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI), went for Aadhaar enrolment in Bengaluru during his short stay here, he was told that the enrolment could not be done due to changed rules since last December.
“I needed Aadhaar to activate a SIM and a UPI account for local transactions when I came here. I have a bank account, too. When I went for enrolment, they asked me to go through a process that entails 182 days of stay. This is despite having IT PAN and a bank account here,” he said.
There are many like Mr. Sunil, who live abroad, and are facing the issue after the Centre changed the enrolment rules for those above 18 years, which has led to pendency and rejection of applications.
Under the new process, anyone above 18 years wishing to enrol for Aadhaar has to show that they have stayed in India for 182 days in the preceding 12 months, which will be verified by Revenue officials. The rules of Aadhaar enrolment for an OCI as well as for a foreign national with a foreign passport staying in India on a valid long-term VISA document have been made the same.
An official of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said that the Revenue authorities have been given the task of verification and it is being done “like passport verification.”
Multiple sources said that the new rule was brought in last December to prevent illegal enrolment of Aadhaar by those entering the country without valid documents. A government order in October, 2023, by Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (E-governance) ahead of its implementation had said that since Aadhaar was being used as a primary identification document, any fraudulent documents used in enrolment could affect national security.
The order had also pointed out that nearly 93% of the total population and nearly 100% of those above 18 years had been enrolled in Aadhaar already.
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