Aadhaar Services on SMS - Poor internet connection is now a thing of past; avail THESE services

Aadhaar card is one of the most important documents which is used as an identity proof for any official work including the filing of income tax returns, availing government schemes, banking activities, etc.

However, if you live in an area where you are facing internet issues then here is good news for you. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has recently introduced “Aadhaar Services on SMS” for Aadhaar card holders which can be availed without any internet access.

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With this new service from UIDAI, users will now be able to avail various Aadhaar facilities like Virtual ID generation/retrieval and Aadhaar lock/unlock with the help of basic SMS availability.

To avail these facilities users will have to send an SMS from their registered mobile number to 1947. Also, you need to note that the format of the SMS changes as per the service you want to receive, as per a report by india.com.

In order to generate a virtual ID you will have to send an SMS in the following format:

Suppose you Aadhaar number is 1234-5678-9123, then your SMS should be like this- GVID 9123 that is the last four digits of your Aadhaar card number.

Similarly, to retrieve the virtual ID the SMS will be sent in the format- RVID Aadhaar-Number-last-4-digits.

If you want to get One Time Password (OTP) using Aadhaar Number then you will have to message GETOTP-Aadhaar-NUMBER-last-4-digits. While if you want to use virtual ID to get the OTP then message- GETOTP-Virtual ID-NUMBER-last-6-digits.

If you want to lock your Aadhaar then you will have to send the SMS two times in the given format:

SMS 1: GETOTP-Aadhaar NUMBER-last-4-digits.

SMS 2: LOCKUID-Aadhaar NUMBER-last 4-digits-OTP-6-digits.

Similarly, for unlocking the Aadhaar number also you will have to send two messages.

SMS 1: GETOTP-Virtual-ID-last-6-digits.

SMS 2: UNLOCKUID-Virtual-ID-last-6-digits-OTP-6-digits.