Aadhaar Correction Affidavit in Vadodara

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Ask this question before anything else

Walk into the enrolment or update centre and ask one question: which document will you accept for this field? Aadhaar updates are made against a defined list of supporting documents maintained by the authority, and the list differs by field - name, date of birth, address, gender, mobile. For most fields, a listed document is what moves the record. An affidavit is not a general substitute for it, and no notarial seal changes that.

We put this first because a fair number of people arrive here having already bought stamp paper for a declaration the centre was never going to take. There is no pride in drafting a page that will not work.

Confirm the accepted document with the centre, not with a form found online.

The accepted-document list is revised from time to time and operators apply it strictly. Get the requirement from the operator or the supervisor, ideally in writing or as a printed list, and bring it with you. If an affidavit is genuinely on the accepted route for your field, we will draft it properly. If it is not, we will tell you what to obtain instead.

Where an affidavit does have a place

Reconciling two records rather than changing Aadhaar. Very often the Aadhaar entry is correct and it is the other document that is out of step, or both are defensible versions of the same name. A one and same person affidavit lets a bank, an employer or a department accept both without either record being amended.
Supporting an underlying change. Where a name genuinely changed by marriage or by deed, the evidence of the change is the primary document; the affidavit records the history and can be needed by the institutions that then have to be updated. See name change affidavit.
Explaining an address history to the receiving institution once the Aadhaar update is done, particularly where the address changed twice in a short period.

Date of birth is the hard one

Treat a date-of-birth update as the most difficult field, not the easiest. It is the entry most tightly controlled, because it sits behind pensions, employment records, school records and benefits. The authority looks for a document of record - a birth certificate or a school record - and there are limits on what can be changed and how often. If your school certificate itself carries the wrong date, the honest sequence is to correct the school record first and then the Aadhaar entry, not the other way round. See school certificate correction affidavit, and read the caution there before you start, because board corrections have their own hard limits.

Do not fix one record and leave the rest

A mismatch between Aadhaar and PAN causes friction in banking, in filing and in anything that reads the two together. If you are correcting one, plan the other in the same sitting so that the two declarations say the same thing and no third version appears. See PAN correction affidavit. The same applies to a bank record - see bank KYC affidavit.

What the notarial act does

Under section 8(1)(e) of the Notaries Act, 1952 a notary may administer an oath to, or take an affidavit from, any person, and under section 8(2) nothing is a notarial act unless done under the notary's signature and official seal. The seal certifies that you appeared and swore. It does not certify that the particulars are correct, and it does not oblige any authority to accept them.

What goes wrong

An affidavit prepared for a field where the centre only accepts a listed document.
The affidavit stating a version of the name that appears on none of the documents produced.
A minor's update deposed to by someone other than the parent or guardian.
Address stated in a form that does not match the supporting document - flat number, society name and area written differently.
Correcting Aadhaar and then discovering PAN, the bank and the employer record all still carry the old entry.

Stamp and fee.

Where a sworn affidavit is required, stamp duty is as currently prescribed under the Gujarat Stamp Act, 1958 and we confirm the current figure at the counter. Administering the oath is capped at ₹35 under Rule 10(1) of the Notaries Rules, 1956, with a receipt and an entry in the notarial register in Form XV. See notary charges.

What to bring

Aadhaar card or e-Aadhaar printout
The centre's printed list of accepted documents for the field you are updating
Every document carrying the correct version - birth certificate, school record, PAN, passbook
Marriage certificate or gazette notification, where the name changed
For a minor, the parent's Aadhaar and identity documents
Any rejection slip or update request number from an earlier attempt

Affidavit for a PAN correctionપાન સુધારા સોગંદનામું

One and the Same Person Affidavit — two spellings, one personએક જ વ્યક્તિ હોવા બાબતનું સોગંદનામું

Affidavit for a school or board certificate correction

Self-declaration affidavitસ્વઘોષણા સોગંદનામું

Common questions

Will the enrolment centre accept a notarised affidavit as proof for an update?

For most fields, no. Aadhaar updates run on a defined list of supporting documents and operators apply that list strictly. Ask the centre which document it will accept for your particular field before you spend anything. Where an affidavit is genuinely part of the accepted route, we will draft it. Where it is not, we will tell you what document to obtain first.

Can I change my date of birth on Aadhaar with an affidavit?

Date of birth is the most tightly controlled field, and it is normally changed against a document of record such as a birth certificate or a school record. If the school record itself is wrong, correct that first - boards have their own rules and time limits for it - and then update Aadhaar. An affidavit does not stand in for the underlying record here.

My Aadhaar and PAN show my name slightly differently. Do I need two corrections?

Often you need none. If both are defensible versions of the same name and nothing has actually changed, a one and same person affidavit is frequently accepted by banks and departments and saves two applications. If one entry is genuinely wrong, correct that one against the oldest reliable record and then align the rest, so no third version enters circulation.

Affidavit for an Aadhaar update