e-KYC Aadhaar - How To Check Aadhaar e-KYC Online And Offline?

Aadhaar e-KYC is a secure way to complete your Know Your Customer (KYC) verification using your Aadhaar- linked mobile number. It plays a critical role in supporting digital services, enhancing operational efficiency, and ensuring regulatory adherence across industries. 

This guide shows how to complete Aadhaar e kyc online, its types and benefits.

What Is Aadhaar e-KYC?

an e-KYC (Electronic-Know Your Customer) refers to an electronic Know Your Customer, which is a digital process to complete your KYC. Authorised organisations or agents would verify their customers' identities and address them digitally via Aadhaar card authentication.

Aadhaar e-KYC is a convenient and paperless documentation process to check the authentication of an individual's identity. This Aadhaar KYC process involves an ID verification round including biometric and demographic details available as per the UIDAI database. These should be the same details as submitted during your Aadhaar registration process.

Since these are data that have already been verified by the UIDAI, it saves the time that you would have spent on extensive paperwork and attestations. Hence, you can easily opt for an e-KYC for Aadhaar, which can work for you as multiple documents such as address proof, age proof, ID proof, etc. In other words, it is a comprehensive document that can be held valid for all such data. 

How To Complete Aadhaar eKYC Online?

To complete your Aadhaar e KYC process online, you can proceed by following the given simple steps.

Using Biometrics

Types Of Aadhaar e-KYC

There are two kinds of Aadhaar e-KYC that you can consider. They are as follows:

• Using Biometrics: During this process, you will have to provide your 12-digit Aadhaar number and your biometric data which include fingerprints and iris scan.
• Using OTP: Through this process, you will need to provide your 12-digit Aadhaar number and you will get an OTP on the registered mobile number (linked with your Aadhaar card at the time of registration), using which your verification process will be completed.

Difference Between Aadhaar e-KYC And Aadhaar Offline KYC

The difference between Aadhaar e KYC and the offline process of Aadhaar KYC is quite simple. 

• Aadhaar e KYC is executed digitally and it does not require the customers to be physically present for the documentation process. It is a more time-saving and convenient option.
• On the other hand, the offline process of Aadhaar KYC requires you to be physically present at the documentation centre. The agency is also needed to confirm the authentication of the user through an OTP or face authentication mechanism.

The offline process of KYC would be a little time-consuming, where you need to provide a few essential documents at the centre, which include the following:

• Address proof
• Age proof
• ID proof

However, all these above-mentioned data would be covered by your Aadhaar card. Hence, you need to provide your Aadhaar card once you visit the documentation centre in person.

How To Check Aadhaar Card eKYC Status?

To check the status of your Aadhaar card e-KYC status, you will have to follow a few simple steps such as given below:

Once done, you will be instantly notified if you are KYC compliant. If you are not, you can follow the steps of biometrics or OTP authentication to complete the verification process of Aadhaar e KYC online.

Benefits Of Aadhaar e-KYC

Apart from being a convenient, time-saving and paperless process, there are several other advantages of Aadhaar paperless e KYC which include the following:

• The entire process of authentication does not require you to pay anything. It is completely free of cost.
• All the information that is extracted from the database of the UIDAI has already been verified, which is why it needs no further authentication.
• The entire process depends on the consent of the customer. Hence the UIDAI shall share such essential details with the requesting party only when the customers provide their acknowledgement to do it through biometrics or OTP.
• The agencies conducting Aadhaar card e-KYC are all registered by the UIDAI, along with the biometric scanners used by the service providers. So there are no risks of compromising your personal details.
• All the digital documents are shared through a secure channel which reduces the risks of illegal replication of documents.

Aadhaar e-KYC simplifies identity verification, making it faster, safer, and more efficient. It offers a secure, instant way to complete verifications for banking, telecom, investments, and more. 

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