Paperless Aadhaar e-KYC: What is Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC, and what is its process, check here...

Paperless Aadhaar e-KYC: UIDAI has launched Aadhaar paperless offline e-KYC facility. With this facility, the privacy and security of the Aadhaar number holders will be maintained. This feature of UIDAI enables users to voluntarily use it to reveal their identity for various purposes in a paperless and electronic manner.

What is Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC?
UIDAI provides an online electronic KYC service to verify the identity of Aadhaar number holders. The e-KYC service significantly reduces the cost of paper-based verification and KYC. With the help of this facility, there is instant identity verification. However, this online e-KYC facility is not available for all agencies.

Why is the facility not for everyone?
-Reliable connectivity is essential for online e-KYC.

-The agency should have the technical infrastructure to access the online e-KYC services and deploy the equipment.

-Online e-KYC requires biometrics. What are the benefits of Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC

Privacy
-A citizen can directly share KYC data without the knowledge of UIDAI.

-Instead of the citizen's Aadhaar number, a reference ID is shared - no core biometrics (fingerprint or iris) are required for such verification.

-A citizen can choose which data to share.

Security
-The digital signature is issued by UIDAI to verify the authentication.

-The data is validated by the agency using its OTP/Face Authentication.

How to get Aadhaar offline paperless e-KYC data How to get paperless offline e-KYC data
You can download Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC from Resident Portal (https://resident.uidai.gov.in).

After downloading, Aadhaar paperless offline e-KYC will be available through this.

Paperless offline KYC can also be downloaded using mAadhaarmobile application using the registered phone number.

How to generate Aadhaar paperless offline e-KYC
Visit the official website of UIDAI https://resident.uidai.gov.in/offlineaadhaar.

Enter your 'Aadhaar Number or Virtual ID'.

Generate a 'Short Code' for your paperless offline e-KYC.

Next, select the option 'Send OTP' and select the option 'Enter TOTP'.

An OTP will be received on the registered mobile number.

Enter the OTP and hit the 'Submit' button.

After this, you will be able to download the zip file