Link Aadhaar to Driving Licence

An Aadhar card and driving license are two crucial documents issued in India by the government of India. Driving license is issued by Regional Transport Office which comes under the Ministry of Road Transport, and Highways and Aadhar is issued by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on behalf of India's government. Both the documents have an essential role, aadhar card is mandatory for every Indian citizen, and a driving license is necessary if a person wishes to drive an automotive vehicle on India's road. Government has suggested linking Aadhar to driving licence. This initiative has been started to ensure that each individual owns only one driving license. As per the Government, a person can have only one license, but there have been cases where a person had more than one driving license registered under his or her name. This however is not feasible, and thus linking driving license with aadhar has become mandatory.

You can link aadhaar card with driving license online by following the below mentioned steps:

• Visit the official website of the Road Transport Department of your state or UT (from where a driving licence was made).
• Go to the drop-down menu and click on link aadhar to your driving licence.
• Enter the driving licence details.
• Click 'Get Details'.
• Enter the Aadhar number.
• Enter the mobile number (remember mobile number should be registered with aadhar number).
• Click on 'Submit'.
• Enter the OTP (One Time Password) received on the registered mobile number.
• Aadhar card and driving license will be linked.

Apart from the offline method, you can also link your aadhar card with a driving license via the offline mode. For this follow the below mentioned steps:

• Visit the Regional Transport Office from where your driving licence was issued.
• Fill the Aadhar link form.
• Submit a copy of aadhar card and driving licence (self-attested).
• RTO office will assess and verify the form.
• After assessment aadhar card and driving licence will be linked.

You can link your driving license with aadhar by visiting the below mentioned sites as per your location and residential address on the driving license.

• Andhra Pradesh Transport Department
• Arunachal Pradesh Transport Department
• Assam Transport Department
• Bihar Transport Department
• Chhattisgarh Transport Department
• Goa Transport Department
• Gujarat Transport Department
• Haryana Transport Department
• Himachal Pradesh Transport Department
• Jharkhand Transport Department
• Karnataka Transport Department
• Kerala Transport Department
• Madhya Pradesh Transport Department
• Maharashtra Transport Department
• Manipur Transport Department
• Meghalaya Transport Department
• Mizoram Transport Department
• Nagaland Transport Department
• Odisha Transport Department
• Punjab Transport Department
• Rajasthan Transport Department
• Sikkim Transport Department
• Tamil Nadu Transport Department
• Telangana Transport Department
• Tripura Transport Department
• Uttarakhand Transport Department
• Uttar Pradesh Transport Department
• West Bengal Transport Department
• Andaman and Nicobar Transport Department
• Daman and Diu Transport Department
• Jammu and Kashmir Transport Department
• Leh and Ladakh Transport Department

✅Is an Aadhaar card mandatory for a driving Licence?

An Aadhaar card is not mandatory for a driving licence. However, it can be used as address proof or identity proof.

✅Is biometric required for a driving license?

Yes, biometric is required to obtain a driving license.

✅How do I get a smart DL?

Smart DL can be availed by visiting the online website of your Regional Transports Office of your state or by visiting one. Submit the required documents and fees, and you will get the smart DL.

✅What is a smart DL?

Smart driving licences are the new type of driving licence which has replaced book style DL. Smart DL are driving licenses in the form of plastic cards with a microprocessor chip of 64 kb memory embedded with all the information related to the cardholder.