Aadhaar card for NRIs coming soon. 5 things to know about UIDAI’s new plan

Following announcement by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech two months ago, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is gearing up to ready its infrastructure to issue Aadhaar cards to non-resident Indians (NRIs) holding Indian passports on their arrival in the country.

5 things to know about UIDAI’s plan to issue Aadhaar cards to NRIs:

1) The Aadhaar-issuing body has said its systems will be ready within the next three months to offer the facility of issuing Aadhaar cards to NRIs with Indian passports without the mandatory 180 days waiting period.