Name Mismatch in Aadhaar & PAN – Now you can Link both easily

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• Dear Friends,

  I just figured out that there seems to be a problem in AADHAAR-PAN linking with some of the BROWSERS.

  Initially, I tried doing this linking using the Internet Explorer browser. It failed to LINK. I got an ERROR message "Please enter a valid Aadhaar Number". Also there was no option to provide Aadhaar OTP.

  Then I tried linking using the Google Chrome Browser. And to my surprise, it worked ! Even with a name mismatch (I have middle name as my father's first name in PAN and no middle name in Aadhaar) it worked without OTP or EVC.

  So try changing your browser, if it fails in Internet Explorer !
  Good Luck!

  • Thanks for sharing - it will for sure help our readers!

• 1) I am not in Tax bracket. So I have required to do the Aadhaar link?

  • If you have PAN card you have to link the same!

• Dear Sir,
  My native place and permanent address are at Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala). The address in my PAN Card (AEVPP3566K) and AADHAR CARD are different. Duplicate PAN was taken by me when I was working in Maharashtra State. AADHAR was taken from Maharashtra, but changed the address later on as that of my present address at Thiruvananthapuram.
  What I should do for correcting the address ?

  • Address is NOT matched. Its only name, gender and date of birth. So go ahead and link your PAN & Aadhaar!

• How to use evc number for linking pan with adhar owing to name mismatch

  • You can use EVC to everify your income tax return after you link your aadhaar to pan

• I also face the problem. Name in PAN is xxxxx and name in Adhar is x.xxxxx (addition of one initial). Gender and date of birth matching. Same mobile registered with both. Neither they get linked nor do I get any OTP in my mobile.

  • Yes, I am also facing the same problem. Lets hope for some solution soon

  • Seems like its still not solved for some people!

    • My friend linked pan and ashar thaough name mismatch. But still i fail to link.

• It seems name mismatch is not handled properly. There the instructions shows that for Name mismatch OTP will be provided. But it just shows the error message only. So IT dept didnt implement the functionality correctly. Not sure how they updated their site without even testing these basic things. I have tried for the past 4 days.

  • I am able to complete the linking successfully, though I have name mismatch issues. I think now they have enhanced the name matching well.

    • This is good news :)

  • Today's press release by IT dept on their new provision also doesn't help me. I think their software is doing very less no of possible name matches. I think it wont help all of the people & many will end up in name update in Aadhar. Though Indians are the backbone of major critical softwares in the world, the IT site is still lagging to provide some useful functionality for PAN-UID linking.

  • I also face similar problem. The IT Web Site states that an OTP or EVC Number is to be entered. However, there is no provision in the web page to enter these details. The Income Tax Dept needs to modify the details to enable the linking.

  • Sofry to hear that. A lot of people reported they were able to link even with variation in names! In fact a lot of them were able to do so without receiving any OTP.

• It is not working for name mismatch (DOB and SEX are matched)

  • I am not sure why its not working for you as it worked for lot of people with slight variation in name!

    • Hi Amith,

      I also have same issue. My Aadhaar and PAN also not linked with name conflict . I saw that below msg. What does it mean and is there any procedure to do below notes.

      "If Name as per Aadhaar is not exactly matched then user has to additionally provide Aadhaar OTP or EVC to proceed with partial name match."

      • Ideally you should get OTP on aadhar registered number if the names are different. But know a few cases where NO OTP was sent and still the linkage happened with slight variation in names.

• MY SISTER HAS A DEMAT ACCOUNT WITH ICICI SECURITIES. SHE HAVE A PAN CARD BUT NOT AADHAR, WHETHER SHE CAN SELL THE SECURITIES WHICH SHE WAS HOLDING AFTER JULY 1 ST.

  • Your sister must get Aadhaar card before July and link it to PAN card. We are still note sure when the government says it will cancel PAN card for linkage - what impact it would have. If strictly enforced, it would totally disrupt common man's life. Bank Accounts/ Demat accounts might also be frozen as a result of same. So you have No option but to get aadhaar - until supreme court decides otherwise.