Aadhar Pan Cancel online Steps: How to close the Aadhaar and PAN card of a person after death, work will be done online..

Cancel PAN & Aadhaar After Death: A person has many documents while he is alive, such as Aadhaar card, PAN card, which are used in everyday paperwork. When someone dies, often the family members keep their Aadhaar, PAN, and other documents safely. But the responsibility does not end here. Experts say that after the death of a person, at least their Aadhaar and PAN card should be cancelled, because there is a risk of them being misused. Criminals can sometimes obtain such documents and carry out fraud and financial transactions. After the death of a person, their PAN and Aadhaar can be cancelled online. How? Let's know.

How to cancel a person's PAN card after death

Any PAN card remains valid till its official expiry date. If someone dies suddenly, then their PAN card should be cancelled. If this is not done, someone can open an account on that PAN card, illegally take a loan. There is an offline method to cancel a PAN card as well as an online method. In the offline method, an application form has to be submitted. The letter contains the full name of the deceased, date of death, reason for cancelling the PAN card, and also the details of the person who is getting the PAN card cancelled, such as the son or wife of the deceased person. Along with this, some documents like the death certificate, etc., have to be attached. That application is submitted to the AO in the Income Tax Department. The details of the AO are available from the e-filing portal of Income Tax.

Go to the NSDL website.
If you want to get this work done online, then Form 49A has to be filled, which will be available on the NSDL website. There, you have to go to the option of the PAN correction application and make a request for PAN cancellation. After that, all the documents will have to be submitted to the nearest NSDL PAN service center.

How to cancel a person's Aadhaar card after death

According to reports, there is no option available to cancel the Aadhaar card at present. But you can get the biometric data of the deceased locked. By locking the biometric data, the fingerprints, iris scans, etc., of the deceased cannot be tampered with. The easiest way to lock biometric data is through SMS.

SMS will have to be sent to 1947 from the registered mobile number of the deceased. Type GETOTP in it and give a space, and write the last 4 digits of the Aadhaar number.

After receiving the OTP, send another SMS in this format - LOCKUID < last 4 numbers of Aadhaar > < 6-digit OTP>

You can also do this work on the UIDAI website. Go to the website and log in.

Go to the My Aadhaar section and select Lock/Unlock Biometrics.

Enter the Aadhaar number there again and verify with OTP.

Finally, click on Lock Biometrics.

In recent times, online fraud has increased a lot. No one knows when cybercrime will happen to whom. If a fraud happens with the Aadhaar-PAN of a dead person, then it will be very difficult for his family to handle the situation. In such a situation, these documents must be cancelled and protected in time.