Hi there, I also am a foreigner, I had no issues opting for Aadhar, I'm also totally blind, sometimes what happens is they won't give it to you because of the residency criteria, as a foreigner you will have to be a resident for 182 days, give me a call will discuss about this
With kind regards, Sagar. 7696079483. Above ive provided my Indian number Sent from my iPhone > On 19 Dec 2022, at 16:10, Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan) <ykhan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Dear Access India community, > > I am a new blind community member, having immigrated into India only a month > ago from South Africa, my country of birth. > I now live in Vrindavana Mathura. I am trying to purchase a home, but require > Aadhaar card for this. The problem is that when I approached the Aadhaar > application agent at HDFC bank, she said she is unable to do it because my > eyes which are unusual will not be read at the biometrics process. She also > insists that for her to apply an exclusion she needs special authorization > from the Indian Government which is not normally available on the agent > interface for processing applications. Is this not discrimination against > disabilities that the agent cannot process us without seeking a non-standard > interface not readily available to them? > > I struggle with Hindi and the agent cannot speak English well either so > communication is such a challenge for me, and each time I have to tag a guide > who speaks Hindi along, otherwise I cannot communicate. Each time I go she > simply says sorry, cannot be done yet. It costs a lot of energy, money and > time to get the help I need to navigate from my temporary living space to the > bank each time just to ask, and always getting no indication how long this > might take for this agent to get the permission she needs to process my > non-standard exclusion for my Aadhaar card application. > > I tried calling the call-center number that a family member gave to me, 1947, > but the IVR says that number does not exist. I also Googled and found: > Guidance on applying as a blind applicant > but nothing there was able to direct me to a high-level person to push this > agent to do it at HDFC Bank. > We also visited another outlet, IndusInd bank, where they are supposed to do > the application, but the agent there also cannot help – in his case he just > says the biometrics will not read and there is nothing further he can do – > that’s it! > > Anyone might have some suggestion to move this quickly I will be very > grateful. In the meantime I am held up in finding a fair home of my own to > live in. I currently live in a run down place with no running sweet water for > drinking or bathing, no hot water – you have to manually boil for bathing - > and it is now a cold winter here. > > Thanks and kind regards, > > Yamuna Jivana Dasa > -- > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "AccessIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/77B43BC7BDD740FF9DAE537F85127CB0%40GauraRecordsPC. -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/41C4789D-9F16-4029-BA0E-BB93A90454B1%40gmail.com.
