lucknow there are more options of documents now to use as proof of residence for registration on the cowin portal for covid19 vaccination in the 1844 years categorytill now aadhaar was the only document accepted for registration which is mandatory in the category now one can use driving license pan card passport and pension passbook to provide proof of residencethe orders in this regard were issued by managing director national health mission nhm up aparna u late on wednesday night besides there is no binding to produce domicile proof now this means that a native of any place in the country living in up can register to take the covid19 vaccine the move will make things easy for many people especially those living and working in ncr anyone living in uttar pradesh can get vaccinated here there is no binding for the person to be a permanent resident of up and produce an aadhaar card citizens can show rentlease agreement electricity bill bank passbook and employer certificate at vaccination sites for verification the order statedthe clarification followed a previous order issued by the same officer on may 7 that order expressed concern over people of other states getting themselves registered for vaccination in up and directed them to submit a local address proof as the state government is purchasing vaccines for citizens in the age group of 18 to 44 years only citizens of the state should be inoculated therefore before vaccinating any individual at a government covid vaccination centre it should be ensured that the beneficiary is a citizen of uttar pradesh no vaccination of residents of other states should be done at government covid vaccination centres the order had stated a barrier for many in the vaccination process the problem was flagged by toi in a news report on may 10 embarrassed over the issue nhm up issued the clarification on social media and on wednesday night the official order was released