diff --git a/src/app/clients/client-stepper/client-kyc-step/client-kyc-step.component.ts b/src/app/clients/client-stepper/client-kyc-step/client-kyc-step.component.ts
index 78ad94746..3a6f0b97a 100644
--- a/src/app/clients/client-stepper/client-kyc-step/client-kyc-step.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/clients/client-stepper/client-kyc-step/client-kyc-step.component.ts
@@ -607,11 +607,19 @@ export class ClientKycStepComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
         this.kycForm.get('hasPan')?.setValue(false);
         this.kycForm.get('panNumber')?.setValue('');
       }
-      const filtered = this.filterDocTypesForMinor(this.kycDocumentTypes);
-      if (filtered.length !== this.kycDocumentTypes.length) {
-        this.kycDocumentTypes = filtered;
+      // Re-derive from the full default list, not by re-filtering the already-narrowed
+      // `kycDocumentTypes` — filterDocTypesForMinor() only ever REMOVES entries, so once the
+      // initial (pre-DOB, isMinor=false) seed has already stripped out Birth Certificate /
+      // School ID Card, re-filtering that same shortened list can never bring them back once
+      // the client turns out to be a minor. Once the backend KYC template has loaded
+      // (kycTemplateLoaded), that list is already minor-aware and authoritative — leave it alone.
+      if (!this.kycTemplateLoaded) {
+        const rebuilt = this.filterDocTypesForMinor(
+          this.defaultDocumentTypes.map((d) => ({ name: d.name, code: d.code, mandatory: false }))
+        );
+        this.kycDocumentTypes = rebuilt;
         const currentName = this.kycForm.get('kycDocumentName')?.value;
-        if (currentName && !filtered.some((d) => d.name === currentName)) {
+        if (currentName && !rebuilt.some((d) => d.name === currentName)) {
           this.kycForm.get('kycDocumentName')?.setValue('');
         }
         this.rebuildKycDocPicker();
diff --git a/src/app/clients/shared/kyc-proof-types.ts b/src/app/clients/shared/kyc-proof-types.ts
index c0d678aec..239e47713 100644
--- a/src/app/clients/shared/kyc-proof-types.ts
+++ b/src/app/clients/shared/kyc-proof-types.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export const PROOF_META: Record<string, Partial<ProofType>> = {
     sides: 1,
     documentKeyLabel: 'School ID / admission number',
     documentKeyPlaceholder: 'Student ID number',
+    category: 'Government-issued ID',
     info: 'School identity card bearing photograph — accepted proof of identity for minor clients as per RBI KYC norms.'
   },
   UTILITY_BILL: {