Change in employment and multiple job changes will lead to opening several Employees Provident Fund (EPF) accounts by various employers. Having multiple provident fund account and handling them is a tough thing as the account is subject to becoming inactive if no contributions are made to it for 36 consecutive months.
The Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has come
up with a resolution to this problem by merging multiple provident funds
accounts for each member.
How to Merge Old EPF Accounts?
The introduction of the Universal Account Number (UAN)
has eased the way of merging all the old EPF accounts on the EPFO website. The
UAN is an exclusive lifetime 12- digit account number which is provided to each
member of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation. Using the UAN employees
can manage their provident fund account. The UAN will be issued by the Ministry
of Employment and Labour under the Government of India. These UAN will be
specified on the employee’s salary slip.
Please follow below mentioned 8 steps to Merge Old EPF
Accounts:
- Please login to the EPFO Portal using your username
and password.
- After logging in click on the 'One Member - One
EPF Account (Transfer Request)' button which comes under Online Services
Section
- Continue further and verify your personal
information and provident fund (PF) account details for the present employer.
- Either you can choose your 'Previous
Employer' or 'Present Employer' for attesting the claim form (based on the
availability of authorized signature holding). Choose the Present Employer, now
enter your 'Old PF Account Number'.
- After this click on 'Get Details', all the
details connecting to your former PF account will appear.
- Progress further and go to Step 2 Column and
Click on 'Get OTP' option, a one-time password will be sent to your registered
mobile number.
- Once you enter the OTP sent to your
registered mobile number, click on the 'Submit' button.
- After this, your request for PF (Provident
Fund) account merger will be successfully submitted. Your transfer claim status
will appear on the screen and the same can be downloaded in 'Form 13' for
future references. This form will include your PF number details of both
current and previous employment.
Please Note: Members should have updated their KYC details on the website to use all the benefits of provident fund. It is obligatory, that your UAN should be seeded with bank accounts, Aadhaar and PAN Card. The account merging facility will be available 3 days after the activation of UAN.
