UAN – how to activate your Universal Account Number (UAN) in EPF

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UAN – Know About Universal Account Number

UAN is Universal Account Number. The UAN is a 12-digit number allotted to the employee who is contributing to Employee Provident Fund or EPF. UAN number is a big step towards shifting the EPF services to online platform and making it more user-friendly. Please note that the universal account number remains same through the lifetime of an employee. It does not change with the change in jobs. In this page you will get all information about UAN.

New Unified Portal of EPFO is accessible from 24 Mar 2017 from 5 pm.

Knowing your Universal Account Number (UAN) is very important as the entire process related to Employee Provident Fund (EPF) services has been made online and user friendly through UAN. Through your UAN you will be able to avail the EPF services such as withdrawal, checking EPF balance without the help of employer. Through this article, we will help you understand certain important aspects pertaining to UAN.
UAN is 12-digit number allotted by the Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to all employees contributing to EPF. The UAN of an employee remains same throughout life irrespective of the number of job changes made. Every time an employee changes the job, a new member identification number (ID) is allotted by the EPFO which is in turn linked to his UAN. A request for new member ID is initiated by the new employer. The employee needs to communicate the UAN to the new employer. On creation of the member ID it will be linked to the UAN of the employee.

UAN is 12-digit number allotted by the Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to all employees contributing to EPF. The UAN of an employee remains same throughout life irrespective of the number of job changes made. Every time an employee changes the job, a new member identification number (ID) is allotted by the EPFO which is in turn linked to his UAN. A request for new member ID is initiated by the new employer. The employee needs to communicate the UAN to the new employer. On creation of the member ID it will be linked to the UAN of the employee.
The UAN remains same and portable throughout the life of an employee. Employee shall have different member Id’s generated at the time of changing the job. All such member Id’s are linked to the UAN of the employee to ease the process of EPF transfers and withdrawals.
Advantages of UAN
Once you have the UAN number and you register it then you can check many details. Benefit Of Registration of UAN at UAN Member e-Sewa Portal are as follows:

You can download the updated EPF passbook. The passbook will tell you the EPF balance broken into Employee Contribution(EE) and Employer Contribution (ER). Also deduction fro Employee Pension Scheme (EPS). Sample passbook is shown below.
You can link your previous PF accounts (before Oct 2014) which are not linked to UAN number.
You can upload KYC data.
You can change mobile no and email address.
In Future You can apply for the online PF transfer through UAN itself. Currently, it’s a separate process done through Online Transfer Claim Portal (OTCP). Going forward plans are that when employee changes job and new Member ID is allotted then transfer of old Member Ids would be done automatically.
Allotment of UAN for a new employee
UAN number is alloted by Employee Provident Fund Organization(EPFO) when the request is submitted by the employer. The details of UAN allotted is provided to the employer and the employer has to communicate UAN and Member Id to the employee concerned.

Registration of UAN by the Employee
Once you receive the Universal account number or UAN from your employer, you have to go to the official website UAN website and register your UAN. Click on Activate UAN. You will see the image as shown below. For more details you can go through our article UAN or Universal Account Number and Registration of UAN
UAN on Change of Job
What is Member Id and how does it differ from UAN number. What to do when one changes job. If Universal Account Number (UAN) s already allotted then one is required to provide the same on joining new establishment to enable the employer to in-turn mark the new allotted Member Identification Number (Member Id) to the already allotted Universal Identification Number (UAN). This is done by Filling the epf-NewForm-11-with-instructions(epf) which replaces the old Form 11 and Form 13. Part of Form which refer to Previous Employment details and Declaration by previous employer are given below.