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EPF Online Transfer Claim : Through OTCP & UAN Member portal

Last updated: April 9, 2018 | by

In September 2014, EPFO (Employees’ Provident Fund Organization) had launched its scheme on making Provident Fund numbers portable. It had already issued around 41.7 million Universal Account Numbers (UAN).

If you are a registered member with EPFO’s UAN Member Portal, by now you would have been familiar with the facilities that are available on the portal. But two facilities like” online transfer of EPF claims” and “online checking of the status of the transferred claims” are still not available. EPFO states that this is still under progress.

However, you can still make EPF online transfer claim through EPFO’s Online Transfer Claim Portal (OTCP). Below is the procedure on how to do EPF money transfer online.

Latest update (25-July-2017) : The EPFO has recently replaced OTCP facility with a new interface on Unified Member’s portal. All PF subscribers can now use this new facility to submit their online EPF transfer requests. Kindly go through this article for more details : ‘How to do Online EPF transfer through Unified portal?‘

What is the procedure to submit EPF Online Transfer Claim through OTCP?

  • Check Eligibility for filing Online Transfer Claim : To file a EPF transfer claim online, the member IDs (Your present & previous) should be available in EPFO database and your employer should have registered the digital signatures of his authorized signatories with EPFO on the portal. Follow below points to know whether you are eligible to file a online Transfer Claim:
    • Visit www.epfindia.gov.in .
    • Click on Online Transfer Claim Portal (OTCP) under “Employees” categoryEPFO Online Transfer Claim Portal 1
    • Click on ‘Check Eligibility for Filing Online Transfer Claim’
    • You have to enter your EPF account details of your previous employer and current employer.EPFO Online Transfer Claim Portal 3
    • Click on “Check Eligibility.”
    • You can find two options. One is “Click here to Login” to go to Online Transfer Claim Portal. Another option is “ Click here to Register on Member Portal.”
    • If you have already registered member, you can click on “Click here to Login” option which is available on the eligibility result screen. (Or) You may directly visit OTC Portal EPFO Online Transfer Claim Portal 4
    • If you are eligible to file online transfer but not a registered member then you have to register yourself by visiting http://members.epfoservices.in/ .
  • Request for Transfer of EPF account :                
    • Enter Your KYC documents details to logon to OTCP Portal http://members.epfoservices.in/
    • Under CLAIM menu option, you can click on “Request for Transfer of EPF Account.”
    • You have to enter your Personal Details (Section Part A) and your Previous EPF account details (Section Part B). (Kindly note that you are using Form 13 here. Form 13 is used to Request for Transfer of EPF account.)
    • You have to enter your present EPF account details under Part-C of the application/form.
    • You have the option to submit the online transfer Claim form to either your present employer or to your previous employer. You can choose either of them.
    • Enter CAPTCHA code and click on “Get PIN”. You will receive Pin on your registered mobile number.
    • Enter the PIN number and click on SUBMIT.
  • Submit Hard copy of the printable Online Transfer Claim Form (Form-13)
    • Click on “CLAIM” menu option.
    • Click on View Status of Transfer Claim
    • Click on Printable Form 13
    • You have to submit the printout (hard-copy) of Online Transfer Claim Form (Form 13) to your Present employer or Previous employer(it depends on the option you have chosen while submitting the Online Transfer Claim Application.)
    • You have to submit the duly signed (by you) printout of the claim immediately, but it should not exceed 15 days. Your employer would have the option to reject the online claim application after 15 days.
    • You can contact your employer directly . The contact details of authorized signatories are available under the ‘Employer’ details in the “View the status of Transfer Claims” under the tab “CLAIM”.
  • Check status of your online EPF transfer Claim request
    • If your employer finds some discrepancies in the application form, they may edit and send you revised claim form. You can view these details in the “View the status of Transfer Claims” under the tab “CLAIM”. (OR)
    • Your employer (present/previous) may also reject the claim. The reasons for the rejection can be (i) The signed copy of the printout of the claim submitted online has not been received from member. (ii) The member details do not match with company’s records. (iii) The signature of the member does not match with those available in office records. (OR)
    • Your employer may approve your request for online transfer claim.

What is the procedure to submit EPF Online Transfer Claim through UAN Member portal?

Universal Account Number (UAN) Member Portal (www.uanmembers.epfoservices.in) was launched in September 2014. This portal offers lot of facilities to EPF subscribers/members.

But, EPF Online Transfer Claim is still not available. For time-being you have to submit online EPF Transfer claims through http://memberclaims.epfoservices.in/ .

Once this facility is available on UAN portal:

  • You can login to  UAN member portal
  • Add previous Member ID (Previous EPF a/c Member Id)EPFO OTCP Previous member ID
  • Check if you are eligible for EPF online Transfer claim.EPFO OTCP Previous member ID check eligbility
  • Submit the application (Form 13) through UAN portal itself. (The above mentioned process will be integrated in UAN portal. This integration work is still under progress and will soon be made available on UAN portal)EPF online Transfer claim UAN portal
  • You can check the Online Transfer Claim status too.

I hope this post is informative and useful. Have you used EPF Online Tranfer Claim Portal when you joined a new company? How user-friendly is Universal Account Number Member’s Portal? Do share your comments.

(You may like reading my post on “All you need to know about EPFO Universal Account Number.”)

(Visit my another article on “How is interest calculated on your EPF A/c (Employees’ Provident Fund Account?“)

Sreekanth Reddy

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  • Hi Mr. sreekanth reddy,
    I have submitted previous PF account money to Present PF account on 21 march 2017 and it was approved on May 5th 2017 so please guide me after this steps I checked in service history but it is yet not updated and amount was not credited to present PF Account. what will be the upcoming steps I have to take

  • I Want To Buy A NEW Car From My PF Money So I want to take out of my pf money from my UAN account
    Is It Possible
    if Yes Then How Plzz Help me

  • Hi Sreekanth,

    I have made a Job change during July 2016, and submitted the Online Transfer Claim on 02 Nov 2016. The claim has been approved by my previous employer on 21 Nov 2016. In between the site was down for a few days and now I can not see any progress on this Claim.

    02 Nov 2016 Claim Form Submitted .
    21 Nov 2016 Claim Form Approved by Previous Employer .

    I have sent couple of emails to otcphelpdesk @ epfindia.gov.in and there is no response I received, Also checked http://epfigms.gov.in, but there is no options provided to submit the Grievance related with OTCP. Please guide my how I can get an update

    Thanks,
    Arun

      • Hi Sreekanth,

        Claim status online is showing a message No record found while I try to enter my PF account

        STATUS for Member ID:

        * * No record found

        * * Data available since last six months. * *
        * * CHENNAI data availaible from 05-11-2016. Last updated on 03-05-2017 at 09:39 am * *
        * * Approval Details on PPO and Scheme Certificates will be made available soon.. * *

  • Hello Sreekanth,

    For the past few organization I have worked I have normally opted for withdrawl of my PF. But I was not sure whether I have got my pension amount also along with my PF amount. How and where to check if my pension amount is still there and how can i withdraw that.

    Please suggest.

    Best Regards,
    Parag

  • Dear Sreekanth,

    Greetings.Had two queries :
    1) Is EPFO OTCP EMPLOYER site not working currently ?

    And secondly wanted to ask the following :

    If you have worked in COMPANY A and moved to COMPANY B and then to COMPANY C.Can you transfer your PF from A TO C directly and withdraw from COMPANY B. (Pls note I have worked for more than 14 years ,so 5 year criteria is easily fulfilled)

    Best regards,
    P Abhi

  • hi
    IAM SANAJY LAST THREE YAER I WORKED IN BANGALORE BUT HEAD OFFICE IN NOIDA ALSO PF OFFICE ALSO NOIDA.WHEN EVER I SENT PF FORM TO THAT OFFICE NOT GEETING PROFER RESPONSE

    PLEASE SUGGEST ME WHT TO DO

    NOW ASLO WORK IN BANGALORE OFFICE

  • Dear Srikanth,

    Could you please help me in sending the new website for OTCP( Employer’s Online transfer Claims Portal)

    Since its mandatory to upload the adhar details of all employees , I would like to know how to get details of all employees so that i could identify whose KYC details are not uploaded.

    I used to figure this out through the OLD OTCP but now that option is not available in the new website

    Could you please help me

    Aswathi, Bangalore

      • yes , I am using this Link. But this doesnot give me an option to see the details of all the employees KYC details.

        Individually i could view but not in bulk wise.

        Aswathi

  • Hi,

    I have transfer claim through previous EPFO portal 20196 January now the portal is not working since three month also UAN portal.

  • The OCTP portal is not accessible for few months now.
    I was made to understand the website was undergoing maintenance.

    Can you provide the new link.

  • Let me know whether interest will be credited if transfer does not happen. Generally transfer is delayed due to website/ incorrect information captured by employer, pr pending for transfer within PF department,etc

  • Hi Sreekanth,

    Recently I have changed my Job & I want to transfer my Old PF account amount to new one. I have activated UAN with my previous employer. Since so many days OCTP website is not working.
    How can I transfer the old PF account amount to new one?
    Is there any process changed for the online transfer?

  • Hi,

    I have worked in an origination for 6yrs 3 moths and the company got shutdown later i joined an origination for for 1 mth and than other for 4mtn and now currently i am with an origination for 2yrs 1 mth and in these duration i did not have any have any break for months/days…

    My query is that during this journey I have given request to joining HR to transfer the PF but they have not done it and created new UAN, now I want to remove the PF of old 3 origination, request you help and suggestion.

  • PF office vadodara want to UAN activation status on Mobile/ letter, I have UAN number, but now a days EPF website is not workering, So, They are not accepted the claim form, what I can do for that

  • Hello Sir,

    I had done a PF transfer from my previous to current org (Trust). I see the status as

    Status : Claim Form 13 for Account Transfer AGAINST Member Account No has been settled. Annexure K and Payment sent through NEFT.

    Also i see the cheque status as payment done to my current org – trust bank a/c. But the organisation is requesting for Annexure – K . For this i contact my Old org. PF office. But they are not responding properly and providing Annexure-k. How could i retrieve this annexure – k

    • Dear Hemalatha,
      I believe you need to request your current employer to download Annexure K related to your old EPF account and continue your contributions through new EPF account linked to old UAN number.

  • I have 3 multiple pf accounts,how can i consolidate to one pf account that is present employer pf account ?
    how much time it will take?And it can possible to see my total pf amount in present employer pf account ?please clarify me..

      • Hi Srikanth,

        The transfer status showing in URN account like below
        Claim Form submitted
        Claim Form Approved by Previous Employer.And one attached document also available.

        And Suppose i will consolidate multiple EPF accounts to my present employer how much time to come into my present employer?And total amount will be transferred to current employer or NOT??

          • Hi Sri,

            That is the big problem am facing, i checked the bank account itself but it was not credited. my previous employer given suggestion like rise governance so i raised but no use.till now no one contacted to me.

            So am thinking planning to consolidate the EPF to present employer EPF account.is it possible??or give me any suggestion.And also my question i will consolidate the epf accounts how many days it will take ???

            Please clarify me…

            Regards,Raghu

            • Dear Raghu,
              Transfer to EPF a/c right? It is a transfer claim and not a withdrawal??
              Anyways, EPFO has officially communicated that their USER PORTALS are down and they may take time to resolve some tech issues.

              • So i want to wait until portal is up…(my bad luck)

                Yes Sreekanth,planning to transfer to EPF A/c only.like one employee -one EPF account.is it possible to do it right now or not?And how many days it will take for consolidation to ONE EPF account (Present Employer)???

                Thanks in advance,Raghu

                • Hi Sri,

                  I have received reply from grievance like below

                  View Final Reply

                  Registration Number : RCHEN/E/2017/00275
                  Name : Raghavender Gajula
                  Details of Final Reply : it is informed that the no claims in F/13 received by this office till date for effecting transfer . This is for your kind information

                  Please suggest me,what is the next process for claim or it is better to do like one epf to one epf??Please give advise me as ap..

                  thanks,Raghu

                    • Thanks for replay sri, i am trying to one epf -one employee i have given my correct details but it showing “Invalid Credantials”,provided my present org pf number(member id), that is already linked to the UAN.And also UAN login also showing all 3 pf accounts under UAN,please suggest me..

  • Hi Srikanth,
    I have transferred(Aug 2016) my pf amount from my before previous company to previous company,till now i didn’t any get information from pf dept.And i checked my previous organisations they said our side work done already it might be problem with EPO.Even my previous org’s approved same also.i raised governance request also till now no update.I am suffering from last 6 months.can you please suggest me.

  • Hi…

    I had applied for transfer of my EPF amount through online/OTCP on 17th October, 2016 due to job change.

    Online submitted Form-13 taken print, signed and submitted to Present / Current Employer on 17th October, 2016.

    Claim Transfer was approved by Present / Current Employer and status shows “Claim Form Approved by Present/Current Employer on 24th October, 2016”.

    Coming to the Previous Employer Status, it shows as: “Claim Form Pending at Previous Employer”.

    Please can any one help me out with this issue ?

    Regards
    T.N.Reddy

  • Hi sir,

    i have tried to transfer my pf account to my present Pf account through online submission claim portal. once i entered my previous PF account number and then which appears like “Your previous establishment APHYD0028034000 is unexempted under both PF and Pension Schemes and accounts are handled by RO HYDERABAD”.

    I am not able to fill the form as it showing the above text in red color. could you please suggest me, what shall i do now.

  • Both Employers approved the claim the previous and the current employer.So how much time it will take to transfer the amount.

  • how to upload digital signature ,
    1.the website otcp should be open in windows explorer for google
    2 what is the version of windows (7 or 8) to be installed
    3. which version of java to be installed
    kindly explain briefly

  • Dear Sir,

    I had applied for transfer of my EPF and EPS through OTCP due to job change. PF amount was transferred successfully(both employee and employer’s share) however, Pension Amount shows zero after transfer.

    Previous account had Pension fund of Rs.20,444.

    Please let me know the procedure to withdraw/ transfer the EPS fund.

    • Dear Sree ..The transferred amount of EPS would not be reflected in your passbook but the service years would have been transferred/carry forwarded for Pension calculation purposes.

  • Hi

    I have recently switched job and wanted to transfer PF from old PF account to the new PF account. I have a UAN number, but the website lists three (3) previous member IDs or PF accounts connected to three different companies. All of them are eligible for online transfer claim. My confusion is that when I go to ‘Transfer EPF Account Online’, I am not sure which PF details to fill. Do I need to fill three different forms or just one (the latest)?

    Also, I can only download the passbook for the last employer and it does not show the previous PF balances. I am unable to download passbook for any other PF accounts. It says, data not available.

    Please guide me on what needs to be done.

    Thanks.

  • Hi,

    Below are my PF online transfer request details:
    ONLINE TRANSFER CLAIM FORM FORM 13 approved by previous employer.
    Tracking id 999120051607180075451
    18 July 2016 Claim Form Submitted .
    20 July 2016 Claim Form Approved by Previous Employer . But to till date old established company amount not transfer to new established company.

    Please help me online transfer issue.

    Regards

    B.SYDULU

  • Dear sir,

    My EPF deduct from last two years and now i am resigned from job and want to withdraw my EPF. but my employer deny for signature on the form. and my company not registered for online transfer claim portal.

  • Hi ,

    I have transfer my previous PF to my current PF account (detail verified by previous employer). And it is successfully added also .
    Now my current PF a/c shows “TRANSFER IN (Old Member Id-:RJRAJ000XXXX0000000XXX )-Amt. Received,Credit is Subject to verification” .now plz kindly tell me by whom the verfication will be done

    Please help me

  • Hi Sreekant,

    I worked 2 yr in a company . Now after 3 months i want to withdrawn my PF Amount .
    So let me know that i’ll get my full amount (24% that was deduction from my salary) or
    there will be some Deduction ?

    Please tell me .

  • Hi ,

    I have transfer my previous PF to my current PF account . And it is successfully added also .
    Now i am going to withdraw my whole amount , so it’s showing me an error – “the attempt request for transfer of account aleady exists on the system” .

    Please help me

  • Hi Online transfer my PF to Current Employee id through Summing from 13 on 26 july no 3 aug my previous employee approve the requisite . in how many days my claim link to my current UAN

  • Sir i applied for pf withdrawl on 21 st july yet today morning i got a msg that form 13 has been approved and pf payment is in process .. so i need to ask when will the pf amount credited to my bank account ?

  • Hi Sreekanth,,

    My employer submitted my PF withdrawal forms on July 4, 2016. I also have the acknowledgement. Along with the PF forms, there is a name clarification letter that is included. My initials have been expanded in the UAN portal while my KYC has just the initials.

    However, until now, the PF withdrawal online status says “No Record Found.” Please guide me on what I can do next, or should I wait for a few more days? As far as I know, the claim is usually processed within a month. The PF office is Bandra, Mumbai.

    Regards,
    Madhu

    • Dear Madhu ..Generally claims are settled within 30 days. But EPFO generally takes time to make corrections in their database (time-line, I am not sure,can be more than 1 to 2 months).

  • Hi Sreekanth,

    I am seeing some other PF transfer request in my login account.
    How to delete another request in my account

  • Hi,

    I have applied for online transfer on may 2015. That time I am working for Wipro hyderabad. So I have applied for online transfer from my ex employer to Wipro. Both the employers are approved by the month of Aug 2015. Now the status is “Claim Form 13 for Transfer to New Account Number: AGAINST Old Member Account No (XXXXXXX) has been approved. Payment is under process”. Recently I have joined in another company. I have to apply for online PF transfer from Wipro to new company. But my old PF transfer status is in pending then how I can apply for new PF transfer? May I know any contact number(Hyderabad) of PF office?

    Regards,
    Ganesh K

    • Dear Ganesh,
      No hurries. You may wait for the previous transfer to complete and then transfer the entire balance to your new EPF account.
      You can get the contact details on EPFO website.

      • Thank you Sreekanth. I have another question. I have another two old PF account which are not eligible for online PF transfer. I have submitted physical forms to wipro PF trust for PF transfer. How do we know the status of these two PF accounts transfer?

      • Dear Sreekanth,

        I have posted above query on July 7th. By that time my transfer claim status was with “Claim Form 13 for Transfer to New Account Number: AGAINST Old Member Account No (XXXXXXX) has been approved. Payment is under process”. Till now the status was not settled and also now above status is not displaying in portal. So I have called to Hyderabad PF office and they told me that it was failed, so please re-transfer again. Again I have applied for transfer.

        If I try to download my passbook of my previous PF account, then it is displaying that ‘Account is already settled’. Here my question is, if my previous transfer was failed then why it is giving that message. And What amount will be transferred with this second attempt?

        Thanks,
        Ganesh K

          • Yes, I have checked. I did not receive any amount. More over I called to Hyderabad EPF customer care. They told me that it was failed, so please reapply for EPF transfer.

              • Hi,

                I am applying for online transfer for first time still while clicking on “review” It redirects to page, saying “The attempted Request for Transfer of Account already exists on the system. Click here to view the status of your existing request”

                please help

                pandy

  • I submitted online PF transfer on 26/08/2015 and my current employer approved on 18/09/15 but previous employer not approved the online application till now showing pending in online claim status. So please suggest me what is the next process what to do, actually i leaved previous job last 3 years and more time, so it is possible to transfer or not.

  • Oh.! I just left one thing to mention is it was approved by my previous employer & Now current employer says theu have not received request in their login from EPFO.. I hope might be they are not aware of PF process properly..

    Please respond

    Thanks Again!

    • Dear HEMANT..An employee can have only one UAN. Has the new EPF a/c (new member id) is linked to your old UAN? Have you submitted your old UAN number to the current employer?

      • Thanks Sreekanth,

        I alreadu shared my uan no with my current / new employer at the the time of joining but its 3 months are passed & still it is not mapped.

        I confirmed with them they said they have not received any request.

        I just want to make you know that when i asked my employer about this at that time my claim was in process Not settled.. So now as it is settled & credited to new acoount should i ask my employer to check again….?

        Or there is a different procedure..?

        Thanks..

  • Hi Srinivas,

    I requested pf transfer on OTC portal, Same got updated on next day of request, now status shows it is settled & amount is credited to new member id. But i am unable to see it on my UAN login. Will it take time Or i need to generate new UAN no for new company where i joined..?

    I want to continue my old UAN login only..Am I right here..?

    Please help!

    Hemant

  • Dear Sir,

    After filling the required data, when I submit the ‘preview’ button on ‘Request for Transfer of Account (Form 13) ‘ , the server not available error is showing. it is a technical issue. I am experiencing this for the last 1 week. How can I submit my PF transfer claim in this situation

  • My pf claim is approved by the pervious employer but till not transfer since 1 month.so please suggest me how it possible?????

  • I have applied for transfer claim.now its approved at the End of Both Employers.How Can I Check that PF Transferred???

  • Dear Mr. Reddy,

    I have checked my passbook on UAN portal & found only PF amount transferred to my present account but not pension fund.
    can you please advise me what has happened with pension fund?

  • My Claim status is showing settled & credited in new account. How can i get to know about transferred amount & its break-up.

  • I have applied for UAN on 18th April, 2016. The request ID have come 2016041820099. What is my status? How can I check. Please help me….

  • Hi,

    I have opted for VPF in my company, and the amount is getting deducted in salary slip, but in the EPF passbook this amount is not getting reflected in employee share, please let me know is there any other way i can see this or is it a mistake done by my company. Thanks in advance.

  • Hi Sreekanth,

    Greetings ! Once “Online Transfer Claim” is approved by Previous Employer, what is the next step in the process? Thanks a lot.

  • Hello Sreekanth,

    My name is Jai. I was working with a Company previously from Jan 2009 to Apr 2010. I joined another company during May 2010 and working there till date. I did not apply for PF Transfer at that time since I Initially wanted to withdraw my money but I was employed at that time. When I heard that the PF Transfer was a tedious process during 2011-12 which meant that we have to physically follow up with both employers I didn’t apply for transfer. Now that the PF system was made Online, I tried to check my PF balance and found that my ex-PF account has become inoperative. I have also submitted a request through the Inoperative Account Helpdesk website but yet to receive a response from them (more than 1 month). In the meantime, I also manually tried to add my previous PF account through the UAN Portal and it is now reflecting under the Previous Member ID tab in the UAN portal.

    My question is, would it be possible to File for Transfer Claim if my ex-PF account is still Inoperative? Kindly explain Exempted and Non-exempted trust as I am getting a note when I try to submit the Transfer claim “You can get attestation only from current employer as this trust is exempted”. What is the ETR from the Inoperative Account Helpdesk for a request? I have provided all the necessary details in my request when I first submitted it. Not sure why it is getting delayed.

    I have emailed UAN support team today requesting an update. Are there any other ways that we can get this expedited?

    Thanks,

    Jai

    • Dear Jaikanth,
      Yes, it is possible to submit a Transfer request through OTCP portal.
      The current employer is maintaining their own PF trust.
      You can submit a transfer claim and get it approved from your current employer and then can wait for your ex-employer to update the status.

  • Dear Sir,

    I was working in Ecos I mobility & hospitality from 07 oct-13 to 11 June. i have left the job without notice. now i want to transferred my provident fund of Ecos in current company . i have apply to UAN portal on 28 jan-2016. One and half month has been passed but my Online pf claim is still pending . neither ecos I mobility & hospitality has been approve my online transfered nor reject. i have discussed with santosh which is working in payroll dept . he told me that he would not approve my online pf transferred. so it my humbly request to take appropriate action against them. My Previous company and current company details is given below. I have also attached my provident fund details.
    1. P.F. Account No. (with EPFO

    office)

    : DSSHD001813800000010**

    2. Name of the Establishment : ECOS(I)MOBILITY& HOSPITALITY PVT LTD

    3. Address of the Establishment : BLDG. NO 221, GROUND FLOOR OKHLA INDUSTRIAL

    ESTATE, PH-3 NEW DELHI 190 DL 110020

  • Hi,

    Below are my PF online transfer request details:
    ONLINE TRANSFER CLAIM FORM FORM 13 (REVISED)
    Tracking ID 999120051512170045*** )
    Submitted through the member log-in 4634***)
    Claim Date : 17-12-2015

    Issue description: The above transfer request has been rejected due to the mis-match in date of joining of my previous establishment. Now it is corrected by PF office and previous company and shows correct details in in my PF records.

    Current issue: As the details are corrected now, when I do a fresh online transfer it does allow and says (The attempted Request for Transfer of Account already exists on the system. Click here to view the status of your existing request.)

    Please help me in fixing my online transfer issue.

    Thanks in advance

    Regards,
    Srinivas P

    • Dear Srinivas,
      You may contact your ex-employer to approve the new request and delete the old one.
      Else you may have to wait for few days for the old request to disappear from the system queue.

  • Hi i forgot my password Of EPFO and i hav lost my register mobile no. I am unable to change my registered mobile no. How i can change please send me link on my this mobile no. 9716593656

  • Hi,

    I have done online transfer claim. Status is showing as Approved by Previous employer. But I forgot to submit the hard copy of Form 13. I am not able to reach previous employer which is shown in Claim status.

  • Hello i applied for transfer claim to our present employer but it has been rejected shall i go for withdrawl again from previous employer

  • Hello Sreekanth,
    I had raised a offline PF transfer request with my current employer (signed form 13) which they sent to my ex employer for approval. I received a text message from the EPFO office with a tracking number which mentions that I can track the information on the portal using tracking id, UAN or mobile. However, when I logged into the portal I do not see the tracking id there, is there any other portal that I can track this transfer from?

    Regards
    Jignesh

  • Hi

    My Pf online claim form shows below status.

    Current Status :Your request is In Transit between EPFO Out and In Office. please let me know next process

  • I too faced the same problem. I have submitted my claim on 21st March 2016.

    Hi EPFO Team,
    please display the CLAIM details in the CLAIM STATUS TABLE. So that we can download Form-13 for submission. Please fix this issue asap.

  • I have submitted my transfer through portal. But it is not showing under claim status. when i try to submit it again it is saying already exists. My employer also confirmed they received my claim and they are asking me to submit the signed copy. But my claim not showing under claim status to take printout. please help me how to proceed.

  • Hi,
    I have submitted my Claim online on 13th Nov 2015 and unable to forward the hardcopy to previous employer. Then on 22 Mar 2015, i got SMS message as “Claim Form Approved by Previous Employer”. So what is the procedure. whether the transfer will happen for this form or else i have to send the form to them again?

    Please suggest

    • Above message is wrong. Please find below,
      Hi,
      I have submitted my Claim online on 13th Nov 2015 and unable to forward the hardcopy to previous employer. Then on 22 Mar 2016, i got SMS message as “Claim Form Approved by Previous Employer”. So what is the procedure. whether the transfer will happen for this form or else i have to send the form to them again?

      Please suggest

  • Hi,
    I am trying to transfer my pf amount and when submitted the claim online first time it was throwing some error that “PDF cannot be generated”. When next time onwards I am trying to submit the claim, its showing “The attempted request already exists”.
    But when I am trying to see the claim status its not showing there.
    How should I get the Form 13 PDF which I need to sign and submit to my employer.

    Please help.

      • I too faced same problem today.
        when submitted the claim online first time it was throwing some error that “PDF cannot be generated”. When next time onwards I am trying to submit the claim, its showing “The attempted request already exists”.
        But when I am trying to see the claim status its not showing there.
        How should I get the Form 13 PDF which I need to sign and submit to my employer.

  • DEAR SIR,

    WHAT IF WE DONT HAVE GOOD RELATION WITH PREVIOUSE EMPLOYER,
    IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THEY WONT APPROVE THE REQUEST?

  • Hi Sreekanth,
    How are you?
    i have gone through many of the comments regarding their queries…..
    even i have one query :-
    i have applied online for the transfer from previous employer to present employer.
    previous employer has approved my request. as i have submitted form online on 23/2/16
    i received a message by saying form 13 transfer claim id —- approved for payment through chq. pmt under process…
    But iam not understanding when iam i going to get the money, when it will be credited ????
    if i call previous employer he says if u hv got a msg u ll get it soon by 3 / 4 days
    if i call present employer she is telling i have not at all done anythg from my end if u hv got msg den wait…
    all irresponsible ppl no proper response from anyone…. if i call pf office directly dey r saying if i tell my pf a/c no. – no record found.
    iam not understanding what i have to do.

    pls suggest me

    Thanks,
    Banu

      • ya i did the same sreekanth but its showing passbook is not available & it will be avlbl only after 4 days….
        i will wait & see …. if the pb gets updated afterthat should i call the present employer to start the process or how ??? plz let me know ???? its really very urgent but its tkg very long time,,,,,getting depressed,,, as nothing is hpng on time……

        Thank you.

          • Hi Sreekanth. How are you?
            pf money is been transferred from previous old a/c to new a/c but in the pass book its not showing the correct amount. & if i call pf office they are telling march 1 full month process is stopped & i need to call them after april 15th.
            Now pls tell me after the credit to new a/c should i apply for withdrawal & what is the procedure… pls let me know….

            Thank you

  • hi my name is dinesh, i worked one of the company, due to some personnel reasons i got absonded from company. i worked for a period of 7 months can i withdraw my pf and will they approve me to get pf.

  • I have applied PF Transfer in OTCP Portal , as its both of Establishment is Same ,And now approved in OTCP Portal by Privious Employer , So is it Confirm or is there any option to be taken for the same ,

    In OTCP Portal Its Approved

  • Hello,

    I have filled all the details in PF transfer form but after filling the details, I found a typo in the details. Now I am unable to edit the form as well as unable to raise a new request. Please help me on this. Thanks in advance.

    Regards
    Sankar

    • Dear Sankar,
      You may wait till your employer & ex-employer to reject the request (due to the discrepancy) and you may then raise a fresh request again.
      Kindly check with your employer too.

  • Dear Sir/Madam,

    I have submit PF transfer claim form manually but PF department edit same date in Previous Account & Present Account as date (01-03-2012) & PF department said wait for three or four month how its possible. so please provide us the solution.

    Nainesh J Basetha
    Mo:99785529**
    Previous Member Ac No.VDBRD00673**0000000021

    Present Member Ac No.VDBRD0020**70000000465
    UAN No.1002485077**

  • Dear Sir,

    I worked in a private job from 2012 to 2014. Now I have joined a government company. I want to transfer my PF to my new company. But in my new govt. company, there is only NPS facility. So i am unable to give details like REGION, OFFICE, EST CODE, EXT, A/C NO in OTCP portal.
    Pls tell me how to proceed.

    Also tell me if i withdraw money from previous company PF account, TAX will be deducted or not? OR i shoud wait for 5years??

    Please reply soon.

  • dear sir,
    to transfer my pf, is this necessary to approve by previous employer. if present employer approve can pf be transferred.

  • Hi Sreekanth,

    i have submitted a online PF transfer request but it’s not displaying under my account so i’m unable to take hardcopy printout for submission.
    this issue is similiar to “Vinod January 13, 2016 at 10:31 pm” submitted issue so as you suggested —
    when i reached my current employer, they have said as it’s related PF office online portal and they don’t have control over this technical issue.
    let me know whom i can reach to sort the issue.

  • Dear Sreekanth Sir,

    I want to withdrawal my PF due to a medical emergency to my father. I have contact online to PF office and they told me that I can use UAN-Based Form 31 to withdrawal PF without employer signature. I have joined my current employer on 23rd June 2014.

    I want to know that what types of medical certificate I need to attach with UAN-Based Form 31. So that I can avail the maximum amount. Please suggest.

    • Dear Akash,
      If your KYC details (Aadhar no, PAN & bank account details) are verified by your current employer, you can submit Form 31 UAN directly to EPFO office.
      Kindly read : EPF new forms.

      Eligible amount can be : Least of 6 month’s basic salary or employee share with interest. You need to submit Certificate C signed by your employer & doctor (along with form 31).

    • Dear sir I’m request mera 2011pf no usako new company me Una no me satha Horne me Kay Karna hora h

  • i did online transfer form previous to present, but after entering the pin and clicked submit, the message came was page cannot be displayed, and when i tried again the error was
    The attempted Request for Transfer of Account already exists on the system. Click here to view the status of your existing request,

    now, i do not have transaction id , so i cannot take hard copy and also not able to re submit, unless i raise online both my present and previous employer will not accept, please advise what wil happen, whether its stuck in server and will get rejected in 15 days so i can apply again

  • Dear Sir / Mam,

    When i’m going to approve bulk kyc but approval is not submitting & display an error message is ‘import the intermediate and root certificate.’
    Then How will approve kyc..
    Plz Reply fast….

    With Regards:-
    SHEKHAR RAO

    • Hi Sreekanth,

      I have applied for the online transfer claim and the form is approved by both the present and past employer since October,2015. However there is no update since. Whenever I am checking the status of the same, the status comes as – Your request is In Transit between EPFO Out and In Office.

      Could you please let me know if there is any way to escalate the same?

  • PLZ ADVISE TO ONLINE TRANSFER CLIM TO ONLY PRESENT Employer APPROVE ONLE CAN TRANFER ALL AMOUNT IN MY PRESENT PF ACCOUNT NO. YAA ALSO WANT TO Previous Employer APPROVAL.

    PLZ SUGGEST

    THANKS
    MOHAN

  • Hi Sreekanth,

    I have worked my previous company for eight years( from 2006 to 2015). If I withdraw my pf , will deduct TDS or not ?

    Thanks

  • PF TRANSFER SERVICE IS VERY POOR

    MENE 22/8/2015 KO RJ JAIPUR PREVIOUS PF A/C NO.-28693/11 KO PRESENT PF A/C NO.-33369/74 GURGAON ME TRANSFER KIYA THA JO ABHI TAK NHI HUA H
    OR PRESENT COMPANY NE APPROVAL BHI KAR DIYA H JISKA PROOF MERE PAS MAIL & SMS H

  • I want to edit my online transfer clam form 13 in that my previous account detail of (date leaving) I mention wrong pls help me how to edit my form

  • Dear Sir,
    i want some information to you because i want to transfer Online my PF to previous Employer to present Employer , plz advice only present Employer aprrove online tranfer clim & transfer pf previous Employer to present Employer. without Aprove previous Employer can be transfer PF online.

    Plz Advide to submit my claim & how can withrowal my pf online line sumbit claim .

    Thanks
    Gopal

  • After the process and sending hard copy to previous employer, status is as below:

    1st July 2015 Claim Form Submitted
    8th July 2015 Claim Form Approved by Previous Employer

    I would like to know how can I check that the PF transfer is completed or pending from current employer.
    Previous employer says they are done with their part and need to check with current employer for status but current employer saying they have not received any details
    Also how can I check my total EE and ER after transfer (it should be now the total sum).

  • Hi ,

    I have transferred my PF Amount , Current Employer has approved it and my previous employer has not approved yet. Is it mandatory to get approved from Previous employer . Or If the current employer approves also will it get transferred.

  • I have worked with three companies. Now currently i am working with fourth company. I want to merge all pf account. please tell how much time it will take?
    Thanks

  • Hi,

    I submitted the EPF transfer form online by selecting previous employer.

    If i do previous employer, then did they get message about my present employer.

    But i dont want my previous employer to know about my present company.

    So i want to cancel this submitted form and do fresh submit with present employer.

    Whats the procedure?

  • Hi There,

    I need a information regarding below

    I have worked in my 1st company March2010-March 2012 (2 years)
    then 2nd company for 5 months 2013-14
    then third company for 6 months 2013-14

    Thing is that i have neither transferrred PF nor with drawn PF in any of three companies, and when i checked status of PF in my 1st company its is in inoperative account i have registered for UAN account and it said it will take 7 working days to get generated. now can any body help me how i have to withdraw my PF from al three companies?

    Is there i can merge all account and withdraw at a shot? using UAN transfer? but thing is currently Iam not working please advice……

    • Dear Asha,
      Online withdrawal facility has not yet been activated on EPFO website. Very soon this may be made available.
      Suggest you to contact your Ex-employers and get this done.

  • Hi, Sreekanth how r u? May I know what is transfer claim with tracking ID which I have got it and what is the use of that?
    I have already done my OTC(previous to current) its been more than 1 month
    But if I check my transfer claim status I m unable to view it plz advice me how can I check my status either inprocess or whatever

  • And one thing more SREEKANTH whenever I check veiw transfer claim it shows ” no record found” plz advice me I asked even epfo employees how can I see and how long takes time to transfer claim from previous to current . Actually I have to applied for partial amount ASAP for my construction. Plz……..

      • Hi Sreekanth, really thank u so much providing pf info however I want to correct one place I mentioned about tranfer claim id instead of “tracking id”. Ok I will wait as per u but whenever I check transfer claim status for view my status its showing “no record found”. Can u suggest me? its like more than 1 and half month. But no msg, no response.
        plz explain me abt tracking id and no record found.
        Thnx
        Kamlesh

        • Dear Kamlesh…As mentioned in my previous comment..it can be due to ‘work under progress’. Kindly wait for few days (I do not have info regarding the timeline).

  • Hi,

    Thanks for detailed info.

    I worked for one company for 5 years and recently shifted to another. I have started procedure to transfer my PF account using “Online Transfer” facility.

    I have submitted my claim online on 9th July 2015 and sent a print out of that submitted form it to previous employer (as it take less time) and now the claim approved by my previous employer and the current status is as below:

    09 July 2015 Claim Form Submitted .
    21 July 2015 Claim Form Approved by Previous Employer .

    I have not sent any form to my present employer and don’t know further what is next procedure? Kindly guide me on this, should I sent the same print out to present employer? What is next process please.

    Thanks in advance.

  • whenever i click on the link for Online Transfer Claim Portal, the page doesnt open. Does it really work? does it work for anyone at all?

      • Hi all, I already filled form 13 and even submitted and I got it transfer claim id by epfo but I couldnot view my transfer claim status why while u said that ur link is inprocess untill 17 july now date is 24 july. Whats wrong really I frustrated too much. Plz let me know appropriate info ASAP

  • Hi, We are employers and would like to know the procedure of transferring newly joining employee’s previous provident fund to our current organisation

  • Hi,

    I couldn’t claim my PF thru my previous employer for some issue , can I claim the PF amt directly without approaching my previous employer ,if it so what is the procedure.

  • Dear Sir,

    I want to link my previous account with the present account through OTCP, Please tell me procedure for it.

    Thanks & Regards
    MAHESH CHANDRA

  • Hi,

    I have transferred for online transfer of PF. I chose attestation by my present employer. my present employer approved it. same has been verified by my previous employer. Now what is the next step to do?

    25 June 2015 Claim Form Submitted .
    01 July 2015 Claim Form Approved by Previous Employer .
    25 June 2015 Claim Form Approved by Present Employer

  • Hi,

    Recently I have applied PF transfer through OTCP and the same got approved by my previous employer. I have checked with my current employer regarding transfer status and any approval needed from this side also, they are saying the transfer request is showing in Non Actionable Claims TAB from my current employer PF account.

    what should be the next step ? is my current employer approval also required to complete the transfer ?

    Thanks,
    Venu

  • Hi,
    I have submitted form to my current HR 6 months back mentioning my UAN for transfer of my previous EPF account . I have some query.

    1) In UAN potal, my previous pf member id is shown as current. When I add my current pf meber id, it is showing as previous. How to rectify it?

    2) My kyc documents are uploaed by employer .Why it is showing verification status pending ?

    Waiting for your reply. Thank You.

    • Dear Nilesh,
      Contact your current employer and submit request for corrections.
      There might be discrepancies with the details that are available on EPF database with your KYC documents. Speak to your current employer and get it rectified.

    • Thank You for your suggestion. I have one another query.
      I have an an EPF of a company located at Bangalore which I left in 2010 . Now when I download E-Passbook from EPF member portal, it shows :
      Passbook cannot be generated
      Reason: In-operative member
      Contact:EPFO Office

      Now I am working in Mumbai Location. Can I transfer the above inoperative account to my current UAN. Kindly reply what to do? Thank You.

  • Hi Sreekanth,

    All articles are very useful, you are educating us. I have a query related to EPF.

    IN EPF details , I don’t know my Previous Employee EST Code and EXT. My Previous company is HCL.
    I have UAN Number, So Please let me know can I do online transfer of my previous EPF account?

    Thanks,
    Lalitha

    • Dear Lalitha,
      You may get in touch with your previous HR (HCL) and get the required details.
      Also, the PF member id details are generally available on ‘Final settlement’ documents or payslips. Do check out them. Once you find the details, map the previous organisation’s PF member id to your UAN and submit online transfer claim. You may submit it to the present employer itself.

      Kindly read my article – “EPF online transfer through OTCP member portal“.

  • I submitted my online PF transfer claim and I did it thru current employer. My current employer approved that request on the same day but it is still pending to my previous employer.

    Is there any time limit by which they should approve it?

    • Dear Jyoti,
      While submitting the claim request, did you select ‘present employer’ option or ‘previous employer’ option?? Did you submit the hard-copy of your request?

      (Suggest you to follow the procedure as suggested on Facebook chat…)

  • I want to buy a bike so i need to take out of PF money from my present employment.

    I have UAN account.

    It is possible for me to take out the PF money by using UAN registration.

    could you please help me, how to take out this money.

  • Hi Sree,

    It’s very usefull for me & i have shared with my friends also.

    I’m not eligibel to transfer the amount to my current company EPF account through online. i have to submit hard copy to transfer.

    In my previous EPF account i have sum of Rs. 15000,

    shall i transfer this amount to my current EPF a/c or i have to withdraw and invest in mutual fund (Eg ELSS, EQUITY or BOND for my retirement ?

    Based on your advise i have to advise my friends too.

    Please advise

    Regard
    Rajesh

    • Dear Rajesh,
      Thank you for sharing the article with your friends.
      It is legally wrong to withdraw EPF a/c monies, if you are currently employed. Suggest you to transfer to your current EPFa/c. You can tag (allocate) your EPF a/c fund to your retirement goal.
      Out of your savings, suggest you to invest for your retirement, preferably in good Large cap and diversified funds. Let me know your risk profile and other financial goals.

      • I’m 28 year old(Single), working in KPO and my take home salary is 25 K.

        I have plan to buy Term insurance in Apr-2015 for 50 lks in HDFC click to protect income plan for 40 years.

        Can you suggest out of 4 HDFC plans which is best plan?

        Goals:
        I have plan to start business at the age of 40 with min 10 lakhs.

        I want to buy house if it’s possible with my salary.

        Investment: i have started investing in Mutual fund via SIP in Mira assest opportunity fund on monthly 1000.

        Regards

  • Hi Shreekanth,

    I have left my previous employer and it has been 9 months since then and now have new PF account with current employer . Can you please suggest that can I withdraw the money from PF account from previous employer now. Please help as soon as possible.
    Thanks in advance.

    • Dear Krishna,
      Legally you are not supposed to withdraw your EPF monies as you are now employed. Suggest you to transfer the PF a/c monies online. Did you activate your UAN (universal account number). Kindly follow the points mentioned in the article. You may also visit my other post on UAN – Details .

  • I have submitted form to previous employer, that status shows “Approved by Previous Employer” from past one month,

    • Dear Amit,
      If your previous employer has approved it then i do not see any other reason why you haven’t receive the monies. Have you checked your Latest EPF statement?

      • When I try to check my latest pf statement giving the pf number of my new employer, it says that your request has been taken, and passbook will be uploaded soon.
        This is happenning from the last 3 months.

      • When i try to view my latest pf statement giving the new pf number (of my new org), the site says that your request has been taken and ur e passbook will b uploaded soon. I am trying to view epassbook from last 3 months.

        • Dear Amit,
          Kindly check with your current employer (or) contact EPFO UAN help desk @ :
          Helpdesk Number : 18001-18005
          EPFO UAN Helpdesk Email Id : uanepf[at]epfindia.gov.in

          • Hi,

            There is revised form 13 shown up after previous employer approved the claim (hard copy of Form 13 was sent) on memberclaims. epfoservices. in

            What to do with this revised Form 13??

            Thanks
            –MKS

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