The Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has made it mandatory to link Aadhaar number to Employee Provident Fund account. The EPFO has recently introduced most of its facilities online.
Now you can check your PF account balance, statements, submit online PF transfer claims (or) make partial/full withdrawal of money from your PF account online. But to avail most of these facilities, your Aadhaar number should have been linked with UAN (Universal Account Number).
Aadhaar is an important document for KYC verification as it contains details such as name, date of birth, address, photo etc. If you have provided your Bank account details in your UAN interface and authenticated your Aadhaar number then settlement of claims can be very quick and easy.
In this post, let’s discuss the different options through which you can link Aadhaar to EPF UAN.
How to link EPF UAN to Aadhaar through eKYC Portal? (Option – 1)
The EPFO has very recently launched this online provision to link Aadhaar to your EPF account (UAN). You can submit your Aadhaar number to EPFO without login into your UAN member portal.
- Kindly visit EPF portal.
- Click on ‘eKYC portal‘ under ‘online services’ section of home-page.
- You will be re-directed to eKYC portal page. Kindly click on ‘Link UAN Aadhaar‘ option under ‘For EPFO members’ section.
- Under ‘link your UAN with Aadhaar’ screen, provide your current UAN number and mobile number that is linked to UAN and click on ‘Generate OTP’. Provide the OTP in ‘Confirm OTP’ field & your Aadhaar number and then click on ‘submit’ button. (The moment you provide your UAN number, the mobile number that is linked to it gets displayed.)
- After the successful OTP verification and if your personal details between UAN – Aadhaar match then Aadhaar will be linked to your UAN. In this process, your employer is not involved.
- If there are any discrepancies (for example : your name in UAN can be different to the name provided in Aadhaar), you need to get them corrected either in UAN (through your employer) or in Aadhaar card.
Under this eKYC portal, you also have the option to track your eKYC status online (track Aadhaar-UAN linking status online).
- Kindly visit eKYC portal. Click on ‘Track eKYC’ link under ‘for EPFO members’ section.
- If UAN and Aadhaar are linked successfully then you will receive the below message.
Option 2 – How to link Aadhaar number to UAN through Member portal?
You can also link your UAN to Aadhaar by login into your EPFO’s UAN member portal as well.
- Kindly visit EPFO’s unified member portal. Login to your UAN interface with your credentials.
- Select ‘Manage’ tab and click on ‘KYC’ option.
- Under ‘Add KYC‘ section, you have the options to provide your Bank account details, PAN, Aadhaar number etc., Once you provide these details, they will be displayed under ‘Pending KYC section‘.
- Once your employer approves them, they will be moved to ‘Approved KYC‘ section.
- To link UAN and Aadhaar, you need to then click on ‘Verify‘ button that is displayed against your Aadhaar number under ‘Approved KYC’ section.
- The EPFO will access your Aadhaar details and cross-check them with the details available in UIDAI database. If they match, on successful authentication, your UAN gets linked to Aadhaar number. The status under Approved KYC against your Aadhaar will now be displayed as ‘Verified‘.
- If there are any discrepancies, the linking will not happen. You can also check the linking status online through eKYC portal facility. If your UAN is not linked to Aadhaar, you will get the below error message.
Option 3 – In case, you do not have the internet facility or facing some technical issues, you can also seed your Aadhaar to UAN offline by visiting any of the EPF field offices (Common Service Centers).
Option 4 (Latest update) – You can now link EPF UAN to Aadhaar through UMANG mobile App also.
Latest News (13-Mar-2018) : The Supreme Court has extended the March 31 deadline for Aadhaar linkages (except for Govt Subsidies & Welfare schemes) till the constitution bench delivers judgement on the matter.
Continue reading :
- What is the procedure to withdraw EPF online?
- How to check / verify if your Aadhaar number is active or not?
- How to link Aadhaar to your Mutual Fund investments online?
(Post published on : 20-October-2017)
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Dear sir,
I have two EPF account in the same company. The first one is 478 another one is 2673. now 2673 account I have a UAN number. but 478 no UAN number. how I get a UAN number or merge the same account. kindly advise me.
now I tried my account, I got the below message:-
Basic details like Name/DOB/Gender/Father or Husband name are missing. Please contact your employer to get it completed
Dear Ramesh,
Suggest you to contact your employer in this regard!
Hello sir update my exit date
DOB Chang my uan 100001913233
Please help
I’m trying to apply for provident fund through online portal but it’s giving me error that aadhar is not authenticated from UIDAI but from uidai portal i have authenticated it and i got a mail also that it’s authenticated but still same error what to do now. I stay at Maharashtra and my pf office belongs to Hyderabad. Can we do it from any pf office
Dear Aslam,
Does the status against your Aadhaar is ‘VERIFIED’ in UAN interface home-page??
To update your father name details, kindly contact your employer and submit joint-declaration with them to the EPFO.
Dear sir
It’s approved from employer but pending at Hyderabad field office since last 25days. I am trying to call them but they are not responding to me. Plz guide me with this.
Dear Aslam,
Suggest you to submit your grievance to the EPFO online..click here..
Some blog readers have suggested this option, the EPFO may take next set of actions.
But to process name correction requests, looks like, EPFO may take around 30 to 75 days.
30-75 day’s? I have submitted it’s before 5days Better we apply offline. I don’t know what’s wrong with pf office employees. When I have given request for name updation within 1hr I got SMS that it’s approved from employer . OK leave it. Really thank you for your help doing a good job .
Hi while linking aadhar with UAN it’s giving me error that name mismatch on adhar my full name is there but on UAN my father name is not mentioned, my employer is not helping me with this and my pf office belongs to Hyderabad and I stay at Maharashtra what to do now plz help me with this.
Dear Sir,
My name and date of birth are different in my UAN and in my aadhaar. How to get corrected in my UAN without consulting my employer? Please give reply.
Dear PRABHAKAR,
If detail in UAN are wrong, you need to contact your employer, thats the only option.
In case, they are incorrect in Aadhaar, you can update them online.
Hi Bro,
My employer was not supporting in approving Aadhaar.
So, I visited PF office and seeded aadhaar through them.
So still, It will be in employer hand to approve it or
it will approved n verified by EPFO.
Thanks.
Have a Nice day.
Dear Amit..I believe it will be updated in EPFO database without your employer’s intervention.
Thanks a lot bro for your response. It got approved.
One more question,
Under ONLINE Claim section,
It is written in brackets that PAN is not verified but in KYC, it is approved.
Will it affect the claiming/withdrawal process ?
Dear Amit..If PAN details are in ‘Approved KYC’ section then I believe it shouldn’t be of an issue.
ok bro.
May you always be blessed.
where can I get list of Common Service Centers??
Thanks for very nice useful and informative post.
Hi Sreekanth Reddy,
i am getting problem to link aadhaar with UAN online. my name & all details correct with UAN & Aadhaar database.
i was successful to Generate OTP with UAN ,then i put OTP on the same and filled my aadhaar number & clicked on submit option … i proceed then after there is my Aadhaar number & UAN showing :-
” i clicked proceed for Adhaar OTP verification”
option the error came & says — 404 – Not Found??????? its showing repeatedly from yesterday what to do.
kindly help me regarding this asap
Regards
Ravi chaudhary
Dear Sreekanth,
Hi,
I love your articles in lines with investment, it’s very useful information particularly for new investors
I am a NRI investor working in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
I want change my registered email Id in Karvy, please advise what is the procedure to change
email Id in Karvy???
Syed Maqsood Ahmed / Riyadh / Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Happy diwali , good article
But I have problem while linking my son UAN to Aadhar
While linking Aadhar , the portal gives msg as name mismatch even though name ,surname father name is same in both Aadhar and UAN
What to do
Mrs Ghorpade
Dear Minal ji,
Are they in same pattern?
Kindly cross-check other details as well, Date of Birth & Gender.
Dear Sir
Please provide me contact e.mail ID.
Dear NARASIMHA ..Whose contact/email id??
Dear Sreekanth,
Happy Deepavali to You & Your family and also to Relakhs.com.
regards
RAJ
Thank you dear Raj..Wish you too the same!