Online EPF Transfer | How to transfer PF funds to another EPF account Online?

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• "failed to verify mid" I got this error when I try it.

  • Dear Manivannan,
    MID is your Member ID (EPF account no).
    You may try after sometime.
    Are you trying for Transfer or claim withdrawal?

    • I am trying to transfer

      • Dear Manivannan,
        Kindly check if your previous EPF account is maintained by a PVT Trust of your ex-employer..

        • Hi,
          Same situation!
          I am also getting the same error when I type in MID. My EPF account was maintained by the previous employer.

          Also, When I put UAN, it says "failed to verify UAN" please advise.

• the status for my request is Accepted by employer. what are the next steps?

  • Dear nidhi,
    You may just wait for few days for the 'Transfer-in" to happen. Keep tracking your claim status and EPF passbook.

    Related article : What happens to EPS on Transfer of EPF account (or) when you switch Jobs?

• Hi Sreekanth,

  Need your expert comments

  I joined Kotak in Sept 2014 and left the organization in Feb 2017, my pf number was MH/BAN/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  I joined new Organization (ANZ Bangalore) in Mar 2017 and they opened another pf number within same UAN, I left the ANZ in May 2018.
  After that i moved to Toronto, Canada.
  I recently did the PF Withdrawal online through EPF portal but i got just the balance from ANZ pf account number
  So as of now balance in my ANZ pf account is 0 and my Kotak pf account has over 3 lacs.

  My understanding is that pf was not transferred from "Kotak pf account" to "ANZ pf account" when i changed the organization. Although Both are under same UAN.
  Now that I have withdrawn ANZ pf so i am unable to initiate the transfer from one epf acc to other acc.
  So my ques is, only option left is to withdraw PF manually through Kotak Mahindra Bank or i can do that online as well.

  I submitted an online request through"One member one epf account" using option " Attestation through present Employer" and now claim status shows "Accepted by field office". I do have a tracking ID there as well.

  Earlier it was showing as " Accepted by present employer" and now changed to "Accepted by field office"

  When i reached out to ANZ; the office person told me to reach out to Kotak and do the process manually but seems like , online transfer is working

  Can you comment on this issue.

  Please assist.

  • Hello Bro,

    Is your PF transferred successfully?

  • Dear Nishant,
    If your latest EPF account (ANZ) has been settled (final settlement is done) then I am not sure if the funds (Kotak EPF ac) will get transferred to your ANZ EPF ac..

    If it does then its a new learning to me as well!

    In case, if it gets through then how can you submit final settlement again for the EPF ac which is already settled?? (sorry for cross-questioning!)

    In case, if it does not get through, you may kindly contact Kotak team, can submit offline withdrawal request. If your Aadhaar/KYC has been seeded then you can submit claim form to the concerned EPF regional office directly as well.

    Kindly read : New EPF Composite Claim Form | Single Page Form for different types of PF Withdrawals (Full / Partial)

• Hello,

  I have recently joined a new organisation in January 2019.

  My online PF account only reflects my 1st employer history. The 2nd and 3rd employer details aren't reflected. This is my 4th employer and I'm unable to initiate a Transfer in request.

  Who should I contact to view my previous employers history?

  My name appears in the list of employees under the respective Company search option of EPFO.

  Please help.

  Thank you.

  • Dear Marushka,
    Are the all EPF accounts been linked to same UAN? Did you consolidate your EPF accounts (transferred the funds from previous to latest EPF ac?)

    • Hi Sreekanth,

      I'm trying to find out from my previous employers.

      As far as I remember, I had submitted Form 13 to each of them to initiate a Transfer.

      • Dear Marushka,
        You can check in your EPF Passbook.
        You can also request for Annexure - K by submitting a grievance request to the EPFO via this link..

• Hi Sreekanth,

  Thanks for your wonderful post.

  I worked for an employer from 2012 to Aug 2018 lets say A and then joined company B(PF under Trust account) from Sep 2018 (will be resigning this month) and will join Company C in Mar 2019.

  Currently I can see Two PF accounts under my UAN account and I never raised a request to transfer amount from A to B and I don't know if its done automatically.

  So my question is, Since B is trust account I cannot see the balance in PF passbook (1) How can I know my balance In B passbook? and (2) Is there anyway to know if it includes my balance amount from company A?

  If B doesn't have A amount included, then once if join C (3) Can i raised a transfer request to move A to C and B to C?

  Thanks in advance.

  • Dear Gulam,
    As this transfer is from Unexempted EPF ac to Exempted to EPF ac (Trust),
    you can get this done online thorugh member portal.

    Kindly go through this link..
    Yes, you can do that way also as mentioned at the end of your comment.

• when i open my UAN account, I would see present employer details where they created new PF account under same UAN number.I could see my previous employer details and current employer details but error is getting like below.

  Online Transfer claim request cannot be processed as :- Present employer has not made payment in your PF account.

  In my First employer PF money contributed regular till my Last working day but current employer created PF account and couldn't deposit payments in PF account(in feature also they don't deposit payments).Now I am unable withdrawing money from 1st company.If I change to 3rd company can I get money from 1st PF account? it means can I make online PF transfer from 1st pf account to 3rd PF account?

  any one pls suggest me.kindly help me.

  • Dear SHAIK,
    May I know why your present employer (2nd) is unable to deposit the EPF contributions??

• Hi Sreekanth,

  I recently joined to my new company on 28th Jan 2019 and my last working day in previous company was 25th Jan 2019. Now when i open my UAN account, I would see present employer details where they created new PF account under same UAN number. But I could't see my previous employer details and transfer option too.

  I see be error in the bottom of the same page

  Online claim request cannot be processed as :- Present employer has not made payment in your PF account.

  I have 2 questions here

  1. Will this issue get resolved once my current company start depositing PF amounts to the UAN/PF account?

  2. I already submitted partial PF withdrawal from my Previous Company PF account on same UAN. Will this request will process through or not?

  Please help me on this.

  Thanks,
  Ram.

  • Dear Ram,
    1 - Yes
    2 - If it is partial claim (and if eligible), it will be processed.
    After few days, you may try transferring the funds from previous EPF ac to current EPF ac.
    Is your previous EPF ac maintained by the Pvt Trust of your ex-employer?

    • Thanks Sreekanth for the information.

      Previous EPF was maintained by ex-employer only.

      • Dear RAMKUMAR,
        For transfer of funds from a Pvt trust to non-trust, you may contact your ex-employer and submit the transfer request..

        • Hi Sreekanth,

          Now my PF transfer request shows "Accepted by employer". May I know what is the next state and how many days will it take to complete transfer request.

        • Dear Ramkumar ..It may around 7 to 15 business days (as per my observations..). Keep a track of your claim and Passbook entries.

        • Hi Sreekath,

          I have raised PF transfer request and it got accepted by my current employer on 9th April 2019. After that there is no updated on this. Any way I get information about the current status? Please help me...

• I've initiated online transfer (using EPFO website) of PF from my previous organisation (unexempted) to current organisation (exempted) on 18-Jan-2019.
  The status of this transaction is still showing as 'Submitted'. I've submitted the 'Form 13' in my Previous organisation too (attestation to previous employer)

  Do my previous employer needs to approve the transfer request? They were saying like there isn't any necessity of approval in online process. Is that true?

  • Dear Prem,
    I believe that they need to approve the transfer claim..kindly follow it up with them..

• Hi Sreekanth

  My current Employer pf account is with Trust. When I applies to transfer/merge (from older to current) these accounts.

  After i provide PF No. (Trust) in following format
  GNGGN000xxxx0000yyyyyy

  I get following error,

  "Invalid present PF A/C number. In case if PF A/C in trust differs from member's PF A/C number, then maximum allowed length is 20. Please enter valid data."

  • I think Your ex ememployer has Put wrong date of exit in your epf portal .Contact your Ex Employer.

    • Thanks both of you. It was a system validaton glitch, it worked finally.

      • i am also getting the same error.. how it was resolved for you?

        • You can try different browsers after clearing the cache, browser history.

          It requires PF no. for your current account as mentioned in your payslip. For example for me it was GNGGNxxxxx by default.
          So For trust PF no. i had entered like GNGGNxxxxx
          and for EPF no. I had added GGNxyyyyy. Make sure it is as per the required format.

          The other possibility is that your ex-employer had entered wrong exit date as mentioned by Puspadhar.

        • Hello Amit, I am also getting same error. My EPS and EPF numbers are different. By default I am getting the EPS number in that box. After entering PF number, it is displaying the same error of maximum 20 Characters.
          My PF number from trust: GNGGN000XXXX0000XXXXXX.

          Did you remove all 0's?

        • Hi Tarun, I am also facing the same issue. Did you get the solution?
          It would be great if you can plesae help...

  • Dear Amit,
    I believe you need to contact your ex-employer and get the funds transferred through offline mode....

• I have two PF accounts (same UAN). I am trying to transfer, after selecting "Attestation through Present Emplpyer and Entering UAN, I am not getting any any details upon clicking " Get Details". I have the same mobile number updated in Aadhar and UAN portal. Please help me.

  • Dear Kiran,
    Kindly check if your previous EPF account is being administered by a PVT trust of your ex-employer..