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Have you been allotted two UAN numbers? How to get multiple EPF UANs merged?

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UAN (Universal Account Number) is a unique identification number allotted by EPFO to its members. An employee’s EPF account numbers (member IDs) are linked to 12 digits UAN ID.  The idea is to link multiple Member Identification Numbers (EPF Accounts) allotted to a single PF member under single Universal Account Number.

Should an Employee have two UAN numbers? – Answer is NO. Ideally an Employee who is a EPF member can have only one UAN but can have multiple member-IDs linked to it.

Can an Employee have multiple or duplicate UANs? – Answer is POSSIBLE. There are many instances where two UAN numbers have been allotted by EPFO through two different employers/establishments.

How is this possible? Yes, this can happen in two scenarios;

  • If you are joining a new company (employer), you are supposed to inform your new employer about your existing UAN number (if any). Your new employer will then open new EPF account (member-ID) and links this to your previous UAN. If you do not provide your existing UAN, a new UAN can be generated by your new employer which results in duplicate UAN numbers being allotted to the same EPF member.
  • Another scenario can be – When you leave your company, your employer has to furnish ‘the date of exit’ details in the ECR (Electronic Challan cum Return). If they do not provide this information in-time and meanwhile you join a new establishment, this can result in two UAN numbers being allotted to you for both the employments.

If you have two UANs then transfer of monies from your old EPF a/c to your new EPF account which is linked to new UAN cannot happen, as an employee can have only one unique UAN ID.

How to get two UAN numbers (multiple or duplicate UANs) merged?

In the last few months, I have received multiple queries on two UANs being allotted, below are few of them..

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So, what is the solution in case if two UANs are allotted by EPFO? How to get the old UAN deactivated?

The EPFO in its FAQs list has suggested the below solution:

“In case two UAN are allotted to you, this could be because of not filing of Date of Exit by your previous employer in ECR filing and/or you have applied for transfer of service in your current establishment.

In such a case, you are suggested to immediately report the matter either to your employer and through email to [email protected] by mentioning, both – your current UAN and your previous UAN(s). After due verification, the previous UAN(s) allotted to you will be blocked and the current UAN will be kept active. Later you will be required to submit a Claim to get transfer of service and fund to the current UAN.”

The above procedure is a time-consuming one and the resolutions haven’t been happening as expected. Hence, the EPFO has come up with a new automated process to merge two UAN numbers or two duplicate UANs issued to the same EPF member.

In case of duplicate UANs issued to one EPF member as mentioned above, the following solutions are detailed below;

(The below new procedure is as per the EPFO’s latest notification which has been issued on 21st September, 2016.)

  • You (EPF member) are advised to apply for EPF transfer from previous EPF account to the new EPF account.
  • The EPFO’s system would then automatically identify such cases (on periodic basis) where the PF transfer has been effected from one EPF account to another, and have two different UANs attached to these EPF accounts of the same EPF member (employee).
  • All such identified UANs (old UANs), from which PF transfer has been effected to PF account having different UANs (new UANs), would be deactivated. So, the old UAN numbers will cease to exist and are blocked for further use. (This procedure of merging duplicate UANs will be carried out by EPFO on periodic basis and can also be performed even when no requests have been received from its members.)
  • Your previous member ID (old EPF account) would henceforth be linked to your new UAN.
  • You will be informed of the deactivated status of your previous UAN by SMS to the registered mobile number. You would be requested to activate the new UAN (if not done) to get the updated status of your EPF account.
  • Sometimes, there are chances that you may have to receive some PF arrears from your employer, in such cases, since the system knows the new UAN against the deactivated UAN, the system would automatically populate the new UAN in the ECR (on punching of previous UAN or member ID by the employer) and the statutory contribution by the employer against the arrears can be remitted against new UAN only.

(Read : In case if you have one UAN number but have multiple EPF accounts, how to consolidate multiple old EPF accounts?)

(Image courtesy of ratch0013 at FreeDigitalPhotos.net) (Post published on : 22-September-2016)

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  • I have left organization A , now joined organization B .
    I have worked around 8 years in organization A .
    Is it possible that organization B generates new UAN and deposit PF to this account. , and i want to withdraw PF which i have earned from organization A (old UAN) ?

    Is it possible ?
    Please also clarify that do i need to wait for 2 months to get the PF withdrawal ?

  • Hi Sree,

    Here is my scenario :

    My first company( Suppose A) created UAN ( they have tier own trust for PF) and got activated.

    I left this organization and joined second Organization (B) and provided the same UAN here but they created a new UAN for me. I left that organization within very short duration.

    Now i joined third organization (C) and provided the same UAN( which is created by first company A) and they started using it.

    Now i have two UAN ,

    Older UAN has two company linked ( A & C) and new UAN has one company linked (B).
    Both UAN is active as of now.

    Now tell me what i need to do put all PF amount into Older UAN.

    Thanks

  • Sir i am trying to get my old PF number but its showing details not matching. How to get new PF number for old PF number, i have old number only. Please reply me.

      • How can I linked my aadhar with my new UAN number and its already linked with old UAN number. Now I am trying to link with new UAN but its not accepting. Please guide as I have to link my aadhar with new UAN

        • Dear Kiran,
          An employee can have only one active UAN that can be linked to Aadhaar.
          You may share your old UAN details to your current employer (if you have joined newly).
          Else, you may get the funds from your old EPF ac transferred to new EPF ac and during this process your old UAN gets blocked. You may then seed and verify your Aadhaar to your new UAN.

  • sir i am trying to update my adhar number with my epf account online but its showing details not matching with as per aadhar card.name in epfo site is mention nandkumar ambre and Adhar its mention nandkumar pralhad ambre.

    pls help i can update my aadhar number and bank account details with epfo site

  • hi…
    i have 2 different UAN no. one is of my previous company. but then i joined a new company as fresher.

    can i withdraw the PF amount of my previous company.

        • Dear Kaushal,
          An employee can have only one active UAN that can be linked to Aadhaar.
          You may share your old UAN details to your current employer (if you have joined newly).
          Else, you may get the funds from your old EPF ac transferred to new EPF ac and during this process your old UAN gets blocked. You may then seed and verify your Aadhaar to your new UAN.

  • Sir, I am working in an establishment in which the employer is alloted to me new UAN in each year during my last Three years service period and also alloted to me new member ids. so please let me know that this practice is correct or not and any kind loses to me.

    • Hi,
      An EPF member can have only one UAN.
      You can let your new employer about your existing UAN and they can just create a new EPF account (Member-Id) and link to your old UAN.

      In case, they have already created a new UAN, you can consolidate your EPF account (transfer your funds from previous EPF accounts to new one). During this process, your old UAN(s) will be blocked automatically.

  • Sir i left an organisation around 1 year back on a bad note.pf and uan no were generated. i withdrew the money later on. now i am joining new organisation. can i get new uan no.

  • I had an existing UAN. I made a job change where there was no EPF, as a consultant in government. It was idle for more than a year. Next I again switched job where there was EPF. But here, instead on continuing with the old EPF, my new employer had created a new UAN. Using form 13 I have transferred the money. But my service history is not merged in my new UAN. I want to merge my service record history into the existing new UAN – how? And what is the future of the pension contribution which is not shifted to the new UAN?

      • Hi Sreekanth,

        Continuation to above query, How about the employment history available in the UAN1?

        As the amount is transferring to NEW UAN 2, whether the service history will be linked to new UAN??

        Please confirm

        Thanks

        Shahina

      • Dear Sreekanth

        In am having 2 UAN number, my aadhar is got linked with old UAN number which is not showing any details. Now how can I linked my aadhar number with new UAN number

        Please guide

  • Hi Sreekanth,
    I have have 2 UAN no. The old one has 2 pf accounts under it and contribution in those acc stopped in 2016. In may 2016 i joined a new company and they allotted me a new UAN no. Im still working with the current company therefore the new UAN no only has 1 pf account under it.

    What can i do with the old UAN no and the 2 pf accounts under it.

    Thanks

    • Dear Payal,
      You can transfer the funds from your two previous EPF accounts to current EPF account.
      The old UAN gets automatically blocked.

  • Hi Sreekanth,

    I have a similar problem ‘am explaining below. Please help me.

    I have created 2 UAN accounts by mistake. Then i logged into my current UAN account which has the current employer pf account, and applied for “One member one epf account” option under online services.

    The request got processed and now i can see the status as “Accepted by field office” and in my new PF account passbook i have the whole amount (added from previous pf account)

    But the service history is not showing the old employer details and my total service year is lagging by 2 years. Due to this reason i am not able to withdraw the pf balance for my house construction. the option is marked in RED and it says service year is less than 60 months.

    Can you please help me to get my service history also to merge into the current UAN account.

    Thanks in advance 🙂

  • Hello Srikanth
    I have two UAN accounts. One given by my previous company and another which was created by mistake while trying to link the adhar. Currently my new company is not linked to any pf accounts and will not be in the near future. Kindly let me know what to be done, since adhar is linked to new account and not linked to old account which has all the money.

    • Dear harsha,
      You mean to say that you are currently not contributing to EPF scheme?
      Have you activated your new (second) UAN account? Is any EPF ac (member-ID) linked to it?

  • Hi Sreekanth,

    My first company is an real estate company where I joined 2014 Jan and I left this company on 2018,feb, and I joined another company where I didn’t used my old UAN so the company create an new UAN now I have two UAN number registered on my mobile number, How can I merger two UAN into one UAN what is the procedure please help me out,i will be very grateful to you

    • Dear Arijit,
      You can just transfer the your PF funds from your previous EPF a/c to new EPF a/c, your old UAN will then be blocked. Kindly go through the points given in the above article..

  • Hi Sreekanth,

    I am a software employee.
    I have worked in Tcs for 3 years and later joined in CTS and worked there for 20 days and had a smooth exit from there ,but due to not providing the UAN number to them they have opened a new UAN number for me. Due to that i ended having up with two UAN and in the new organization i have joined i provided the OLD UAN number provided with TCS and in the background check due to two UAN they asked me to provide the second employement details for verification,Kindly tell me wheather it is going to create a problem for my employement in the background check report.

    Thanks in advance.

    Regards,
    Raja

    • Dear raja,
      Since you have come out from CTS smoothly, may be you need to inform them openly about your short stint at CTS. You may share the new UAN (CTS) one to your new employer. You can transfer funds of TCS EPF a/c to your new EPF ac. In that case, your old UAN with TCS gets blocked automatically.

  • Dear sreekanth garu, I am Ramakrishna from vizag, previously i worked in nirma india ltd. my doubt is that. In my payslip my PF number is having 4 digits number. so how i can claim my pf amount. Please suggest me. Thank you.

  • how to update bank details in epfo without employer approval in case if the employer is untraceable or company does not exist because I have 2 UAN numbers I want to merge into one for this I need bank details to be updated in the old UAN but my old company is no more.

  • Hi sir
    I was working in one company since 2013, I worked there till May 2015. But in that organization previously there was no deduction of PF, but when I was about to resign that organisation they started deducting PF. So I worked there for more 6 months. Then I have resigned from there in May 2015. My new joining was from 01st June 2015 and there I have to provide my UAN number but my previous organisation was unable to provide me. So I didn’t provide any UAN number. Now I have 2 UAN numbers and I want to withdraw my PF amount of previous organisation.so is it possible that I can withdraw the amount of previous organisation…and can also have running PF account of new organisation.

  • Hi sir, due to some problem i releave from my company, on that time i have UAN number, some amount also contribute to pf account from 3 months onwards, my doubt is If I joined in a new company can I apply for new UAN, I don’t want to discuss about previous UAN with Current company and I don’t need that pf amount also, please give me suggestion how I proceed.

      • If i am given they are taken any confirmation from previous employer?
        Is it any possibility to generate another UAN? Actually that uan is not seeding with aadhaar, but when I log on it shows digitally verified by aadhar,but there aadhaar number is not available so I want to create new one.

  • Hi bro… I worked for two companies. Both 7 months each with separate PF accounts & UAN. I didn’t transfer the accounts as I was not aware.

    Now, For the 1st company, I linked my Aadhar with respective UAN & withdrawn EPF & EPS.

    For the second company, I’m unable to link my Aadhar with respective UAN as aadhar was already linked with 1st company UAN.. Can you pls tell how to withdraw my second company EPF & EPS ..

  • HI SIR , I Requested to EPF transfer from Maharastra account to Gurgaon Account. Still transfer is not completed, but i am not able to login to UAN of Maharastra account. Kindly help on this

      • Amount failed to transfer from Maharastra to Gurgaon, however UAN account got closed and need to update KYC

        • Dear Suryavanshi,
          UAN account remains active forever.
          Suggest you to kindly contact your ex-employer or current employer for transfer of EPF funds.

  • Hello Sir…

    I have 3 different EPF account numbers as well as 3 different UAN numbers in 3 different organisations.

    Can I Withdraw my PF amount.

    Please assist.

  • Dear Sree kanth Sir,
    I had absconded from my job 5 days back and I am joining a new company as a fresher next week. I have my PF account number and UAN on my pay slip.

    Should I continue with same UAN and PF account number or same UAN and ask them to generate a new PF ac with old UAN?

    My previous company also haven’t mentioned my date of exist as according to them I am on notice period.

    What should be the best approach? Please help

    • Dear Ashlee.
      You new employer will generate new EPF account number (Member-ID). But, you can share the existing UAN number itself to your new employer and get it linked to it.
      In case, your Aadhaar has been linked to existing UAN, your new employer might not be able to generate new UAN.

      • After my new EPF a/c has been generated with my existing UAN, then should I try to merge the old EPF and new EPF a/c? As mentioned earlier, I have absconded from my previous company will that cause any issue while merging the old a/c with new EPF a/c? Also, according to my previous company, I am still on my notice period of two months so what should be the perfect time to merge accounts?

  • Dear Mr. Reddy,

    I left my previous company in Nov 2017 and joined a new one but due to some miscommunication i have been assigned a new UAN from the new employer so I have 2 UAN’s now.

    The situation is that i need to withdraw the full PF amount of my previous company, and my KYC needs to be done and when i do it on the UNIFIED PORTAL it says (this functionality will be available once your UAN is linked to any establishment), so how to proceed on that?

    Please help….

  • I have not linked aadhar to UAN neither activated as my previous employer had not linked my mobile no to my UAN. So are there any chance of being generating a new UAN From new employer??

    • Dear Ravi,
      Did you contribute to EPF scheme through your previous organization?
      If so, UAN would have been activated, kindly check with them again.
      If so, you can give the same UAN number to your new employer as well.

  • Hi Srikanth,
    I have left job 1 month ago and don’t have my UAN number from previous employer. Now I am going to do new job with another employer. will they generate a new UAN for me ??

      • Sir…I started job on April 9, 2018 and left on May 11, 2018 due to some personal reasons. So I don’t have that much idea. I know that they have generated a UAN but I can’t contact them as I have not informed them that I left the organisation . Will my new employer generate a new UAN FOR me??

  • Hi,
    I have two UAN numbers and different PF account from 2 different employers but both were not activated and due to health issues I had to leave the company. Now I have finally joined a new company and doing well, it’s just been 1 month but I didn’t submit my pf or uan as the experience was not relevant, so will this affect me?

    Please suggest me something.

    • Dear Sujata,
      Based on your personal details given in earlier UAN accounts, activating new UAN (third one) may not be possible.
      Suggest you to discuss openly on this with your current employer and share old UAN with them.

  • Dear Sir,

    I have 2 UAN numbers.

    1) First one from my previous Employer, still active, irrespective of PF amount getting transferred to the new account of the new employer
    2) Second one from the current Employer, not getting activated coz the first one is already activated

    Kindly help what should I do to merge both numbers.

    Regards,
    Suresh

  • I changed my Employer in Dec 2017 and was allotted a new UAN number. My old and new UAN numbers are linked with my Aadhaar number.

    Now, I am trying to initiate PF transfer from old PF to new PF and have been getting the following error –

    “PF exemption status of present establishment is missing”

  • Hello Sir,
    So I worked with an organization for 6 months, then left for higher studies after 2 months of leaving the job I claimed the full PF amount as well, Now I am joining a new Organization stating that I am fresher, so wanted to know when my employer trys to generate a UAN for Me would he come to know about my Organization or UAN??

    • Dear Pavan,
      Suggest you share your old UAN to them.
      If you have linked your Aadhaar to UAN, multiple UAN generation may not be possible under same Aadhaar now.

      • Sir My case is similar. However in my case old company hadn’t provided me UAN. Now its not giving me that old UAN. I know my PF account number only. I tried to get UAN from the site but its saying-
        This mobile number is not found in data.

        How shal I get old UAN ?! Shall I go to EPFO office?

  • Sir i have 2 UAN,already transfered old uan epf to new uan but old uan still active and eps amount showing their.
    Problem is if i am trying for advance pf for house construction portal not allowing me due to below 60 month service history while cumulative of both uan it is aprix 10 yrs service
    Pls suggest..

  • Dear Sreekanth

    Due to some confusion I end up having two UAN’s. But I have already withdraw EPF linked to my old UAN. So now do I have to close my old UAN? Or is it going to create any problem for me in future as my Aadhar number , PAN, and bank account are linked to both the UAN’s.
    I have already sent mails on epf mail id but its not working. Request you to please help me out.

    • Dear Shanni,
      Suggest you to just continue using new UAN in the future as well.
      I m surprised that how the EPFO system accepted linking of Aadhaar to two UANs??
      Probably, the auto-check (EPFO systems) is recently enabled, as one can not link Aadhaar to two UANs.

      You may submit your grievance to the EPFO as well..click here..

  • Hello Sir,
    I had worked in 2 companies and allotted separate UAN numbers for each of them. I have already withdrawn the PF amount linked to old UAN ( of first company). Now I’m unable to withdraw the PF with new UAN ( of second company) as my old UAN has already been linked to my Aadhar Card.

    I want to deactivate my old UAN (of first company) so that I will be able to link the new UAN (of second company) to Aadhar and withdraw this amount as well. Is there any solution?

      • Sure , thank you so much for your advice Sir.
        I will post once I get reply from EPFO

  • Hi,

    I had successfully transferred my PF amount from old employer[company X] to new employer[company Y] when I changed my job in Jan 2015. I had worked for company X from Feb 2011 to Dec 2014 and worked for Company Y from Jan 2015 to Feb 2017. So total contribution to PF is 6 years. I am not working from Feb 2017.
    UAN numbers used by comany X and company Y are different and I am able to login to UAN services using both of these UAN numbers.
    Now I am trying to withdraw all of my PF using UAN number provided by company Y. But UAN portal is considering DOJ EPF as Jan 2015 even though I transferred PF from company X. I am worried if they deduct 35% tax since it is taking just 2 years contribution.
    I would like to withdraw maximum allowed amount from my PF account because of some personal reasons.

    Please let me know how should I proceed here.

    Thanks!

  • Dear Mr. Reddy,

    thanks for your valuable inputs. I too have a small issue.
    i have 3 PF nos and 2 UAN nos. SAy PF1, PF2 and PF3 in chronological order . UAN 1 and UAN 2.
    PF1 is mapped to UAN 1 issued by company 1 which is currently not active. PF2 is mapped to UAN 2 by company 2 which is active.
    Now i have joined another organisation 3 where i will be alotted PF3.
    Can i link this PF3 account to my UAN 1 which is inactive ? or do i have to link it to UAN 2?

    please suggest??

    • Dear Kapil,
      Suggest you to give UAN 2 to your new employe and get EPF Ac 3 linked to it.
      Meanwhile, apply for transfer of funds from EPF – 1 to EPF -3 (once it is activated). During this process, your UAN-1 will be automatically blocked by the EPFO.

      • Dear Mr. Reddy,

        thanks for your valuable advice.

        i did as you suggested and gave my UAN 2 but my new employer showed me that when he enters my aadhar number it automatically links to my UAN 1 hence he has to use that only to open my EPF3.
        is that ok? can i go ahead with UAN 1 since the system is picking it automatically?
        also my notice period with company 2 currently overlaps my employment with company 3. hence for 15 days of april i would be getting PF from both companies. Hope that is ok ?
        kindly suggest.

        thanks

        • Dear Kapil,
          Haven’t you linked your Aadhaar to UAN-2?
          Anyways, once EPF-3 gets active, transfer the funds from EPF-1 to EPF-2 to EPF-3.
          EPF from both companies – This is tricky, and i am not sure on this! You may check on this with your employer!

  • Sir, I have two UAN account. One from my old employer and other is new. I need to transfer money from my old account to new account. Can I choose the method of closing old UAN or merge with my new account. Which method would make process soon??

  • sir, I have 3 account & 2 Uan number . let me explain it in more 3 accounts lets suppose it would be 1, 2&3 and 2 uan No lets suppose a&b now the problem is that mine pf ac 1&3 is mapped with uan no a & ac no 2 is mapped with uan b
    currently uan a is mapped with mine current active pf account i.e account no 3 now suggest me something so that all details can get together in one uan no.and also which uan no will remain active if i merge both.

      • Thanks for your quick reply sir,
        But with relating to this i have one more query i. e. if it can done in the way you suggested than will mine seevice history with EPF OR UAN will get affected or it show the whole service history from starting till present for pension scheme as i know for it your working should be remain minimum 10 years will get effected or as mine uan b get blocked the whole service history ory will remain unaffected for pension scheme. Pls clarify.

  • Dear Sir

    I would like to inform you that I have a UAN No. 1009782747** in which I have attached my Aadhar no. 4478350023**.

    But When I left my previous job and got a new job I got a new UAN No. 1011289815**. So is it possible to linked my aadhar no. 4478350023** to this account. As I am trying to linked aadhar to my new UAN No. it shows Aadhar Authentication error.

    I want my old UAN No. Money and close it Also I want my new UAN No. Should be activated.

    Please help me.
    Please do the needful on urgent basis

      • Sir can you please tell me the process how to transfer the money from old uan account to new UAN account.

      • Cont we close the new UAN which is allotted by mistake by me and it is created through direct allotment through
        aadhar .and now it is linked with aadhar ..but my old uan is not having adhar link which already having two epf a/c ..and I want to withdraw the money from one f those two epf which I left from previous organisation …is der any chance to show the error while giving the kyc to old UAN ….if it’s possible I wanted to close my new alotted UAN which is not having any epf account

  • I have worked for 2 years in an organization and got obscanned from there due to some issue.They have created UAN and all.Now I joined in another organization with different field.Now i want to hide my previous employer details and UAN to curent employer.But submitted same PAN and Aadhar ,and mobile number to curent organization except old UAN and PF numbers.Now my question is,is it possible to hide my past employer details and UAN?And is there any way to find out my UAN through submitted Aadhar or pan or mobile number?

  • Sir,
    I had worked in an organization for 20 days around 10 months back. They didn’t give me UAN no, neither the UAN no is mentioned in my pay slip. I even don’t have the PF no. And the company is not cooperating now. But since I am going to join another company I urgently need that UAN no. in “Know your UAN” link in the EPFO member portal when I’m giving my Aadhar/PAN and Name, Dob and Mobile No it’s showing error – Entered information doesn’t match with any member.
    Please tell me is this because of the possible mis-match of my Mobile no or they have not done kyc.
    What can be the reason and how do I get the UAN no now?
    Please help.

  • Hi Sreekanth,

    I am having two UANs, UAN1 for company 1 and UAN2 for Company -2 [Current company], I cannot initiate an online transfer of the fund as the Name Mentioned in the previous Member Id is misspelled. [UAN1 Name is correct, only the Member ID name given by the firm is misspelled].

    Is there a way i can transfer the Fund to my current Pf account.

    Thanks in Advance!

  • Hi Sir,

    I am having UAN1 from my previous organization and UAN2 from current organization. I want to transfer my pf amount from UAN1 to UAN2 and then deactivate UAN2.

    Currently UAN1 and UAN2 both is activate.

    UAN1 is registered with one mobile number and UAN2 registered with different mobile number.

    Please help me, what is procedure I need to follow.

    My major concern: when I follow any procedure, my current UAN (UAN2) should not deactivated.

  • Dear Sir,
    i am having one UAN no. but there is some mistake in that UAN card like my name spelling, and it is not matching with my bank details witch is linked with my UAN, so can i withdraw money from my pf? if not then what i need to do?
    in my new company i want to create new UAN no. without informing about old UAN. so is it possibe ? or my new company will be able to know that m already having UAN.

    • Dear Indu,
      An employee should have only one UAN.
      You may provide the same old UAN at your new company and then can submit a name correction request to them, they in-turn will forward the request to the EPFO.

  • I have transferred my previous PF to new employer. My kyc and adhar is verified and linked. When i try to file online claim i get a error “Multiple ID’s linked to your UAN.kindly transfer all member id before proceeding”

    Could you please suggest what i have to do

  • hello sir,
    i would like to know that since i have joined a new company before receiving the relieving from the old one( taking time as exit date is not mentioned in the systems of previous company),
    I have not mentioned my new employer about my old job and joined as a fresher since my previous job was for only 3 months. If I dont want to withdraw from my old PF account or dont want to merge it with new one , will it be possible to create a new UAN with the new employer with my same old number and old email id registered with old employer and may be connected to the old PF account. It will be ok if a duplicate UAN will be created., is that possible ?

  • Hello Sir, I am having a active UAN 1 and changed the company and they have created a new UAN 2 somehow. Now do i need to activate the new UAN 2 first and then raise the PF transfer of old company to new company or after PF transfer I
    can activate the new UAN2?

  • Incase of User has multiple UAN:

    Is there involvement of earlier organisation during deactivation of old UAN, keeping new UAN active ?

  • Hi,

    I think my query is very complex. 🙁

    I have two UANs for 3 different PF numbers.

    UAN 1 linked to PF account 1 (Crated by First organization) and PF account 3 (created by Third/Current organization)
    UAN 2 linked to PF account 2 (Created by Second organization)

    When I had joined second organization, I raised PF transfer request from PF-1 to PF-2, however don’t know what is the status of the transfer request. On portal status is “Payment is under process” since last 6 months.
    Now I joined new organization (Third organization) and they have created a new PF which is linked to UAN 1. This is just because I didn’t knew that I had two different UANs and hence I gave my very first UAN to this third orgnization

    So now scenario is

    UAN1: 1 (say) linked to PF numbers
    PF 1 : PF-11111 (First organization)
    PF 3 : PF-33333 (Third/Current Organization)

    UAN2: 2 (say) linked to PF number
    PF 2 : PF-22222

    I’m confused here which UAN should be kept active and which one needs to be deactivated.

    Please help me what is the procedure to link all PF accounts to single UAN and merge/transfer all PF balance to single account?

    Kind Regards,
    Manoj

  • Sir, my name is kamalakar, I have working in outsourcing job, I have allotted 2 UANs , OLD UAN add with 2 member ids, CURRENT UAN one member id, I have applied manualy account transfer (form 13) with new employer, payment settled, but member ids of old UAN NOs & approved KYC details, personal information will not transfer. I have not ATTACH KYC in CURRENT UAN, When OLD UAN DEACTIVATE THE KYC DETAILS TRANSFER TO CURRENT UAN OR NOT

    Sir, please give me reply

      • my OLD UAN (ADHAR, PAN, BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS ARE SEEDED AND VERIFIED)
        ONLINE CLAIM TRANSFER FORM -13 ALSO SETTLED WITH NEW EMPLOYER PAYMENT ADDED NEW ACCOUNT,
        THAT’s TIME WHY OLD UAN FULL DETAILS NOT TRANSFER NEW UAN

  • I had a UAn no with my previous employer where i worked for 8 years. after specified time i had withdrawn my EPF amount. i had submitted my UAN no to my new employer but new UAN is created. Kindly suggest how to go about

  • Hello Sir,

    I have the same situation now, I worked in one company from 2010 to 2012 and at the time of quitting i opted for withdrawing the PF amount which was transferred to me in my Bank Account.

    From 08-2012 to 11-2017, i worked in other firm, where in a UAN number was alloted to me under which the funds were getting deposited, now when i joined the third firm after that, they alloted me a new UAN number under which they said that they are depositing PF. When i am checking the UAN number given by the company 3, that shows a not active on EPFO website.

    Now i am in company 4 and have given the UAN alloted to me by Company 2.

    How to deal with the PF funds of company 3?

    Second what i want to know is that from the employers contribution, 3.77% comes to the PF and rest of the amount goes to the pension fund, now from 2010, i am working and i dont have any idea about the pension fund which is getting deposited, where can i check the same.

    Please help

    • Dear Divyanshu,
      Suggest you to transfer all the funds which are in old EPF accounts to your new EPF account. During this process, multiple old UANs will be deactivated.
      When you transfer, the PF balances gets carried forward and you can get to see the accrued epf balance in passbook, but with EPS, only service years gets carried forwarded.
      Kindly read : one Employee – one EPF account portal..

      • where can i check the EPS funds?

        Is that possible to check the funds accumulation.

        Also, the new UAN number generated only has 6 month of PF deposit, so can i close or withdraw that and continue the old UAN, as the new company in which i am working now has already started depositing the PF in the old UAN.

  • Hi Sreekanth,

    I worked in IT company 1 from 2012 – 2015. Later I joined Company 2 from 2015-2016.
    Both companies were in Hyderabad. My both PF accounts tagged under same UAN. As When I switched from company 1 to 2 , I already transfer my PF Account.
    Currently I am not working in any company. I want to withdraw my complete amount from PF.

    I am trying to withdraw PF by using Online Portal.
    Portal : https://goo.gl/DbrgQ4

    But last month (May 2017) I received error as “AADHAAR is not authenticated from UIDAI. Please authenticate your AADHAAR by visiting nearest EPFO office.”

    I visited EPFO in Maharashtra. They completed Aadhaar seeding. But same error was appearing till 1 month.
    Two week back suddenly error message changed.
    Now I am getting error as ” Multiple member-id’s found linked to your UAN. Kindly transfer all to current member-id before proceeding.”

    I visited EPFO office of Charkop Mumbai. They said they can not help me as they can not see my UAN data in their branch. All I have to work with my last company. I have shifted to Maharashtra due to personal reason.I already left my Company.

    Kindly suggest what can I do from my end.

  • Hi Sreekanth,
    1. I have worked in Employer1 for 5 year ( July 2010 to July 2015) . Under PF Office
    2.Then I worked Employer2 for 1.5 Year ( July 2015 to Nov 2016) . PF- Trust
    3.Then Working in Employer3 from Nov2017. PF-Trust
    4.Now I am planning to work abroad from October 2017.
    5.My Employer1 and Emplyer2 PF account are mapped with common UAN number. But Employer3 account number is linked with different UAN number  . Now I have two UAN number
    6.Also I have transferred the Employer1 PF balance ( only) to Employer2 . However Pension part is still with PF office.

    Now please Suggest me the best possible option for me
    1.Withdraw all PF/pension balance from all three employer
    2.Keep as it is .
    3.Transfer old PF and pension part to latest Employer3 and hold the amount
    I have no idea if the questions are stupid . Please help me . Thanks in Advance

    Regards
    Tanusree

    • Dear Tanusree,
      Suggest you to consolidate your EPF accounts.
      Transfer funds from EPF a/c-2 to EPF a/c-3, your old UAN gets blocked automatically.
      In case, you are going abroad for long-term, you may submit withdrawal request to your current employer or through online on exit.

  • Hi Sir,

    I have forwarded my pf withdrawal forms to my previous company, I just worked 5 months only.
    In UAN it is showing as Employee Share-12076, Employer Share-5882.
    May I know the how much PF money will it get?

      • Yes, I am working currently. Actually, i had 2 UAN accounts one for current and one old. but I was initiated for my previous company old UAN PF amount. Why do you see any issue?
        May I know the how much PF money will it get?

        • Dear Lakshman .. If you are currently contributing to EPF scheme, you have to TRANSFER funds from your old EPF account to your new EPF account.
          During this process, your old UAN account will be blocked/de-activated.

          • Thank for the reply, as per my understanding from my Previous company we can withdraw the money from my old UAN account as final PF withdrawal (in this process I can withdraw the full money of old account )or else we can go for part withdrawal process(For this one candidate has to transfer the old UAN PF account to new UAN account )
            So I have approached the Final withdrawal process.
            Is there any issue with the Final withdrawal process approach ?

  • Hello Sir,

    I have applied for PF transfer on EPFO website. My previous employer’s PF was maintained by trust wile the current one was private, and so 2 UAN numbers were created. Though the request status shows transfered complete, there is nowhere I can find my total PF amount i.e Previous + Current. Plesae let me know where can I find the same.

  • Sir, I have 2 UAN created. Please help me in the steps to open a claims for the same. I am having trouble in finding the steps and I am confused. Please Help

  • Hi,

    I had already UAN but my second company generated the new UAN number without asking me, So now I have 2 UAN numbers.
    but I have very less amount in the first UAN account. I need your help to withdraw the first UAN account money if I withdraw first UAM account money will they update the first uan withdraw information in the second UAM account? if it is possible to view in the second let me know how to view it.

      • Hi Sir,

        Waiting for your valuable reply.
        But I need some money right now, so I want to withdraw first UAN account money.
        if I withdraw the money from first UAN, will they update the Withdraw information in second UAN account? like member id… and how will they track withdraw one in second?

  • In my EPF account, my name, DOB and Fathers name is wrong. I have send the joint declaration form twice (signed by me as well as by my employer) to correct the details but still wrong details are showing in my EPF account.
    Please suggest what to do now?
    Regards,
    Anurag

  • Dear Sreekanth,

    My query is not different than other queries for which you have already replied.
    But still need some more details and help on how to resolve 2 UAN issue.

    I was working with a company from 2009 to Oct 2016 (almost for 7 years). Then I joined another organization in Oct 2016 and provided them the UAN of my first organization. I left that organization in 6 months and joined the current organization recently. At the time of joining this organization I noticed that previous organization had generated a new UAN altogether. I am not sure why they did not consider the UAN which I already provided to them.

    Now in the current organization they have linked the PF account to the UAN of my second employer. But this UAN I have not activated (online ) yet.

    Now i already have good contribution of PF amount in my first UAN and not much in second UAN.

    Please advise me the steps which I need to take up.
    1. Shall I activate second UAN? If I do so, what will happen to the first UAN and the to the PF amount accrued with this UAN?

    2. How do I make sure to bring all my PF contribution to only one UAN ?
    3. How to deactivate one UAN and which do I deactivate?
    4. Procedure to deactivate the UAN ?

    Thanks in advance!

    Girish

    • Dear Girish,
      If the second EPF account is linked to second UAN, suggest you to transfer the first EPF account monies to Second EPF account (activate second UAN). This will ensure that first UAN will be deactivated by the EPFO.
      Then give second activated UAN to current employer (third) and link new EPF account to it.
      Apply for transfer of monies from second EPF account to current one (third EPF ac).
      You may also take advice from your current employer as well.

      • Dear Sreekanth,

        Thanks for your reply.

        1.To activate the second UAN I thinks I need to use different mobile number. Or will it get activated with old mobile which I used for first UAN?
        2. Other issue is with name associated with EPF accounts is different for each UANs.
        Will it cause problem while transferring the amount from first account to current? If yes, how do I tackle this problem?

        Thanks & Regards,
        Girish

        • Dear Girish .. You may ask your employer to activate it. Without an active UAN, how are they deducting your EPF and depositing in account? I believe active UAN is a must for an active EPF account now.
          Yes, name correction need to be done. You can route the request through your employer.

          • 1.Does this second UAN need to be activated by my current employer?

            2.Since my second UAN was not active, so where did the Pf amount deducted by my previous employer credited?

            3. Is it not possible for me to activate this second IAN by online?

            Regards,
            Girish

  • Hi,

    I have tow UAN nos, one from my previous employer and another from current employer. At time of joining to current company, i did provide the 1st UAN from the previous company, but after few months, i have withdrawn the PF money from my previous company. Till that time PF amount from my current company was getting deposited to the 1st UAN. Now recently i noticed that my current company has created a 2nd UAN and started to deposit the PF amount to that. I have activated the 2nd UAN with a different mobile no. now i am not able to find the PF amount that was deposited to 1st UAN by my current company. i am very confused about, how to deal with this situation since i have already withdrawn the previous PF money. Please help me with any way out of this mess.

    Thanks & Regards

    • Dear Papia,
      Whether your current account is linked to old UAN or new UAN, the balance in that account may remain same.
      Kindly inform your current employer/EPFO and get the old UAN number blocked and continue using the new UAN with new EPF a/c.

  • Hi Sreekanth,

    Greetings!!!!

    I am writing here as i am holding two UAN numbers, as my previous employer mentioned my name wrongly in my PF account and i was getting the same name under UAN when i activated. Note: Claimed my previous company PF.

    In March 2017 i got a new UAN number from my current employer.

    Also [email protected] email id is de-activated

    Kindly request you to advice the way forward.

    Best Regards,
    Dhanalakshmi

  • Hi Sreekanth ,

    I have 2 UANs from 2 employers. I currently work in another organisation. The PF number of both the UANs is same. The OLD UAN is activated . I have not activated the NEW UAN yet.

    Request you to please advise on this. I don’t want to activate the NEW UAN .

  • Hi..
    This is RAMKUMAR, Few months ago I joined a company at the time of joing I provided to them my previous UAN number. However they have generated new UAN number for me. I asked them about it they say we did not receive your old UAN number. Now they are suggesting me to transfer previous fund to current UAN number. and deactivate the previous UAN number.
    I want to continue my previous UAN number because i want to get eligible for PF Pension after completion of 10 years.If I transfer THE PF BALANCE FROM old uan to new UAN , Am i eligible for pension scheme ?

    Please suggest me what to do now

  • Sir,

    I was working with one company they created a UAN after i left the organisation and i updated my kyc details to it and activated (that organisation changed from proprietor to pvt ltd and created a new uan with new pf account and did not disclose to me ) ..
    After that i got into new job and i gave the same UAN to that new organisation and they linked the current Member id to that .but now old employeer says that uan is not valid and deleat that but current team says it is valid they cannot create new one ….how to check my balance and how to activate the uan again ??

    • Dear Pooja,
      One employee can have only one UAN.
      Suggest you to try transferring your old EPF a/c monies to the new EPF account.
      If there are any discrepancies EPFO/your current employer will surely inform you.

  • hi

    I have 2 UAN ids from two different employers and my mobile number connected with previous UAN and unable to activate the New UAN.. also am not able to claim the previous employer pf amount.. suggest me by ganesh

    • Dear Ganesh,
      You may inform your current employer and ask for help in transferring the old EPF a/c monies to your new EPF account.
      The old UAN will then be automatically deactivated.

  • Hi,

    I got two pf account with two different UAN with respect to my previous employer and current employer. If i want to withdraw the pf amount with previous employer , is it possible ?

  • I got my 1st UAN in 2014 never activated online. I have already withdrawn PF by filling the forms with HR. Got 2nd UAN in 2015 pre activated by the employer. But worked here only 2 months. It wnt make difference but still want to to activate & use 1 st UAN for future.
    Any guidance please.

      • Thanks for your reply. Now the only problem is as I din activate it I don’t know the login details. But am able to login with the UAN & my MO. num using the app.
        How do I get the login credentials.

  • I am having a tough time . Please help me Sir. I had an UAN for the last four years of my career and all the old PF accounts were linked to it. 6 months back I joined a new company that created a separate UAN with new PF account. They also did not initiate the transfer of my PF balance from old UAN to the new .

    Now due to some emergency , I had to quit the company . On a new firm I am joining , they asked me the recentmost previous UAN number . So I had to give the UAN my last company created for me that did not have the last 4 years of PF balance.

    Now what can I do ? Please help.

    Obviously, this new firm is again going to create a separate PF account and probably will link it to the last newly created UAN. But all my major PF savings is on my old UAN.

    What can I do ?

    Even EPFO member portal is not working for me . Suggest a help.

    • Dear Chiru,
      Kindly note that an employee has to initiate the transfer.
      Suggest you to give new UAN (second one) to your new Employer and then submit transfer request for your previous EPF accounts. The EPFO will automatically deactivate old UAN number and transfers the old EPF monies to you new EPF account.
      Read:
      How to consolidate multiple EPF accounts?

  • Hi I have left my old organisation in 2011 and want to withdraw my pf but was not in good terms with previous co so i do not want to go for employers signature procedure. In my new co I have UAN No, and earlier co also UAN no is active but documents are not verified for earlier company.
    How can I withdraw my old PF, please let me know the process.

    • Dear Sphu,
      An employee can have only one UAN. Submit your UAN details to your new employer.
      You can submit online transfer of your old EPF a/c monies to your new EPF account.

  • I have applied the PF and got sattled also . And now i have same number having ,not able to login in UAN. Can somebody help me please………..

  • Hi Sir,

    Few months ago I joined a company at the time of joing I provided to them my previous UAN number. However they have generated new UAN number for me. I asked them about it they say we did not receive your old UAN number. Now they are suggesting me to transfer previous fund to current UAN number. and deactivated the previous UAN number. They are also asking to me to provide new mobile number for new UAN number.
    I want to continue my previous UAN number. and I do not have other Mobile number.
    Please suggest me what to do now

    Thanks

    Sanjeev Delhi

    • Dear Sanjeev,
      You can apply for transfer of funds from your old EPF a/c to new EPF a/c, I believe that EPFO would automatically deactivates your old PF account and then links it to the new UAN and also completes the transfer of funds.
      Suggest you to maintain same mobile number (registered one) till this process is over and you may then change the mobile number.

  • Hi,

    After raising PF Transfer request from old PF Account(Transfer Request approved by Employer already But Balance not updated ) to new PF Account They allotted UAN For me, apart from this another UAN with new PF account already allotted .
    So now 2 UAN’s alloted for me from old organization and new organization. Please let me know what should i do in this case.

  • Dear Sir/Madam,

    please explain the procedure about how to delete the duplicate UAN id and want to attach to old UAN ID.

    Thanks & Regards
    Ravi.

  • Hi sreekanth sir

    In my UAN account my mobile number was wrongly updated by employer.so i cant able to access my account.how can I change the mobile number.kindly reply me
    Thanks,
    Sasikumar.M

  • When you mention “apply for EPF transfer from previous EPF account to the new EPF account” does it mean that I have to use the EPF online transfer portal – OTCP to transfer??

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