Every member of the Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) is allocated a unique UAN number which is linked with one or more PF accounts. A PF account is a unique account number that is allocated when the PF member joins a company or an organization. PF accounts can be closed in a number of ways as denoted below.
Table of Contents
- Closing a PF Account Online
- Transferring a PF account from one company to another company
- PF Advance / PF Loans
Closing a PF Account Online
An EPF account cannot be opened and closed like a normal Bank account.
It can be closed only when the
- PF member has left the job and is no longer employed anywhere (or)
- PF member has been without a job for more than 2 months
In both the scenarios above, the Employees Provident Fund Organization allows you to withdraw the PF amount from both the EPF and EPS (Employees Pension Scheme) accounts!
And now with UAN being issued for all employees it is very difficult to close EPF accounts as every new Employer will ask for the UAN from your previous Employer as it’s mandatory.
Transferring a PF account from one company to another company
When you are switching jobs you can transfer the PF accounts from one company to another company via the UAN portal. Except for one of the scenarios all the other transfers are automatic as the PF accounts will be linked with UAN
PF Advance / PF Loans
Employees Provident Fund Organization allows you to withdraw some amount from your PF account for various purposes like Marriage, Education, Medical Treatment, Construction of a House, and buying of a house or flat. This method of withdrawal is known as PF Advances and this is another way of putting the money in your PF account to good use
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can i create new pf account in new my office. I already have pf account in my current organization. now i going to join in new company. so i want to take the amount what i have in my pf account till now is it possible.
It’s better to link your existing UAN with that account!
Your website is absolutely useless. You give answers like, “contact your epf office”, etc, “apply online”, etc. Everything you suggest does not seem to work! Either the website is faulty or there is no service there. So, I suggest, you better close down this website and do the people a favor, since anyway, it does’nt seem to help much.
Dear Sir,
My present employer will be able to view the details of old employer in UAN Account.( like previous organization name )
please reply sir.
No they wont! only you will be able to view it!
Hi, My name Sukanya, I have recently closed my pf account through the last company HR…Actually I have worked two organisations, I transffered my previous PF account to my last organisations.. I have worked my last organisation at one and half years..Now I got only the EPS amount then my total eps amount is 8824 but the claim status showing the EPS amount is only 7650…I want know Why..? What is the reason..?
I am not sure about this!
How to delete an EPF account which is created under “Employer Sign in”?
You cant delete it
Sir ,
i am leave job last 5 years ago , my company also close last 04 years ago, i dont have also UAN account please tell mi what i do
For InOperative accounts see here -https://www.epfguide.com/withdraw-money-inoperative-pf-accounts-epf-helpdesk/
Hi My Name is Deepak
in the same UAN Number two different employee names are merged
How to remove one employee name from the UAN portal??
Plase help Help
You need to transfer it via OTCP portal
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