Even after having a UAN, your fund process stops in the event of a second UAN being generated. If you want to transfer the old fund, then there will also be problems.
Often, people withdraw their PF money while changing jobs. Many times people open a new account in another company. This means that by making the Universal Account Number (UAN) number of the old office in the new company, people make a big mistake. After this your new UAN is generated. But, what about the previous account? Does that account close by itself?
Even after having a UAN, your fund process stops in the event of a second UAN being generated. If you want to transfer the old fund, then there will also be problems. Also, if you withdraw funds from the old account and a new UAN is created elsewhere, then your service history can also be lapsed.
This means that you will not get the benefit of pension or the amount of pension deposited from your old company will not be added in the future account. Therefore, it is important to merge the two UANs or to deactivate the old ones. But, is it possible. Let’s know…
If the old UAN is
two UANs, the existing company and the EPFO will have to inform it. EPFO can be reported to uanepf@epfindia.gov.in. In this, both the old and new UAN numbers have to be given. EPFO will cross-verify both your UAN numbers. After verification, the old UAN number will be blocked by the EPFO. After this, you can put a request to transfer the funds of the old account to the new one.
How will the transfer request be
your UAN active, should be linked to Aadhaar. Click on One Employee One EPF option on EPFO portal. Here, you have to fill your registered mobile number, UAN number and member ID of the company. OTP must be generated before submitting it. Fill the OTP in the given column. On submission, a new page will open, the details of the old EPF in the column given here will have to be filled. Your transfer request will be generated.
How will the UAN be merged
By transferring the funds of the old PF account to the new PF account, the old UAN is deactivated.
After the transfer request, the EPFO verifies the transfer claim. Both UANs are linked.
EPFO will deactivate the old UAN when the transfer is processed.
UAN merge process will be completed automatically. It is not necessary that the employee has requested.
Once the EPFO validates your new UAN, it will be linked to your PF account.
EPFO will alert the employee via SMS in this regard that the old UAN has been deactivated.
After this, the new UAN can be activated.
Generate your UAN
Employee Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) service, any person can easily generate their universal account number online by following a few steps.
Follow this step
Open the link and click on UAN Allotment.
After clicking, in the screen that will appear, you will have to enter your Aadhaar number and click on the generated OTP. After that an OTP will be sent to your registered mobile number.
After entering OTP and executing disclaimer, the option of submit button will appear on the screen. The submit button has to be clicked for further processing.
After clicking on the submit button, any detail feed related to your Aadhaar will appear on the screen. For example your name, father’s name, date of birth etc. Now by verifying this data, you can give another detail sought on the screen.
After this, after entering captcha and after accepting disclaimer, you can easily generate your universal account number by clicking on the register button.
