There have been a bunch of questions around UAN aka ‘Universal Account Number’, coming in the form of comments on few articles related to Employee Provident Fund here on my blog. This article is aimed at addressing some of the common questions and providing with relevant information about UAN. If you have any specific query related to UAN, feel free to add a comment and I will try my best to answer.
UAN stands for Universal Account Number. The UAN is issued by Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India. This number will act as an identity for multiple member IDs allotted to an employee by different establishments. This would be one more addition to all other numbers one may already have! The idea behind coming up with one more number is to link multiple identification numbers allotted by many employers to an individual under a single Universal Account Number (UAN). To explain it better, let me quote the example of multiple PF account numbers provided by various employers to an individual during the employment tenure. Every time an individual quits the employment with one organization and joins another, a new PF is assigned. With this UAN, an individual can link all the previous EPFO accounts and ensure a smoother transfer/withdrawal of PF amounts as needed. If a member is already allotted UAN, then he/she is required to provide the same on joining new establishment to enable the employer to in-turn mark the new allotted Member Identification Number (Member Id) to the already allotted UAN.
How do I get my UAN? Initially UAN is allocated only to an employee who is in active service with an employer between 01-Jan-2014 and 30-Jun-2014. This newly generated UAN for an employee is communicated to employers alone and will not be directly available/communicated to an individual by the Ministry of Labour & Employment. Employees should contact their respective employer to obtain UAN.
Since this UAN is being put into effect in a phased manner, there will be some delays for sure in getting all the previous accounts linked. To know if you have been assigned with a UAN, follow this link and provide your current PF number. If you have been assigned a UAN, you get the confirmation message of ‘Your UAN is allotted, kindly get your UAN No. from your employer.’ Upon getting the UAN, an individual is required to complete some more verification by submitting an existing photo and address identity proof to have it activated for future use.
While registering for UAN, note of the following:
• Obtain UAN from your employer alongwith your member ID.
• Your mobile number would be required to activate registration.
• Given mobile number can be used for one UAN registration only.
• You can view the passbooks of the EPF accounts tagged with UAN.
I hope this article was of some help to get you started with UAN and there by to link all your previous PF accounts with one single identity. If you have any further questions or insights you want to share with rest of the readers on this blog, please share your thoughts in the form of comments below. This will surely help many people!
Dipankar Deka says
Dear sir, I have not received my UAN number & password so please help.
Mintu Mondal says
Dear sir, I have not received my UAN number & password so please reply me on my mail or my phone number.
vijay kumar singh says
sir, I am thankful to getting my UAN no which is provided by you at a time I want to know my epf balance. Kindly provide it
haridev says
Respected sir I want to know my UAN number because my emplooyer not want to give my UAN number please help me get what my Account number is. A very very thank for my help.
Priya says
All the details to get your UAN number is mentioned in this post already. Why is that you are are so ignorant to read it before commenting?
Thanks for all the details through this post Mohan. Really appreciate your help on sharing such useful information.
Chandra says
Sir pls I want to know my uan number. how to go about it?
Ramesh S says
While entering UAN number document name was changed(for example document name passport and document number aadhar number is stored )what is the procedure to solve this problem
Ankit says
How can I deactivate account of UAN.
Because by mistake I create account with other Employee UAN number.
I want to delete my account.
ammar sheikh says
Dear sir, I have received my UAN number & password but deleats message so required reset password and please reply me on my mail or my phone number.
Suyog says
Hi,
I have lost my UAN registered mobile number and UAN password. So is their anyway to update new mobile number????
Mandeep says
Even I am facing the same issue. Is there any way out?
Mukut Goswami says
Even I am facing the same issue. So is there any way out?
D.Dharmendira says
When am trying to activate my UAN,I can’t able to put date of birth in the box,particularly date of birth not working,plz help me
sanjeev seth says
Dear sir, I have not received my UAN number & password so please reply me on my mail or my phone number.
Selvaraj says
I received password for UAN, but i do know the uan or user id to open, kindly help. from where i may get there.
Ravinder Singh says
Sir my UAN is already activated. But i dont no my UAN no and its password. How i can know this.
Ragini says
Hi Madhesan,
Have u got any solution. Plz suggest me how can I update my new number for uan loging
Parvathy M pillai says
Sir i dont no my UAN no and its password.The msg will receive on my old phone no and it is inactivated.
Sabari Raja . C says
Hi Sir, there is a spelling mistake in my name. How correct the mistake?
Abhi says
Sir , I joined a private company n left it after 3 days. After 5 months now I got a message from epfo regarding uan number and pswrd to activate . Will I need to activate now ??
I didn’t received even one rupee from them .
Now I got job in railways . Will it create a problem there ??
Can I give them different Mobil number so that railway will allot a fresh uan number ??
Dr. Binoda Nand Sharma says
I need to know how much is my PF amount, but unable to log in as it is asking for UAN account #.
Please assist as to how i get it
Arun Mondal says
How, where and whom i need to get in touch to get my UAN# for my PF account.
please assist.
Anusha says
Sir, I’m missing my UAN number please suggest me how get my UAN number.
Debasis Goswami says
I worked in m/s mayurakshi cotton mills ltd for approax 1.5 yes.During that period Pf was deducted .Pf membership number was given.I have the documents of joining & resigning from the service.The company is under Pf commissioner durgapur,west Bengal. I have contacted with Pf commissioner for getting the accumulated amount in Pf.But I did not get any fruitful reply.The company is also not responding .please advice how I can get my Pf amount.
Thanks.
With regards.
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S Gayathri says
Sir, I have of number but I don’t have Una number . when I’m contacting with company. They replied Una number is generated after 5 years of joining.
My joining date is 11/03/2010
If I changed my job from on company to another
How & when I’m find my Una number if I’m changed my job please
Arun Parouha says
5 sal nai lagta yaar, 3 months ki process hay ye. ISME MAIN DIGITAL SIGNATURE KA KAM HOTA HAI..
Ashish Saxena says
I left my previous organisation in last AUG 2014 and joined new organisation in 21 AUG 2014, I have applied for the PF withdrawl with my previous organization in July 2015, will PF department release my PF and I have updated my UAN number with my new organization in 13AUG2015.
I have only one question that PF department will release my PF or they will ask me to transfer the PF in new organization?
Abhishek Sharma says
My previous company has given me my UAN but my current company has opened a new PF account for me so how could i link my new account number to my UAN given by previous company.
Sanatana Maharana says
My previous employer generated an UAN for me without informing. In the mean time my current employer also generated another UAN number for me. I need to deactivate the UAN number generated by my current employer. Because I have initiated my PF transfer from my previous employer using 1st UAN number.
Is there any way I can cancel the UAN number generated by my current employer?
Thanks in Advance.
Vinod says
How to recover UAN number when it is forgotten ?
Mohan says
There are two ways! Option 1 – Look at your pay slips, usually it will have UAN number provided your employer has linked your PF with UAN. Check with Payroll. Option 2 – See if you have stored it in any of the emails when you registered for the first time.
Pravesh Kumar says
My registered mobile no has been lost & I have forget my UAN password. To hw can I registered my new mobile no. Pls pls help.
Palanivel says
Nice, i was facing issue to enter my Member id, I tried my current organization , which is not true, we have to consider the period of the time “Initially UAN is allocated only to an employee who is in active service with an employer between 01-Jan-2014 and 30-Jun-2014. ”
very help full this piece of information. Thanks you very much
Tulsi Bhoj says
Hi, I need UAN number urgent. I am not able to login and what no. I have to put on box.Etc. code, Ext. and A/c no…….
kindly provide me the details…. help me
pankaj says
sir my uan no is ganreted but i left the compony befor 2 month. so i genreted uan no with the help of last sallary sleep ,compony is refused to give me no please tell me what to do
Raina says
Hi
I forget my password and now try to reset. Everytime I get the message that its been sent to my registered mobile,but I havent received anything.
kalandi charan khuntia says
my UAN number was missing
Om Prakash says
Going into “Check Your UAN generation request status” it is showing Request for UAN for this Member Id DLCPM***************** is already under process.(through ECR).
After going into “Check Your UAN generation request status Click here” it is demanding “Request Id*:”
How can i know the “Request Id*:”
plz plz help me.
Pankaj says
dear sir/ mam,
i go through this UAN website, for my UAN number and filled the details but there is showing :- UAN already activated. Please provide following details to receive details on your registered mobile. ,
but I have not activated my account so suggest me how to know my UAN number.
Thank you
Rupa Rawat says
My registered mobile no has been lost & I have forget my UAN password. To hw can I registered my new mobile no. Pls pls help
Suma says
Even I have the same problem. My number has expired and I don’t remember my password. Please help
Rahul Rahane says
Even my registered mobile number is revoked and I forgot the password.
Please help!!!!
Kanchan says
Dear Sir,
We have already submitted Form No.11 but we have not got UAN number on our Staff ,We have Checked Status but result Request for UAN for this Member Id WBCALXXXXXXXXXXX is already under process.(through ECR) How Get UAN through Website.
ARUN PAROUHA says
Dear Kanchan,
you cant get UAN through website, Its depending on Digital Signature of your contractor /employer. This is a 3 month Process. After UAN u will have to link with this PF No. when link is successfull then u can check all detail of PF like.
Akshaya Pradhan says
i forgot both my uan no & password . can i get it back
vishal says
Dear sir/madam,
How to recover UAN number when it is forgotten ?
Can i create new UAN number for my same PF account ?
sidharth says
I would say contact your employer. They will know your UAN.
Balwinder Kumar says
Please give me option to login UAN no.or mobile no thanks
suresh karbari wagh says
Sir , I missing my uan number please suggest me how get my uan number
Chitradhari says
dear sir/ mam,
I left my job 4 years back that time i didn’t know my UAN. Now my present company wants this.How can i get my UAN.
Please suggest how can i get. its very urgent for me.
Thank you
Chitradhari
Sanjeev Kumar Rana says
Dear Sir,
I have working 4year 2month ,so please advise me I have need some money so please advise I have withdrawal my PF or not and how many % I have withdrawal
Thx N Regards
Sanjeev
Navin Kumar says
dear sir/ mam,
i go through this UAN website, for my UAN number and filled the details but there is showing :- UAN already activated. Please provide following details to receive details on your registered mobile. ,
but I have not activated my account so suggest me how to know my UAN number.
Thank you
Nikhil says
I havent got my pf number yet. so what shall i do for it and how should i registerd my uan number
Prosenjit Ghosh says
Hi,
This is P Ghosh. Right now I am working with a Pvt Company. Previously I was working with some other Ltd Company; there I have a PF Account. Now I don’t want to with drawl the money from the PF Account of my previous employer. Simultaneously I want to add my new PF Account with my Govt register UAN ID.
So what is the procedure to add one more PF account to my UAN ID , so that I can get the information of both the PF Accounts of my previous and as well as current Employer details.
Thanks,
P Ghosh
Rajat Singh says
My registered mobile number has been not working nd i am not getting my repassword in my mail so that i am unable to login or reset password. Please suggest me how i can update my mobile no in UAN accout. And how can i get log in plese help thanks
Abusad khan says
Sir I have of number but I don’t have Una number . when I’m contacting with company. They replied Una number is generated after 6 month of joining.
My joining date is 26 March
If I changed my job from on company to another
How & when I’m find my Una number if I’m changed my job please
Varun says
My registered mobile number has been not working nd i am not getting my repassword in my mail so that i am unable to login or reset password. Please suggest me how i can update my mobile no in UAN accout. And how can i get log in plese help thanks
Kishore says
Hi Varun,
I’m on same track to update my new mobile and trying to login into my account.
Have you got any solution for it!!, Please suggest anyone.Thank you!
Vishwanath says
Hello Mohan
Thanks for informative blog. I have a query. i have worked for 3 different employers in the past and my pf amount is lying in the pf accounts of each of these employers. Currently i do consultation work, so do not have an active PF account. Also none of the places did i spend more than 5 years of employment,hence if i withdraw amount now, it will taxed as though regular income..
What, in your opinion is the best solution for my problem.
Thanks and regards
-vishwa
Madhesan says
My registered mobile number has been revoked so that i am unable to login or reset password. Please suggest me how i can update my mobile no in UAN accout. Thanks
Kishore says
Hi Madhesan,
Have you got any solution for it!!, Please suggest to update mobile number for UAN account login.Thank you!
Anamika s says
Hi,
From an employer’s point of view, how do I go about obtaining UANs for employees? I can’t seem to find how it has to be done…Please Help.
Shama says
Hi, I have got my pf no but hr not provide uan no then how can i withdrwal my pf amount plz help me.