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!
Chandan Kumar says
I want to withdraw the amount online please help me.
Meena Sharma says
by mistake UAN No.deleted from my email id so kindly agains send my UAN NO.on above email id thanks
sukesh sarkar says
Dear sir, i have forget my uan number.how can i get my uan number.plz help me.thanks and regards.
jagadish says
i got my UAN number and password both but unable login the digits of my uan is showing 14 .so actually how many digits the uan is having please reply me…..
Abhimanyu. Soni says
Dear sir,
My registration for uan number mobile number is changed on new number I get password and how?
Please let me know. Evn i didnt get my pin coz of old number.
A.vijayan says
Sir my phone totally reset ..so my uan number and password is going. How to my uan number received pls help me sir
Binay kumar Giri says
My uan login password and Mobile no. All ready registered but both are missing
How to registered new Mobile no. Its Urgent please help me .
ashok says
I have uan num but phone no is wrongly provided by employer to ministry of laboour there I don’t have pasward how to get password and of phone number please help
Tippana Bone says
Going into “Check Your UAN generation request status” it is showing Request for UAN for this Member Id ***************** 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*:”
Sir i registration uan number when i check status always show your uan number under process through ecr please help sir
Thanks
Tippana Bone
plz plz help me.
Abhishek garg says
i have UAN number but i have lost my mobile number and password too.please help me how i can change my mobile number or how i get password.please suggest
Sitaram Banpela says
I have UAN password. but i have forgot my UAN ID.
please advise how to find my UAN ID with using password??
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Madhav says
Hi
How to create the UAN for the employees who have joined after 01.09.2014 and they are not covered under EPS schme with the PF and the estabilishment is exempted estabilishment.
Anand Bisht says
i have lost my mobile no and forget uan pass word how can i register new mobile no
rahul singh says
it’s been 3 months time sir when will I get my of amount
Nikeeta says
i have UAN number but i have lost my mobile number and password too.please help me how i can change my mobile number or how i get password.please suggest
Avinash M says
Sir am a maths lecturer . 4 months back am leave my job in bharathi pu college bharathinagar Mandya thaluk Mandy district. I was working 2 years exactly in that college. I dont know my pf account nor. And how i can get. Pls inform me
syed idris says
sir,i lost my uan number how to tetrieve it
Zakir Ahmed says
Dear sir/ madam as i am lost my uan number if I go to login its showing not registered please help me THANKING YOU
Suresh says
Dear sir/mam
Hi I don’t have una number how I can get
Pramodkumar says
Hi
I have just resigned from my co.
need to with draw PF
dont remember what my UAN no is?
how can i get it
LALIT BHASIN says
i forgot my UAN no & password.
also i have region code/office code/estt code/estt extn
Please help me
santosh. Padanur says
Dear Sir what is the process of name changing in pf & uan card so please help me Sir.
Harish says
I Forgot UAN ID ?
Gourav Tyagi says
Dear sir, I have UAN password. but i have forgot my UAN ID.
please advise how to find my UAN ID with using password?
sandeep sarkar says
Dear sir,
I have forgot my UAN ID.
please advise how to find my UAN ID with using password?
Kamlesh khatik says
Dear sir,
I have UAN password. but i have forgot my UAN ID.
please advise how to find my UAN ID with using password?
atul kumar says
Sir i registration uan number when i check status always show your uan number under process through ecr please help sir
jitendra uikey says
Plz explain me how to know missing UAN and password
Bhushan Kamble says
Sir,
I already have UAN against PF account of Previous company. Now I joined new company & they generated New UAN. How can I merge these 2 UAN. Is there any procedure for it?
chintan says
hello sir
What to do if multiple UAN generated ?
i joined my company they generated new one and ask me to activate the same, i told them i already have UAN but they had generated new UAN. so I have activated new one. so what to do for old UAN ?
Gopal Parmar says
My registration for uan number mobile number is changed on new number I get password and how?
Ravi says
Sir how to get missing UAN password
syed abbas ali says
Plz explain me how to know missing UAN and password
Namitha says
Thank you very much for the detailed article. I was able to link up all my previous PF accounts to one UAN number and also know the status of my current balance.
Shivram Madhavrao Shinde says
My mobile no forgot please advice how to new mobile no
vijeesh says
Dear sir,
I have UAN password. but i have forgot my UAN ID.
please advise how to find my UAN ID with using password?
Naresh Soni says
Dear sir,
I have UAN password. but i have forgot my UAN ID.
please advise how to find my UAN ID with using password??
Navneet Gupta says
I am not being able to get Authorization PIN for UAN activation. Kindly tell me what to do.
Sandeep Phopare says
hello sir
my registered mobile number which is given for UAN not using now.how can i get my password
arabinda das says
i dont have uan id number and password. whene i try to create uan it was showing only proced thouth ecr .. plzzz help me
Anith says
Iam working in uae now.my registered mobile number which is given for pf not using now.how can i get the UAN
pritesh sagar says
I get only login id and password but i can’t understand next procedure to get uan number please tell mi what i can do
Racha.Ramesh says
My UAN login password and Mobile no. All ready registered but both are missing
How to registered new Mobile no.
Rahul says
Hi,
I am not able to download the passbook as it always shows that passbook is not available as mine is inoperative account.
Please help.
Rahul
Shilpi says
I couldn’t activate my UAN (Generated by the employer) in the portal because it is showing that my mobile number mismatched. I forgot my registered mobile number. How do i get it?
Could you please check and help me with this.
Thanks,
Shilpi
Faizan says
I have’nt register for UAN but a confirmation message arrived with pointing me Azharuddin while I’m Faizan. What to do next?? Please help me
Hirdesh kumar Soni says
Dear sir,
I have UAN password. but i have forgot my UAN ID.
then how to log in .???
please help me
Roshini says
Check your payslip.
Ajay chaudhari says
Dear sir,
I have UAN password. but i have forgot my UAN ID.
please advise how to find my UAN ID with using password??
Neeraj kumar Gangwar says
My uan login password and Mobile no. All ready registered but both are missing
How to registered new Mobile no.
Roshini says
I(Roshini) couldn’t activate my new UAN (Generated by Present Employer) in the portal because it is showing that my mobile number is already registered with another UAN (Generated by previous Employer). I want the New UAN to be activated and the old one to be deactivated.
Could you please check and help me with this.
Thanks,
Roshini
Kamal says
I lost my UAN number. How can I get it back?