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!
srivatsa says
Hi Sir,
i have Applied For PF Withdrawal, Since Month Back,as i check my PF Status its Showing,as Request for UAN for this Member Id TNMASxxxxxxxxxx774 is already under process.(through ECR)
Kindly Help & Suggest
Ravikiran says
Hello
My Member Id and Mobile number mismatched.Not sure how to login with my password forgotten to UAN can you please help.My mobile number got deactivated as well.
Rahul says
Request for UAN for my Member Id is already under process.(through ECR)
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kindly suggest
Ganesh Nivrutti Wagh says
Dear Sir, I have left my previous employer since a year back, so my corporate mobile number which is linked to my PF profile also disconnected(not in service). Then in this case How do I know my UAN no. It is already being activated, pls suggest..
Anchal says
hey sir i dont know my uan no. i told company . he said you are uan number not coming .. i have switch the company this november . i want withdraw my pf. but i don’t know how withdraw my pf.
Samanta says
Dear Sir, I have left my previous employer since a year back, so my corporate mobile number which is linked to my PF profile also disconnected(not in service). Then in this case How do I know my UAN no. It is already being activated, pls suggest..
rgds,
samanta
Ramesh says
I’m not getting my uan no. its showing your uan no is under process ilalways its showing like that
Sagar Dangade says
Hi Team,
I am facing issue for PF transfer online as my previous employer mentioned wrong date of birth on PF account, i have sent one mail to PF department as well as one request from employer side also but still no reply from there side, please guide me with correct procedure.
Swati says
How can I withdraw pf amount from I am having my UAN no how can I withdraw the pf amount.
Lambor Mukhim Bina says
I lost my password and my register number of epfo india
Narsimha Gangadhari says
Kindly provide of myUan and name&date of birth in Uan.
Pushkar Bopardikar says
Hi. I followed your link to check if i have a UAN allotted. When i enter my mobile number to get a PIN. I get an error stating this number is already registered with another UAN. I am not aware of that UAN. My employer says you have to generate one online they dont have. What should i do. Please reply a possible solution. Thank You..
Mahesh says
Hi, Give a missed call to 01122901406 and you will get a message with UAN details.
Tulasi prasad says
Sir my UAN nu process through (ECR) is displayed what are the solution is there are how many days taking complete the progress
Vinayct says
sir my frnd lost his old mobile number ou to change mobile number whith out uan login
seshu says
hi,
this is seshu and i want to know my old epf una number by name search is there any possibilities to find that,
Thandabani says
Hi,
I am Thandabani, triyng from many days to get UAn number but i am getting reply as its under process under (ECR) what is the ECR process
?? how i can get UAN please help i need it
shankar says
Hi,
I am Shankar, triyng from many days to get UAn number but i am getting reply as its under process under (ECR) what is the ECR process
?? how i can get UAN please help i need it
sybhranshu kumar das says
how can i get my member id?how can i register my mobile no.?how can i activate my U A N.?
S. Vijayalakshmi says
I want to know my member ID for my UAN.
Paul Smith says
Dear sir/madam, I want to know the UAN no. I have my pf no. How to get it. Please guide me
Ashwini says
Sir, when am checking my UAN number, I gave the same phone number with which I have registered intially but it is showing that my account no. and mobile number are mismatched.
Please suggest me how to solve this as my previous company has closed now I dont have any other option than this.
Navneet Kishore says
Request for UAN for this Member Id DLCPM00xxxxx00000xxxxx is already under process.(through ECR)
This is under process for a long time. kindly help me on this .
And provide me uan no.
Karthik says
Request for UAN for this Member Id PYKRP00xxx19xxxxxxx811 is already under process.(through ECR)
This is under process for a long time. kindly help me on this .I am unable to create the UAN number
Vineeta says
Hi Sir,
While checking an UAN status, i am getting a msg:
Request for UAN for this Member Id APHYDXXXXXXXXXX0 is already under process.(through ECR)
Please let me know how much time its going to take to get an UAN number
My previous employer is not helping for the same
Regards
Vineeta
Rohit rasal says
I try to know my uan no. Its show just under process last 3 weeks and what should I do for get my uan no
Sonu Karotiya says
Missing my UAN number
mohan says
Hi sir i have lost UAN request number.
what is the procedure to recover that number please tell me.
shashikant sonawane says
Hi sir plz I know no a/c no and UAN NAMBER PLZ HELP MI
Dipti Tembhekar says
We are new register company from may-2015,
ECR file upload, payment done, but i want to allot UNA number to employee but i don’t know what to do also tell me the process how i get that number for employee all employees are register first time.
SAKTHIVEL says
Hi Sir, i lost my UAN Request number, how to get that number
Vishwanath H.M says
Dear sir, I forgot my UAN user name, which i have to get my old companies PF amount.
so please help/provide me UAN user name.as soon as possible
Regards
Vishwanath
Pawan says
Mujhe meri epf passbook download karni hai. Lekin uske liye jo UAN number or password maang raha hai, wo mujhe nhi pta kon sa hota hai or kaha milta hai..
Mujhe UAN number or password kaha se milega??
Ramesh kumar says
Hi sir, I quit a company in the year Oct 2011. Will I have a uan no linked for this company pf ac.
Raju says
I have withdrawn pf amount from the previous company it has UAN number and given uan to new employer.can they view pf contribution of the previous company.and previeous company name and experience
Rohan says
Please help i have forget my password and the registered phone number so how would i got to know my username and password if anyone having idea of which link will be useful so please guide me
Bhagyashri says
Hi, I am looking for UAN card. So please help me to get the same.
pavan says
HI Bhagyashri, Please login into this URL while entering the UAN along with password.
once after entering into the site you can see download tab from there you can download your UAN card
Laxmi Kant Goyal says
I am working from last 25 years. But my previous employers PF Status? How can I recover?
Dhinakaran Karan says
Hi sir, i have joined new company but already worked old company does not get pf amount but new company create new pf account so i can old company pf account transfer new company in uan member and how do create uan member account
Arun Kumar Prasad says
How can i know my UAN Number please provied
Santhosh says
What is UAN number? how to get UAN number?
Sarvesh mishra says
I have withdrawn pf amount from the previous company and given uan to new employer.can they view pf contribution of the previous company.
Binod Bohara says
Hi I joined new company and I have UAN number for that , but my concern is I need to know about my old PF status . I dont have UAN number for that tried to create UAN number online bit I get error DOB does not match. I need to withdraw both PF but issue is I dont have UAN number…Please Help
Chitra Bahadur Chetry says
I forgot my UAN. So, How can find it again?
A S Karthikeyan says
I forgot my UAN. So, How can find it again? Please reply me .
Bharat M Acharya says
I have submitted KYC since long time in bulk for employee ,but UAN has not bee received till date.nor any query has been raised by epfo. so what to do for such employee’s UAN Now UAN for furnishing claim is compulsory .
Pooja says
i have my firm pf number.how can i get my own pf number.
Ghanshyam Mewara says
I have mistake in my name & also in Date of Birth. please suggest me what can i do to make correction in name & date of birth.
can it create any problem to receive pf amount.
Hasina Malik says
Hi I joined new company and I have UAN number for that , but my concern is I need to know about my old PF status . I dont have UAN number for that tried to create UAN number online bit I get error DOB does not match. I need to withdraw both PF but issue is I dont have UAN number…Please Help
Gaurav Sajwan says
Hi Sir,
I forgot my UAN no. to login in EPFO portal . I do remember my password instead. can you help me to retreive my Login UAN no. ??
Thanks,
Gaurav Sajwan
naresh lohiya says
Dear Sir my Name is Naresh Lohiya My Eamploye Code No 76850 . Plz send My UAN No.
saroj prasad nayak says
Before UAN employeerprovident fund rather than employee.While ask terminted by kicking. If available epf kindly add automatically in uan.
Kiran says
I already having an UAN account with another employer with same mobile number. The existing account is already transferred to my new account. Due to some problems my present employer can’t get the same UAN no. The employer gave me a new UAN number with existing transferred amount. . But I can’t access my new UAN no., because of the same mobile number used for existing account. what can I do