Good news for those changing jobs! Transferring PF account has become very easy, employees will benefit, know the complete process here

Obnews Business Desk: A good news has emerged for the employees working in the private sector. Now employees will not need to apply online from their old or new company to transfer PF i.e. Provident Fund account. Employees Provident Fund Organization i.e. EPFO ​​has made this process even easier.

According to the circular issued by EPFO ​​on January 15, 2025, in certain cases, employees will be able to transfer their PF account on their own, without the intervention of the company. To understand this in detail, read this article till the end.

If UAN is linked to Aadhaar then the work will be even easier.

Under this, if an employee's Universal Account Number (UAN) is linked to the same member ID and it is linked to Aadhaar, then they will not have to apply to any company to transfer their PF account. Similarly, if the employee has more than one UAN and all these UANs are linked to Aadhaar, he can also transfer his account manually.

This facility will be available to those employees whose UAN has been issued on or after October 01, 2017. If the UAN is issued before October 01, 2017, the UAN will need to be linked to Aadhaar and the personal information (like name, date of birth) matches for PF transfer.

Employees will be able to apply themselves for account transfer

The most important thing in this process is that the employee will no longer need to apply for his PF account transfer either from the old company or from the new company. Instead, employees will be able to make their transfer by applying manually on the EPFO ​​website, provided the information related to UAN and Aadhaar is correct.

What do you understand by UAN?

Let us tell you that UAN (Universal Account Number) is a special 12 digit number, which is given to the employees by EPFO. This number acts like an identity card for the EPF account.

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This is how you can link UAN to Aadhaar

If you want to link your UAN with Aadhaar, then you can go to EPFO ​​website and enter Aadhaar details under 'KYC' option. After this your Aadhaar will be linked to the EPF account, due to which there will be no interruption in the transfer process. With this change, the process of PF transfer will become easier and faster for the employees.