Today EPFO launched one more initiative of employees friendly. This is upfront online allotment, registration, or activation of EPF UAN.
Latest-How to update or correct EPF UAN details online or offline?
What is UAN?
Universal Account Number or UAN account is a unique number allotted to each employee, under which you have multiple EPF number IDs allotted by your employer will be tracked. Suppose if you join a new company then you just need to submit a UAN number to your employer.
It is like a PAN number. Whenever you change the job, just need to quote this UAN to new employer. Your old EPF account will continue under one umbrella of UAN.
Long back, I wrote a post on this EPF UAN. You can read it at “EPF Universal Account Number (UAN)-What it is?“.
Earlier employers were only allowed to allot and activate the EPF UAN. However, now EPFO started the facility through which a general citizen can activate the EPF UAN online themselves (this includes the prospective employees).
But do note that to activate this facility you must have Aadhaar number and also the registered mobile number with Aadhaar. Because the OTP will be sent to the registered mobile number.
Once you enter the OTP, then based on your Aadhaar details, the data will be automatically fetched like your name, date of birth and gender details.
Once you join employment, then just provide this EPF UAN to an employer.
1) Visit EPFO’s Unified Member Portal. Below the login page, you will find the “Important Links”. Under that, click on “Online Aadhaar Verified UAN Allotment”.
2) In the screen opened now, the user has to enter his/ her Aadhaar Number and click button “Generate
OTP”. On clicking on the same OTP will be sent to his/ her registered mobile number.
3) The screen displaying the Basic Details available against the Aadhaar entered by the user will be opened.
The user can verify his/ her details and enter the requisite data in the mandatory fields provided in the screen.
The user can then click the Register button after entering the captcha and selecting the box in the disclaimer
section.
4) On clicking the “Register” button the UAN will be allotted and will be displayed as the message to the
user.
Now you have registered your EPF UAN successfully.
Once you register the same, then you have to activate it online. To active UAN number online, you need to have an EPF account number with you. If you have an old EPF account number, you can use it to activate UAN number. In case, you join a new organization, you can provide the allotted UAN number to your new employer and get it activated with new EPF account number.
To activate the same, again visit EPFO’s Unified Member Portal. Below the login page, you will find the “Important Links”. Under that, click on “Activate UAN”.
Then you will see the below screen. Here, you have to enter the UAN number and also the EPF details. Here it will ask for your PAN number and also contact details. Just provide the details and click on the tab “Get Authorization PIN”. You will receive a PIN on your mobile number. Your UAN then gets activated and linked to your EPF account.
I hope the process is so simple and it hardly takes any time. Hope this will resolve the problem of activation of EPF UAN.
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Feb 21,2025
My dear sir,
I have been allotted with UAN 101899587813 by EPFO on 24/12/2022. The same is not getting activated with the on screen display stating that "UAN1018996587813 is not linked to any establishments. Can not activate". Despite all the details like attachments, enclosures and uploads were made while submitting application for Approval, this remark pop-up on the screen and further activation process prevented.
I can forward the relevant documents/details to your good office to see the said UAN is activated at your end.
I am waiting for your instructions and eager to forward the relevant details immediately on hearing from your good office.
A line of intimation in this regard is very much expected.
Sincerely Yours
Subhash patel K G
Contact +919341075857
subhashpatel.kgs@gmail.com
Dear Subhash,
I have already replied to your email.
Dear Sir,
I left my organization in 2007. I do have an old PF account number.
There are no Employee details updated by old Employer with EPFO.
After several unsuccessful attempt to get support from old organization, I started exploring online on epfindia.gov.in
I got UAN using "Direct UAN allotment by Employees" and AADHAAR card.
Now when I tried to Activate UAN, I get an UAN activation error message that "UAN is not linked to any establishment. Can not activate".
Please assist on how to activate UAN or link old establishment to UAN.
Thanks & Regards,
SANJAY FENDER
Dear Sanjay,
Better you take the help of your current employer.
Sir,
I have to withdrawn my PF, but i have same agency different year, so 2 account, but now both i have to withdrawn in the same time can you pls guide me online without employer help.
Dear Vathsala,
You try to withdraw online. If it does not happen, then without employer help you can withdraw it by approaching the EPFO directly.
Hi,
When i try to active the UAN in the portal i got "Failed to Send PIN to users" error in EPFO's Unified Member Portal. Could you please let me know the reason why i get this error?
Dear Arunkumar,
Try after some time.
Hello sir,
I don't have UAN no. written on my last company salary slip. How can i get the UAN no.
Can i use the UAN of the previous company.
Dear SD,
Check with your employer and they provide the same. Yes, you can use the previous company UAN.
there is no such services "for citizen" in epfo portal so please help us for getting registered for UAN from epfo
Mriganka-Yes, you are right and they completely modified the process. I just updated the post. Please check it NOW.
hello sir,
This is P.Sudhakar, I am working in a Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Limited, Hyderabad, They given PF UAN in my salary pay slip. when i am trying to activate my pf account it showing error "DATE OF BIRTH IS INCORRECT" .
Please give solution how to correct my date of birth and activate my pf account.
Sudhakar-You can update the same through your employer.
I already have uan number from last employer but i want new uan from current employer .
Can it be possible?
Shah-Why not use the old one?
Dear Sir,
I resigned on 21/6/2017 and PF withdrawl form was submitted to my office but no cooperation is getting from the company as I am unable to link Aadhar with the UAN no which was provided from the company . Whenever for activation the error showing date of birth is not matching . Our company have their own truste. So please help me out from this.
Lahiri-Visit the concerned nearest EPFO and try to link Aadhaar with EPF and then apply online.
Hello sir
I wants to register for UAN online. But as shown the above presentation
Our Services - For Citizen ( now there is no for citizens option )
Plz guide how to register UAN