With the complete digitization of the EPFO, you as an active member of the retirement body shall also be able to access the claims as well as make other withdrawals only in a case when your Aadhaar details are correctly seeded with the Universal Account Number (UAN). Know in detail about UAN no.? The provision holds relevance both for private and government sector employees. The move will lessen the claim settlement time to 10 days from the current 20 days as well as ease the process.

Why Aadhaar and UAN linking?

Aadhaar is now universally being used as a KYC document and with it the retirement body aims to efficiently verify the identity of each of the employee. Duplication is this way avoided.Aadhaar Seeding with UAN can be done both offline and online.

Procedure for linking UAN and Aadhar

Online Procedure

As an initial step, you as a member of the EPFO, need to know your UAN no. which can be known either by accessing the portal with your member ID details or your employer can be reached to know your UAN. After this, you need to activate your UAN account by clicking on the available link for activation and generating the password using it.

The activation of UAN means you now can transact from your EPF account as well as gain access to your PF balance via EPF Passbook? Know in detail about the EPF passbook.
As a next step you need to provide your Aadhaar details to be linked to the UAN. For the same you have to press on the Manage link on your UAN account. There a KYC sub-link shall be provided, click on to Aadhaar for online access to EPF portal and furnish details as provided in your Aadhaar Card. Ensure correct details for EPFO to process your request online. Click on the Save tab after submitting the details.

These documents provided for activation of your UAN will be cross-checked by the authorities and after a weeks time shall be listed under approved KYC of your UAN portal.

Offline Proedure

As not all pensioners and employees are tech-savvy, EPFO has also made the offline floor available for seeding Aadhaar with UAN. For the same, individuals can visit any of the select CSC or Common Service Centers or EPFO office and provide Aadhaar.

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