Simplification of Transfer of Provident Fund Account on change of employment: EPFO
Employees Provident Fund Organisation
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT, GOVERNMENT CF INDIA
Head Office
Plate A, Ground Floor Block II East Kidwai Nagar. New Delhi-110023
No: WSU/Transfer of Claims/E-52972/2024-25/005
Date: 15 Jan 2025
To
All Addl. CPFC (Zones),
All RPFCs/OICs (Field Offices),
Sub: Simplification of Transfer of Provident Fund Account- reg.
Madam /Sir,
In order to further simplify the process of transfer of Provident Fund Account of a member on change of employment, the present requirement of routing the online transfer claim through either the past or the present employer has been dispensed with in the following transfer cases with a view to expedite the transfer:-
- Transfers between Member IDs linked with the same UAN, where the UAN was allotted on or after 01/10/2017 and linked with Aadhaar.
- Transfers between Member IDs linked with different UANs, where such UANs were allotted on or after 01/10/2017 and linked with the same Aadhaar.
- Transfers between Member IDs linked with the same UAN, where the UAN was allotted prior to 01/10/2017, is linked with Aadhaar, and the name, date of birth (DOB), and gender are identical across the Member IDs.
- Transfers between Member IDs linked with different UANs, where at least one of the UANs was allotted prior to 01/10/2017, Is linked with the same Aadhaar, and the name, DOB, and gender are identical across the Member IDs.
- [This has the approval of CPFC]
Yours sincerely,
Sd/-
G.R. Suchindranath
Addl. CPFC (WSU)