You have to give the UAN number of EPFO in the company on joining a new job. This is very useful at the time of withdrawing your money.
If you are a employed person, then you will definitely have an account in EPFO. EPFO i.e. Employee Provident Fund, in this your company contributes some percentage of your salary. You can also withdraw its money if needed. At the same time, you can withdraw its pension fund after your retirement. It also acts as your emergency fund. You have to give the UAN number of EPFO in the company on joining a new job. This is very useful at the time of withdrawing your money.
In such a situation, EPFO also allows its customers to generate and activate its UAN number themselves. You can activate your UAN number sitting at home. For this, you will not need to visit the EPFO office. Just for this your mobile number should be linked to Aadhaar. Let us tell you how you can generate your EPFO’s UAN.
UAN can be generated like this
- First of all go to the official website of EPFO.
- Now click on the For Employees option on the home page.
- Click on Member UAN/Online Service (OCS/OTCP) under Service option.
- Now go to the UAN allotment by employees section.
- Now enter the mobile number linked with Aadhaar and enter the secret code given below.
- Now your UAN number will be generated. Now you can give it to your new office.
Activate UAN like this
- First of all, go to the website of EPFO and go to the service for employees.
- Go to UAN online service and click on Activate your UAN.
- Now enter the secret code by filling your details here.
- Now press the button of Get Authorization Pin.
- After this OTP will come on the registered mobile number in EPFO.
- Now after pressing the ‘I agree’ button, enter the OTP received on the mobile.
- Now verify OTP.
- After this your UAN will be activated.
