EPF Withdrawal Transfer Process
EPF Withdrawal Transfer Process
EPF Withdrawal Transfer Process
Online
Online Claim is Simple & Fast, and Employer's involvement is not required if KYC is completed.
Important Points to be consider before initiating Online Withdrawal claims (Form 19 & 10C)
Employee’s Provident Fund (EPF) is a retirement benefit scheme that’s available to all salaried employees. It’s a
savings platform that helps employees to save a fraction of their salary every month that can be used in the event
that you are rendered unable to work, or upon retirement, hence try to retain it till you attain your retirement age.
Moreover, claiming it prematurely is not only violation of the PF Act, but will also attract penal action by the concern
authorities.
Online PF Withdraw process for Unemployed/Retired Individuals
a) Your KYC should be completed, without this you cannot initiate the withdrawal process online. For KYC, Aadhaar,
PAN and Bank account is compulsory.
b) Your personal and organisation information under UAN member portal should be complete, like DOB, Gender,
Date of Joining , Last working date.
c) The bank details updated in KYC should be in use.
Here you can select option ‘Claim 19 & 10C’ from the dropdown list and then follow the instruction and fill up
required details and complete the form. On completion this form will be send to your employer for approval. Once
this claim form gets approved and verified it goes to the PF officer’s approval.
Finally to submit the withdrawal form you will need to feed in the authentication OTP, which is sent on your mobile
number. This mobile should be the only which is linked to both your UAN as well as Aadhaar.
To get this process of verified and approved by PF officer it takes 5 to 10 working days and finally in your bank
account the PF amount gets credit which is registered in your KYC.
After you fill the details, you have to sign the disclosure by clicking on the left hand box on the bottom of the box.
Once you click on the box, "Get Aadhaar OTP" tab will be visible on the screen, which need to be clicked for
generating an one time password to authenticate the online advance request. You have to enter the OTP in the box
provided below and click on "Validate OTP and Submit Claim Form" to complete the online EPF Withdrawal
application process.
7. Tracking Withdrawal claim status
Finally when the withdrawal claim is submitted online you need to know the status which can be tracked. First the
applied claim goes to your employer for approval and once this is approved it goes to PF office. You can track the
status here.