If automatic transfer has not been affected within the mentioned time it can be because of discrepancies in EPF members profile or all the required information as mentioned above is not received by EPFO.
After changing a job, one form which is mandatory to fill on joining date, is to transfer PF from the earlier employer to a new employer. However now the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has made it easy for employees to transfer the PF from old job to new job. It is offering an automatic transfer of EPF accounts to its members when they change jobs.
EPF members do not have to give any online or offline requests for transfer of their EPF account balance as it would happen automatically. However, this facility is available to specific EPF members who fulfill certain conditions.
Go through the below article to know how to transfer PF account after change of job and who is eligible for such facility.
Which EPF Member Is Eligible To Automatic PF Transfer Facility After Job Change?
The Automatic transfer of EPF accounts from an old to a new employer is not available to all EPF members. In order to be eligible for this facility, members EPF accounts both old and new accounts must be with EPSO. It means if either of the employer’s accounts are Exempted PF trusts or private provident fund trust, then employees will not be eligible for automatic EPF transfer facility.
In some of the organizations a private PF trust manages the provident fund for the company instead of the EPFO. So an EPF member who has an old or EPF account with exempted trust needs to apply for transfer via Form 13 either online or offline.
Conditions To Meet For Automatic EPF Account Transfer
According to EPFO, below are the requirements for transferring EPF accounts automatically from old to new employers.
(i) UAN and Aadhaar number provided by the new employer should match against the existing details available with the UAN.
(ii) EPF member’s Aadhaar number should be seeded and verified against the UAN at the old place of employment.
(iii) EPF member’s details like date of joining, reason for exit, date of exit should be made available from the old employer.
(iv) EPF member’s UAN should be activated and the mobile number should be available.
How EPF Account Auto Transfer Happens?
One EPF member joins a new job and EPFO receives first month’s provident fund contribution from the new employer, It will initiate an automatic transfer. After which EPF member’s past provident fund dues will be transferred to their new account.
EPF members will also receive SMS after the auto transfer of EPF account is initiated. In the message it will be stated that an auto transfer claim to transfer your EPF accumulations from old to new employer has been considered against the UAN.
If automatic transfer has not been affected within the mentioned time it can be because of discrepancies in EPF members profile or all the required information as mentioned above is not received by EPFO. There could be date of exit mismatch, date of exit not updated by a previous employer, member details mismatch, pending UAN Aadhaar seeding cases, etc.
In all such cases, an employee must fill online Form 13 as mentioned earlier.
Check Automatic EPF Account Transfer Successful Or Not?
- Open an EPFO member’s unified portal page and log in.
- On the homepage itself, the members go to ‘View Passbook’.
- If his PF has been transferred already, members can see credit entries in the latest passbook.