Retirement fund body EPFO has made Universal Account Number (UAN) mandatory for all employers covered under the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952.
EPFO provides a host of online facility to the EPF Members, and one such
facility is that the retirement fund body now allows you to generate Direct UAN online by following some easy steps.- Visit this official EPFO link https://unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in/memberinterface/
- On the right hand side, click on Direct UAN Allotment by Employees
- Provide your Aadhaar linked mobile and enter Captcha and click on Generate OTP
- Enter OTP recieved on Aadhaar linked moile and click on Submit button
- Now select YES for "Are you employed in any private company/factory/establishment. If NO is selected, system will redirect you to the home page
- Now select the appropriate EMPLOYMENT CATEGORY from the drop down list
- If EMPLOYMENT CATEGORY is selected as "In the establishment/company/factory" covered under EPFO, system will prompt for PF Code number, otherwise system will prompt to entre the details of the establishment
- System will display the details fo establishment. Now you will have to enter date of joining and select the IDENTITY PROOOF TYPE and upload the copy of the "Identity Proof Type" selected
- Now enter your Aadhaar or virtual ID and captcha and click on generate OTP
- Submit the OTP recieved on your phone
- System will fetch the details from UIDAI. Now click on REGISTER button
- Your UAN will now be generated
- UAN will be recieved on your Mobile phone also
