Have you ever thought that as soon as you change jobs, your old PF money should automatically be transferred to the new account without any hassle? Now this dream is about to become reality. From the year 2025, EPFO ​​has made preparations to implement such a system in which employees will neither have to fill any form nor wait for months. Just change the job and the money will automatically be transferred to the account of the new employer. Everything will happen automatically with one click. Let us find out how this will happen.

Balance will be transferred automatically as soon as job is changed.

The hassle of PF transfer after changing job is now going to end. Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has started a new automatic transfer system, which will be fully implemented from 2025. This means that whenever an employee joins a new job, his old PF balance will automatically be transferred to the account of the new employer. Now there will be no need for any form, nor will you have to visit the old office.

What was the process before?

In the earlier system, employees had to fill Form-13. Money was transferred only after the verification process from both the old and new employers. This entire work took 1 to 2 months, and many times the claim was rejected. According to EPFO ​​data, every year lakhs of claims remained pending for a long time, due to which the employees had to suffer loss of interest.

Possibilities of fraud will be eliminated

Now this problem will be completely eliminated with the new automatic transfer system. EPFO says that this will benefit more than 10 crore employees. A senior official said that this system will be completely digital and paperless. This will not only speed up the process but also reduce the chances of fraud due to transfer on the basis of UAN.

With this, employees will now get these benefits

1- Time will be saved, because now the transfer will be completed automatically in a few days.

2- There will be no need to upload any document.

3- Interest will continue to be received, that is, whether the money is in transfer or in any process, there will be no loss of interest.

4- At the time of retirement, the entire amount will be available at one place, which will make financial management easier.

5- Job switching will now become easy and safe, especially for private sector employees.

EPFO said that this system will be completely implemented by the first quarter of 2025. The organization has appealed to all the employees to activate their UAN now, so that there is no problem in transfer.

This is how you can activate UAN

The process of UAN activation is also very easy. Go to EPFO’s member portal (https://unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in) and click on the Activate UAN link. After that enter UAN, name, date of birth, Aadhaar number and mobile number. Verify with the OTP received on the mobile and set the login credentials. Once the activation is complete, employees can check their PF balance, claim status and KYC updates online.

EPFO is now moving towards completely digitalizing the PF system. There are preparations to make PF withdrawal automatic in the coming months. If an employee’s UAN is old, then it should be updated immediately by visiting the app or website so that the retirement fund remains completely safe and connected.

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Almost everyone has PF accounts in the country. The PF account acts like a savings account in a way. In this account, 12 percent of the salary of the employees is deposited. The same contribution is given by the company. Interest is also given on the amount deposited in this account. When there is a sudden passion in life.

So PF account can be very useful. Many people think that withdrawing money from it is a long and complicated process. But now it is not so. Now you can get money in your bank account in a few hours. For what will happen, let’s tell you.

In this way PM claim

To withdraw money from PF account, you have to fill the PM claim form on the online portal. First of all go to https://unifiedportal-mm.epfindia.gov.in and login with your UAN number and password. Then go to the ‘Online Services’ section and select ‘Claim Form-31, 19, 10C & 10D’ option. After this, verify the bank account and Aadhaar information.

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If your KYC is complete and the bank account is linked to UAN. So the process is quick. Choose the cause of the claim in the form, fill the necessary details and submit the claim after OTP verification. If everything goes well, money can come in your bank account within a few hours. Keep in mind that there is no mistake while filling the form.

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Money will reach the account in 72 hours

If you fill the claim form on the EPFO portal correctly and all your information like UAN, Aadhaar, bank details and KYC are updated. So your claim process is very fast. After claiming online, if there is no mistake and all documents are correct. So in most cases the money is transferred directly to your bank account within 72 hours i.e. 3 days. Earlier, it used to take a lot of time for this process. But now the process has become very fast. That is, now you can claim PF anytime if needed and in a short time money will be in your account.

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