What to do — in this order
This is a sample case. The names and numbers are manufactured and belong to no real person.
These ticks live on this page only. Reload and they are gone: this build stores nothing about you anywhere, which is the safer thing for it to do.
Your last employer never marked your exit date
Who has to fix it: Your employer · 15–60 days
- Relieving letter
- Last month’s payslip
- Experience certificate
the Joint Declaration form is ready, filled in from your record.
If nothing answers — see the clock and the ladder →
Which documents are accepted? →
You have two or more UANs
Who has to fix it: The EPFO office · 30–90 days
- UAN card
- Aadhaar card
the UAN merge request is ready, filled in from your record.
This opens when the step above is done. Starting several at once is how work gets done twice.
An old PF account was never transferred into your current one
Who has to fix it: You · 20–45 days
- UAN card
- Payslips for several months
Form 13, the transfer request is ready, filled in from your record.
This opens when the step above is done. Starting several at once is how work gets done twice.
One bank account is mapped to more than one of your member IDs
Who has to fix it: The EPFO office · 15–45 days
- Bank passbook
- UAN card
Opens once step 2 is done (15–45 days)
This account is marked inoperative and has to be unblocked first
Who has to fix it: The EPFO office · 15–45 days
- Aadhaar card
- Bank passbook
the Joint Declaration form is ready, filled in from your record.
This opens when the step above is done. Starting several at once is how work gets done twice.
Every step ticked. You can file now. How to file it →
About 135 days, in this order. Out of order, it can take months.
That is the sum along the chain of steps that must wait for each other, not a count of tasks. Steps that can run alongside add nothing.
Both figures are our own arithmetic over the same step durations: every step end to end, against the chain that actually has to wait.