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 name in EPFO is not exactly your name in Aadhaar
Who has to fix it: You · 20–45 days
- Aadhaar card
- PAN card
- Class 10 marksheet
- Passport
- Birth certificate
the Joint Declaration form is ready, filled in from your record.
Which documents are accepted? →
Your bank account name is a short form
Who has to fix it: Your bank · 7–15 days
- Bank passbook
- Cancelled cheque
the bank KYC correction request is ready, filled in from your record.
Opens once step 1 is done (7–15 days)
Your name in PAN does not match your EPFO record
Who has to fix it: You · 15–30 days
- PAN card
- Aadhaar card
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.
Contributions were never deposited for part of your service
Who has to fix it: You · 30–120 days
This company has closed, so the EPFO office has to do it instead. This is that route.
- Payslips for several months
- Form 16
- Last month’s payslip
This opens when the step above is done. Starting several at once is how work gets done twice.
2 corrections in one request
Who has to fix it: The EPFO office · 30–90 days
This company has closed, so the EPFO office has to do it instead. This is that route.
- Relieving letter
- Last month’s payslip
- Experience certificate
- Appointment letter
the field-office cover letter 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 120 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.