Tracking Inoperative EPF Account Status Online

March 24, 2015 Finance Talk Valli Sarvani No comments

If you have shifted four jobs within the last twenty four months, you’ll not have tried to transfer your EPF. This might mean that you simply might have as many as four inoperative accounts.

Recently, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) launched on-line help desk which can facilitate the account holders of an inoperative EPF account to trace their account online.

This could mean that you can simply get the money from all of your inoperative accounts and have it transferred to your current EPF account.

If an account has not been credited for a continuous period of three years of 36 months, then the account is called inoperative. Here are the steps to track Inoperative EPF Account Status Online.

1. Visit the EPFO website

2. Click on “Inoperative Account Help Desk”

3. If you are a first time user click on the tab which says “First time user”

4. In the next landing page, in the space, one needs to write the details and reasons of account being in operative. Click “Next”

5. In the next page one needs to provide as much details as possible such as Establishment Code, PF

Account number, Date of Joining, PF Office Name etc. More the details provided higher the chances of tracing your account. Click “Next”

6. In the next box, one needs to mention personal details such as Name, Mobile Number, DOB, Language and Contact Details.

7. Next you need to enter the KYC details in the same page in different box. KYC details includes, Aadhaar card, PAN card, Bank Account Number and IFSC Code. After filling all the necessary details click on generate PIN, to receive details on the phone.

8. Enter the 4 digit PIN in the box and click on “Verify PIN and Submit”

9. Now, visit the Helpdesk Login Page and login with the reference generated and mobile number.

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