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Why and How to Link Aadhaar with UAN

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Over the time&comma; the Employee Provident Fund Organization &lpar;EPFO&rpar; has made several changes that have made provident fund settlement much smoother&period; In this context&comma; EPFO has recently introduced a facility to link UAN with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;apply-aadhaar-card-online&sol;">Aadhaar Card<&sol;a> using UMANG&period; It is a government-owned mobile app that enables users to access multiple government services introduced by central&comma; state and regional government&period; By linking Aadhaar with UAN&comma; you can easily manage your EPF account&comma; claim settlement quickly and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;pf-withdrawal-forms&sol;">withdraw PF amount<&sol;a> in the most hassle-free manner&period; There are three ways to link Aadhaar with UAN<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Linking Aadhaar with UAN using UMANG app<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">To link Aadhaar with UAN using government’s UMANG app&comma; below are the steps you need to follow&colon;-<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<li>Download the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;web&period;umang&period;gov&period;in&sol;web&sol;&num;&sol;">UMANG app<&sol;a> on your smartphone&comma; laptop&comma; etc&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Register or log in to the website using your credentials<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Go to the &OpenCurlyQuote;Link Aadhaar with UAN” option<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Input your UAN<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>You’ll receive an OTP on your UAN registered mobile number<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>After OTP verification&comma; fill in your Aadhaar details in the column assigned to it<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>You’ll receive another OTP on your registered mobile number and email ID registered with Aadhaar<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>After successful verification of OTP&comma; the Aadhaar and UAN will be linked and the details of UAN and Aadhaar are matched<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<h2><strong>Linking Aadhaar with UAN through biometric data on EPFO&OpenCurlyQuote;s e-KYC portal<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">To link Aadhaar with UAN using biometric data&comma; you should only possess a registered biometric device which will be used for Aadhaar verification&period; Now to begin the process&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<li>Visit the e-KYC page of the official EPFO website <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;iwu&period;epfindia&period;gov&period;in&sol;eKYC&sol;">https&colon;&sol;&sol;iwu&period;epfindia&period;gov&period;in&sol;eKYC&sol;<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Go to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Link UAN Aadhaar” option under &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;For EPFO member” section available on the homepage<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Provide your UAN<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>You will get an OTP on your mobile number mentioned in the UAN<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Enter the OPT and upon successful verification&comma; enter your Aadhaar card details<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Choose Aadhaar verification method using biometric<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>A registered biometric device will capture your biometric details<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>After verification of the same&comma; your Aadhaar will be linked to UAN and Aadhaar details will be matched<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<h2><strong>Linking through OTP on the e-KYC portal of Employee Provident Fund Organization<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Below are the steps to link Aadhaar with UAN using one-time password facility on the e-KYC portal of EPFO&colon;-<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<li>Go to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;iwu&period;epfindia&period;gov&period;in&sol;eKYC&sol;">https&colon;&sol;&sol;iwu&period;epfindia&period;gov&period;in&sol;eKYC&sol;<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Click on &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;for EPFO members” option and then on &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Link UAN Aadhaar” option in the sub-menu<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Fill in your UAN<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>You will then receive a one-time password on your UAN registered mobile number<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Input the OTP<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Upon successful verification&comma; fill in your Aadhaar card details in the column assigned to it<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Choose the appropriate Aadhaar verification method &lpar;mobile or email based OTP&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Another OTP will be sent to Aadhaar-registered mobile number and email<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>After verification of the same&comma; your Aadhaar will be linked to UAN and the Aadhaar details will be matched<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In addition to this&comma; there is also an offline method to link Aadhaar with UAN&period; The EPFO in partnership with the Common Service Centre &lpar;CSC&rpar; has developed an Aadhaar seeding application&period; The Common Service Centers are front end service delivery points established in rural areas to deliver government and private services&period; For the Aadhaar-UAN linking&comma; a provident fund member can reach any of the EPFO or the CSC center with his Aadhaar card and UAN for easy linking of both&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><strong>How is linking Aadhaar with UAN Beneficial&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Though government does not mandate people to link Aadhaar with UAN&comma; but for the personal convenience and benefit&comma; people must get the linking done&period; It helps them keep a track of their PF account by knowing the course of action taking place in the PF account&period; Also&comma; it will give you a complete detail of your finances for better retirement planning&period; Plus&comma; provident fund settlement also becomes smoother if you link Aadhaar with UAN&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Documents required at UAN KYC portal<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The Employee Provident Fund Organization has precisely mentioned 8 essential documents needed for KYC compliance listed as follows&colon;-<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<li>Ration Card<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Voter ID Card&comma; or the Election Card<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Driving License<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Passport<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Aadhaar Card<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>PAN Card or the Permanent Account Number<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Bank Account Number along with the IFSC code<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>National Population Register &lpar;NPR&rpar; or the identity database preserved by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Conclusion&colon;<&sol;strong> Making the claim settlement process digitalized and much simple than before is what the EPFO has done recently in a major move&period; It has also eliminated the attestation done by the previous employer during the PF claim settlement process&period; With all these amendments&comma; EPFO is simply trying to ease the PF disbarment process that was otherwise hectic and annoying sometimes&period; It has also established a Grievance Redressal Procedure wherein people can raise complaints&comma; issues and queries related to provident fund&period; Linking Aadhaar with UAN&comma; PF disbursement process becomes much more convenient and less time taking&period; So by now if you have not linked your Aadhaar with UAN&comma; it is advised to join the league now and avail good many benefits that will certainly make your life simpler&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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