PF Account Merge Online: If you are a PF account holder and you have two or more accounts, then you should merge the PF account. The process of merging PF accounts is easy and can be completed online from the comfort of your home. After merging PF accounts into one (PF Account Merge Online), the interest money received will be more.
Apart from this, if you merge your PF accounts, then you will not need to do repeated login or updation work for different accounts. Also your time will be saved. Apart from EPFO office, you can also merge two accounts into one through online method sitting at home.
Why is it important to merge PF accounts?
If you join a job in a new company and give your old UAN number, then your old account may not be linked under the new account. This means that the amount deposited in the old account will not be credited to the new account. In such a situation, merger of PF account is necessary to add the old fund to the new account.
How to link two or more EPF accounts
First of all one has to go to the official portal of EPFO unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in. Now select One Member One EPF Account under the online service. Your personal information will appear on the screen, giving information about both your accounts. You will need to authenticate the old or new employer to link the old account with the new account.
Enter your old member ID, old PF account number and old UAN and then click on the tab to get the details. Now proceed by entering the OTP, your request will be submitted. The old account will be merged with the new account after approval from the present employer.
pf account gets closed in so many days
If money is not being deposited or withdrawn in your PF account for a long time, then according to EPFO it will be closed after 36 months. EPFO will keep it in non-operative category. This means that now your PF account is not active.
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