How to Withdraw Money From Your EPF Account Online

EPF withdrawal can be done online only through the website of Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO). Employees’ Provident Fund commonly known as EPF is a mandatory contribution provident fund that provides savings, pension and insurance benefits to employees in India. All regular workers in the country are required to contribute 12 per cent of their basic salary (and dearness allowance, where applicable) to the fund every month as per the provision.
This contribution is credited to the EPF account of the employees and the entire amount contributed, along with the employer’s contribution and interest, can be withdrawn at the time of retirement. However, this money can be withdrawn even before the completion of the time period, for which there are some methods. In this article, we are telling you how you can withdraw money from your EPF account online.

How to withdraw money from EPF online

Before you start it is important for you to know that complete withdrawal from EPF account is possible only if either the employee has retired or is not in service for more than two months. EPFO has also made provision for partial withdrawal in certain circumstances like medical illness, marriage, disaster or house renovation etc.
You can check the norms for premature withdrawal in the FAQ document available on the EPFO ​​site.

1. Visit the UAN member’s e-seva portal.
2. Here enter your Universal Account Number (UAN) and Password. After that fill the CAPTCHA. Then click on the Sign in button.
3. Now click on Online Services at the top of the menu and then click on CLAIM (FORM-31,19,10C&10D) option.
4. Verify the details appearing on the online claim form.
5. After verification, enter your bank account number.
6. Now click on Verify button and then click on Yes button which is available on Certificate of Undertaking.
7. Now you are asked for Proceed for Online claim. For which you have to click on Proceed.
8. Now in this form you are asked whether you are applying for advanced PF withdrawal. In this you see a drop menu titled- ‘Purpose for which advance is required’. The purpose of this is to know from you the reason for which you want to withdraw. You can choose the reason from this menu.
9. Now enter the amount you want to withdraw in the text box. After that fill your email address in the Employee Address section.
10. Click on Certificate and then submit your application.

After submission, the EPFO ​​site may ask you to submit the scanned copies of the documents which you have filled for withdrawal. Now this application requires you to get verified from the employer. This process may take 15 to 20 days to get the amount in your bank account.