How to check PF balance online by SMS?

How to check PF balance online by SMS?

Last year, employee provident fund office (EPFO) has launched provident fund account details online. With this new initiative all employees in India can now get to know the provident fund balance online on their finger tips. How to check provident fund (PF) Balance Online or how to know the claim status in epf online? This process is very simple and you get the info in seconds.

Process on how to check Provident Fund epf Balance online by SMS

• Visit the epf online website link
• Select PF office state (e.g. Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh etc.,)
• Select the employee provident fund office (EPFO) (e.g. Chennai or Hyderabad where your PF account is operating)
• Employee provident fund no. – There would be 5 fields and first 2 fields are populated with State and City. You need to enter the information in 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th fields
• 3^rd field – Enter the establishment code.
• 4^th field – Enter the extn number and leave it blank if not applicable
• 5^th field – Enter provident fund number
• Enter the name appearing in EPF slip
• Enter your mobile no. Mobile number is recorded in provident fund account no now.
• Once you check “I agree” button and click on submit button, the details are sent to your mobile number through SMS

How to know the claim status in epf online?

If you are an EPF member/subscriber, and submitted the claim, you can check the status by following below process.

• Visit the epf online claim status page ()
• Select PF office state (e.g. Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh etc.,)
• Select the employee provident fund office (EPFO) (e.g. Chennai or Hyderabad where your PF account is operating)
• Enter the EFPO (employee provident fund office). The region code and office code would get retrieved by system automatically
• 3^rd field – enter the establishment code. It would be generally 7 digits.
• 4^th field – enter the extn code if any. The extn code would be normally 3 digits
• 5^th field – enter the provident fund number
• Click the submit button
• Status would appear online

Do you have any grievances, visit this page and submit your issue (epfgms.gov.in/homepage.aspx)

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Suresh KP is the Founder of Myinvestmentideas. He is NISM Certified - Investment Adviser and NISM Certified - Research Analyst. He has been analyzing financial markets in the last 20 years.He can be reached at suresh@myinvestmentideas.com

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