PF Account Date Of Birth Correction: Wrong date of birth in PF account can get your claim stuck. With this process, you can correct the date of birth sitting at home.
All the employed people in India have PF accounts. Which is operated by Employee Provident Fund Organization i.e. EPFO. Every month 12% of the salary is deposited in this account.
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Apart from the employees, the company also contributes to this PF account. The government gives a good amount of interest on the amount deposited in the PF account. If needed, you can withdraw the money deposited in this account.
It has been seen many times that people register wrong date of birth in their PF account. Due to which there is difficulty in operating the account. And when you withdraw money, then your claim can also get stuck. Therefore it is better to get it corrected.
EPFO has set some rules for changing the date of birth. According to the rules, if your date of birth is wrongly recorded, if you want to get it corrected, then there should be a gap of less than 3 years between the correct date of birth and the previously recorded date of birth.
But if the gap is more than this, then you have to attach supporting documents for this. In which you can attach Aadhar card, school or college certificate, passport, driving license and medical certificate and any document of service record of central or state government.
To change the date of birth
- First you have to go to the official website of EPFO unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in/memberinterface /.
- Then you have to go to the ‘Manage’ section and click on the option of ‘Basic Details’.
- After this, you will get the option to enter the new date of birth in front of the old date of birth.
- Here you have to enter the correct date of birth.
- Then click on the check box.
- After this, an OTP will come on your registered mobile number, enter it.
- Your new date of birth will be updated.
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