My first basic salary was more than 15k, but my employer PF consultants started contributing to EPS by mentioning EPS wages to Rs 15K. I raised a request to correct it through joint declaration and form 3-A. The PF consultants and Accounts team is saying that everything is Ok. Please help me about what can be done next.
Hi everyone,
I am facing an absolute nightmare with an EPF transfer from an exempted private trust to my current employer's PF account, and I desperately need guidance on what to do next.
Here is the situation and current state of affairs:
The Core Issue: I initiated an online transfer request from my previous private trust employer Member ID to my present PF account.
The Zero-Balance Error: The field office processed and marked the claim as accepted, but the Net Amount Transferred was ₹0, completely trapping my lifetime accumulation.
The Portal Lockout: Because the claim was marked as settled/closed at zero balance, the system has completely unmapped and detached my old employment history from my UAN. When I try to check or re-initiate, the portal throws an error stating no previous employment details are found. Furthermore, I cannot raise a new online grievance because my previous grievance was disposed of without resolution, telling me to coordinate directly with the Regional Office.
The Corporate/EPFO Deadlock: Both sides are playing ping-pong. The EPFO field office claims it's driven entirely by the exempted corporate trust, while the trust checks their active queue, finds nothing (because the claim is closed/unmapped), and claims no record exists. Meanwhile, they expect me to physically travel from Bengaluru to Mumbai to sort it out—which is completely impossible given my acute health issues.
My Questions to the Community:
Submitted 2 claims on 23rd July to transfer all the balances to the last employer (who I had also left a few years ago).
After almost a month, 1 has been rejected. And as you can see, no reason was given. Checked the passbook portal but it just says 'This module is unavailable' under claims.
Any idea how do I figure this out and what the next steps should be if they have not presented a reason for the rejection?
I raised an advance claim on 14th July. It said processing but again went back to claim submitted at portal today.
The grievance portal does not let me submit and throws error when I submit and closes off.
I raised a grievance at Citizen portal on 16th August but turn around time is 21 days.
The PF ACCOUNT is for Bangalore central.
What can I do to get it settled, the customer care number 14470 takes me to IVR and disconnects, was able to reach them twice and they just mention server down.
So I had submitted the Form 31 claim yesterday afternoon.
I had selected "Housing related needs" as the category. But in this subreddit, I see "illness" category selected by those who received fast payout.
Is this accurate and would my processing be lower in comparison to illness category as a result?
TIA!
I am just ranting because I feel like slapping a wall right now. I know nothing can be done immediately, but the sheer frustration with the EPFO (Provident Fund) and ITR (Income Tax Return) refund process is breaking my patience.
Think about the irony:
⏳ The Reality of "Our" Money:
If you can take it on time, you must return it on time. Not next year.
Written by Claude, as it had all my timelines, so I asked for a summary
TL;DR: EPFiGMS + emails to the regional office = no response. CPGRAMS = escalated all the way to the zonal level and got the claim settled within days.
Total: 37 days start to finish, but once I moved to CPGRAMS (11-Aug), it was resolved in 6 days (17-Aug), with the bank credit landing 2 days after that
Happy to answer general process questions — won't be sharing personal claim details.
I raised pf amount transfer from wipro limited to Accenture. It's been 2 months. But there is no update . It's pending with filed office. How long does it takes or I need to raise any grievance ? Getting error while raising grivinance.
Housing related needs, pending for over 40 days Bengaluru Central. Raised CPGRAMS complaint also no help. Tried calling again with no one to answer. Weren't we supposed to make the process faster ?
I just got a text from EPFO asking me to take a course to get my second 7.5k installment. How does that make any sense? It's literally cut from my salary and now I have to do this extra BS to get my own money back? I swear no other country has this requirement for corporate employees to get returns from a provident fund.
If anyone knows how long this course is or has any details about it let me know.
anyone submitted form 31 withdrwal on 17th and got approved ?
if not please comment your status as mine is "claim is under processing" in Mumbai powai office.
so if it will be late will raising grievance help in faster process ?
I applied for my EPFO Form 10C (Pension Withdrawal Benefit) claim on 10 June 2026. Today, 19 August 2026, it has been 70 days, and the claim status is still showing “Under Process.” I haven't received any rejection, clarification, or update so far. Has anyone else recently experienced such a long delay with Form 10C? If yes, how long did it take for your claim to get processed?
Should I wait longer, or is there anything I can do to escalate/check the status? Any advice or recent experience would be appreciated.
I raised an EPFO claim to transfer my PF balance from an Exempted PF Account to a Non-Exempted PF Account
It has now been over a month, but the claim status is still showing “Pending at Field Office.” The transferred amount is also not reflecting in my new PF account.
I also raised a grievance with EPFO
The grievance was disposed of with a response stating that the claim was settled on 23 June 2026. However, despite this, the claim status still shows “Pending at Field Office”, and there is no credit/transfer of the amount in my new PF account.
Has anyone faced a similar situation with EPFO transfer from an Exempted to Non-Exempted establishment?
What should I do next to get this resolved? Should I raise another grievance, contact the regional PF office directly, or wait further?
Any guidance from someone who has gone through a similar EPFO transfer would be appreciated.
Hi all , I raised a claim - illness form 31 on August 7 th and it’s still under process . Is anyone else facing this issue as mostly i can see now they are approving fast.
Hi folks,
So basically i have raised a form 31 claim on 31st July which got approved on 18th August.
Today when I checked the passbook balance, I could see the claim amount was deducted from pf balance yesterday and the credit entry for this month contribution got updated today.
My concern is I haven't received my amount yet. When can i expect it since the passbook was debited as well yesterday
Edit: Received the amount at 4.30 pm today. Sharing the complete timeline of the status
Here's the complete timeline
1st claim raised on 5th July
1st claim approved on 21st July
Passbook updated on 27th July
Money credited on 28th july
2nd claim raised on 31st July
Claim approved on 18th August
Passbook debited on 18th August
Amount credited on 19th August
For both of my claims, i have raised several escalation just to move it forward
Epfigms
CPGrams
Pmopg
Dpg
RTI
Sharing so that it might help someone
Hi everyone,
Need some advice regarding my father's EPS pension. This has been stuck since December 2025.
He has multiple employment records, including around 18 years of EPS service (1998–2016). His final employment was from 2018–2023.
We applied for EPS Superannuation Pension (Form 10D), but EPFO said the old EPS service needs to be transferred to the final account through Form 13 before the pension can be processed.
The problem is that the online Form 13 isn't working because there are no current EPF contributions. The physical/employer route is also not practical.
There is also a 2016–2018 employment record where the Date of Leaving was never updated, and that company has since closed.
Has anyone dealt with a similar old EPS service/Form 13 case?
Looking for practical advice from someone who has actually gone through this. Thanks!
In my epfo passbook, last two months enteries are not showing and even previous all entries showing that pf is deposited on 1st of every month. Before recent updates, deposit dates were used to be 13 or 14 of every month. Is anyone else facing same issue.
Many of us saw that the service history module was down for a couple of days. Yesterday the module was up but I see that the delinked company is showing up in service history, are you also experiencing the same problem?
