UAN verification
Confirm employment dates and employer names against the EPFO record behind a candidate's Universal Account Number, and see a second employer in the same period before you hire one.
What a UAN check confirms
Every salaried employee's provident fund contributions sit under one Universal Account Number, issued by EPFO and carried across employers for life. That makes it a statutory record of who actually paid into a candidate's account, and when, independent of what any one employer chooses to confirm. Where the dates a candidate declares and the dates EPFO holds do not agree, that is worth knowing before an offer, not after.
That the number is valid and belongs to the candidate.
Every establishment that has contributed to the account, as EPFO holds it.
Contribution date ranges for each employer, set against the dates the candidate declared.
A second employer contributing during a period declared as full time elsewhere, the clearest signal that dual employment is happening.
Periods with no contribution from any employer, set against declared gaps rather than assumed to mean the same thing.
The EPFO establishment code for each employer, which confirms it is a registered entity rather than a name on a CV.
Sources. The EPFO member portal against the UAN, and EPFO establishment records for each employer that has contributed. The response is annexed to the case exactly as EPFO returned it.
What UAN adds, and what it does not
UAN and an employer-confirmed employment check answer different questions. Most roles need both.
UAN and EPFO contribution history
What EPFO's own record shows, without depending on a former employer answering the phone.
- Employer names and establishment status, straight from EPFO.
- Contribution dates for every employer on the account.
- Overlapping contributions, which is where dual employment shows up.
- Survives an employer that has shut down, since the record sits with EPFO, not the company.
Employer-confirmed verification
What EPFO's record does not carry, confirmed directly with HR.
- Designation and title, which EPFO does not record.
- Reason for leaving, as the employer states it.
- Rehire eligibility, often the most useful line in the file.
- A direct answer where UAN data is thin, such as very recent joiners.
How it works
Four steps, run against a statutory record rather than an inbox.
The candidate consents and provides their UAN, or the details needed to locate it.
The full service history under that UAN, employer by employer, pulled from the EPFO member portal.
Dates and employer names set against what the candidate told you, with any overlap flagged.
The finding, with the EPFO response annexed to the case.
Checks that run alongside it
Dates, designation and exit status confirmed with the former employer, alongside the UAN cross-check.
Employment check Moonlighting checkWhat a second employer's contribution in the same period means, and how to act on it.
Moonlighting check IdentityName, date of birth and photograph matched against Aadhaar, PAN, Voter ID and Driving Licence records.
Identity check