EPFO Circular-Removal of uploading cheque image and Employer approval for seeding UAN with account

To faciliatte the speedy settlement of claims filed online and to reduce the rejection of claims die to reason of non-uploading of the image of cheque leaf/attested bank passbook while filing claims online, the EPFO HO vide Circular WSU/IssueOfBKG/E-49885/2024-25/16 dated 03.04.2025 stated that it has been decided that members shall not be required to upload the image of cheque leaf / attested bank passbook at the time of filing a claim provided the bank account seeded with UAN is validated by concerned bank / NPCI with effect from the date of the Circular. Further there shall not be requirement of approval of employer in the bank account seeding process henceforth. All request pending for bank KYC seeding at employer level will be auto-approved following the verification process from Bank / NPCI.

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