UAN Activation Universal Account Number (UAN) is an account number which is allotted to all those employees of the company who contributes in the EPF Scheme. UAN was introduced by the Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) to reduce the time and headache to handle multiple EPF Accounts. UAN is linked to all the EPF Account of the Employee, so he can manage all his accounts in one common account. UAN is an unique12 Digit Account Number which is valid till the lifetime of the employee and it never can be changed. If any employee of the company leaves the job and joins a new job then he has to give his UAN to the employer of the new company, so an employer can link the UAN to his new Employee Provident Fund (EPF) Account. If an employee does not have his UAN then he can ask his employer for the UAN. It is a responsibility of the employer of the company to generate a Universal Account Number (UAN) for all those new joinings in the company. And if any case, an employer will n...