What is Form 19 in PF?

Hi there,

Whether you are a new employee or an old one, you must know what is form 19 in PF. We all tend to know about PF and its benefits, but we don't generally know about form 19 in PF. I came to know about it just recently when I wanted to withdraw my PF balance for a personal errand. 

As we all know, the Employee Provident Fund or EPF is a retirement scheme of the government for every private or public sector employee of India through which some amount of the salary is contributed by the employee and a similar amount is contributed by the employer in PF. So, what is form 19 in PF? It is a form that must be filled and submitted while withdrawing the PF amount at the time of retirement or whenever an employee wishes to withdraw it.

Apart from that Form 19 is used when an employee wants to withdraw pension benefits at the time of retirement or when you leave a job and also to get a non-refundable advance from PF which is a withdrawal that can be done during the employment under certain conditions.

Follow the steps to fill a form 19 in PF online.

Visit the official website of EPF Member Portal at

1. Sign in by entering your UAN, password, and captcha code.

2. Under the section of ‘Online Services’ choose the ‘Claim Form- 31, 19, 10C, 10D’ option

3. Post this, a form will appear with all your basic details auto-filled in it.

4. All you need to do now is verify all our bank details by entering the last 4 digits of your account number and clicking on the ‘Verify’ button.

5. After verification you are required to enter the Date of Ending (DOE) EPF, the reason for leaving, and EPS Account details.

6. Sign the ‘Certificate of Undertaking’ by clicking on the ‘Yes’ option and then choose ‘I want to apply for’ ‘Only PF Withdrawal (Form 19)’

7. Now enter your address details and choose the option of ‘Get Aadhaar OTP’

8. Enter the OTP received and submit the form

9. You will get a reference number post submission and the PF amount will be deposited in your bank account in some time.

I hope all this information from my end was helpful to you.