PF-ESI Registration Process

 

PF-ESI Registration Process

PF-ESI Registration Process

1. Sign up on the Shram Suvidha Portal

   Firstly, sign-up on the Unified Shram Suvidha Portal and a verification link will be sent to your email-id. After verifying, you will be re-directed to a new page for creating your User Id and Password. 
   (Note: Username and Password are case sensitive)
   

2. Login to your account

   Next, login to your account by using the credentials used for signing up.

3. Navigate to “Register for EPFO-ESIC”

   After logging in, go to “Register for EPFO-ESIC” and click on “Apply for New Registration”

4. List of Acts

   Next, you will be shown the following List of Acts:
   
   a. Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948
   b. Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provision Act, 1952
   
   Select the Act for which you are seeking registration. Select the Act applicable to you. If only one of the Acts are applicable, choose that Act.

5. Establishment Details

   Further, enter your:
   
   a. Establishment Name as per PAN
   b. Address of Establishment
   c. Establishment Setup Details
   d. Factory License Details, if any
   e. Start-Up registration number, if any
   f. MSME registration number, if any
   g. Lastly, enter ownership details
   
   Save draft and click on “Next”.

6. eContacts

   Next, enter the email address and mobile number of the authorised person.
   

7. Contact Persons

   Next, you are required to enter:
   
   a. Primary Manager details (if any)
   b. Primary Owner details
   
   Similarly, you can add more owners.

8. Identifiers

   Now, select any identifier from the dropdown list and fill in the details
   
   For instance, if you select “Goods and Service Tax Identification”-
   
   a. Enter GSTIN in “Identifier Value”
   b. Further, enter the name as on the GST Registration Certificate in “Name of Identifier”
   c. Thereafter, enter the date on which the GST Registration Certificate was issued in “Date of Issue”,
   d. Next, enter the name of the issuing authority in “Issued by (Authority) ”, which in case of GSTIN would be Goods and Service Tax Department
   e. Lastly, enter the place where the document was issued in “Issued at (Place)”
   

9. Employment Details

   Further, you are required to enter:
   
   a. Employee details covered under EPF Act (Note, these details are only required for EPFO registration)
   b. Total number of employees employed for wages directly and through immediate employers on the date of application (Note, these details are only required for EPFO registration)
   c. Other common details

10. Branch/ Division

    After that, enter branch/ division details, if any.

11. Activities

    Further, select the primary business activity, nature and category of work from the dropdown.

12. Attachments

    Lastly, upload the documents from the dropdown for proof of address, date of setup proof, license proof.
    
    Also, upload the specimen signature (Sample format is available on the website).
    
    Finally, upon filling all the necessary details, you will be required to attach DSC and submit the form. Then, an email will be sent on the registered email address. Moreover, you will also receive the login id and password using which you can login to EPFO and ESIC.