Details of previous account are different than present account. Hence claim request cannot be processed.
Where it appears: The EPFO member portal, when you submit an online transfer request (Online Services → One Member – One EPF Account).
Written by Shobhit Kesarwani · Updated
- What it means
- Your personal details on the old Member ID don't match the ones on your current Member ID.
- The fix
- Find which detail differs, correct the wrong record so both match, then submit the transfer again.
- Get help when
- The old employer won't approve a correction, or it has closed.
I never ask for your OTP, UAN password or bank login.
What it means
Before an online transfer, EPFO compares the member details on your previous and present accounts. If they don't agree, the portal refuses the transfer request with this message.
Why it happens
- Your name is spelt differently in the two records.
- Your date of birth differs.
- Your father's or husband's name, or gender, differs.
What you can do yourself (free, on the EPFO portal)
Everything in this list is done on EPFO's own portal or with your employer, and none of it needs a paid agent. I never ask for your OTP, UAN password or bank login, and nobody else should either.
- Ask both employers' HR (or check your old payslips) for the name, date of birth and father's name held on each Member ID.
- Decide which record is wrong. Both should match Aadhaar.
- Correct the wrong record through the member portal's details-correction route, or through that employer.
- When both records match, submit the online transfer again.
When it needs help
- The previous employer has closed or won't approve the correction.
- Several details differ, not just one.
- Your transfer has been stuck for months.
Which guide covers it
The fix route for this message is in PF transfer stuck.
PF transfer stuck
The practical resolution path for blocked transfers.
Read the guide →Name in EPFO differs from Aadhaar
How the details correction works.
Read the guide →Who this page doesn't help
If the transfer was accepted and is only waiting, see "Accepted by Employer Pending at Field Office". If the transfer finished but service history is missing, see transfer complete, service history missing.
Sources
Official EPFO and government pages:
Where the exact wording comes from: several members' independent reports of the message, which agree on the text.
- YouTube: "Details of previous account are different than present account. Hence claim request cannot be processed"
- Quora: transfer shows "details of previous account are different than present account"
- HR Cabin: details of previous account are different than present account
- CA Club India forum: the same transfer error
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Questions people ask about this message
Which details does EPFO compare?
The message doesn't say. In practice, check name, date of birth, father's or husband's name and gender on both records.
Can my new employer fix the old record?
Usually not. The correction goes against the record that is wrong, through the member portal or that record's employer.
Other EPFO messages, explained
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