How to Verify Employment via UAN (EPFO)

The EPFO Universal Account Number (UAN) is the single thread that ties a salaried employee's provident-fund accounts across every job they have held. That makes it one of the cleanest ways to verify employment and income signals for lending, background checks and tenant screening.

Step 1 — Find the UAN

You rarely start with the UAN itself. You can resolve it from the employee's mobile number (Mobile to UAN) or from their PAN (PAN to UAN):

POST https://api.bilapi.com/v1/mobile-to-uan
X-Bilapi-Api-Key: <your_api_key>
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "mobile_number": "9876543210"
}

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "pf_uan": "101667814011"
  }
}

Step 2 — Pull the employment history

With the UAN, the Employment History API returns the list of employers, member IDs and joining/exit dates — and can deliver a downloadable PDF report for your file.

• Employer names across the career.
• Member IDs and establishment details.
• Joining and exit dates per employer.
• A downloadable, optionally branded PDF report.

Where it is used

• Lending — confirm stable employment and tenure before a personal or salary loan.
• Background verification — validate a candidate's claimed work history.
• Tenant and gig onboarding — a quick employment signal.