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UAN Lookup API

Resolve the EPFO Universal Account Number linked to a mobile number or PAN, so employment-history checks can start even when the candidate does not know their UAN.

Response
Real-time
Inputs
0 required · 2 optional
Consent
Recorded per request
Billing
Per successful call
POST /v1/uan-lookup
Sandbox · Production
  1. Your application sends

    • Mobile number
    • PAN
  2. emver API

    Validates the request, queries the source, normalises the answer and logs the call. Billed only on success.

  3. Verified with

    Authoritative source

  4. You receive

    • Linked UANs
    • Name on record
uan-lookup Full reference
Overview

What the UAN Lookup API does

Send a mobile number or PAN. The API returns the linked UAN(s) and the name on record, ready to pass into Employment History (EPFO).

Consent is part of the contract

The candidate must consent to the employment check; emver records the consent with the request.

Benefits

Why teams use the UAN Lookup API

Find a person's Universal Account Number from their mobile or PAN.

No UAN, no problem

Start EPFO checks from a phone number.

Multiple UANs surfaced

A signal for dual employment or unmerged accounts.

Use cases

Where it's called

Where the UAN Lookup API is typically called, and what it settles there.

Pre-employment screening

First step of the employment package.

Dual employment detection

More than one active UAN is a red flag.

How it works

Four steps, one response envelope

Request and response details, environments and a ready-to-import collection are in the developer console.

  1. 01

    Authenticate

    Call with your organisation API key. Sandbox and production use the same contract.

  2. 02

    Send the inputs

    as a JSON body. Optional fields sharpen the match.

  3. 03

    We verify at source

    emver queries the authoritative record, normalises the answer and logs the request.

  4. 04

    Act on the result

    A verification status plus the fields listed above, in the same response envelope as every other API.

Privacy and security built in

Consent recorded · Payloads not retained beyond your retention window · Every request traceable

FAQ

UAN Lookup API: frequently asked questions

What teams ask before adding the UAN Lookup API to their integration.

PAN resolves more reliably; mobile depends on the number being registered with EPFO.

Related

APIs that run alongside it

Usually called with the UAN Lookup API, on the same key.

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