House Renovation PF Advance: What Documents Do I Need to Submit for Joint Property?

manjushree-ganesh
Regarding house renovation PF advance amount withdrawal for property in the name of my husband and me. The house renovation work was completed by local contractors. What documents need to be submitted at the PF office?
vmlakshminarayanan
Hi,

You should have completed 5 years of continuous service to claim partial withdrawal. Now, the physical form is not allowed. You can apply for partial withdrawal through your UAN login. No supporting documents are required. It's an easy process to get the payment. However, think before you claim as PF is your retirement savings.
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You should say whether your organization is an 'exempted' employer or administered by EPFO. If yours is 'exempted' and run by an authorized/registered EPF Trust, there could be a few changes in the procedures and documents required to process your loan/part withdrawal from your EPF account. However, you should note the following stipulations generally applicable:

PF Withdrawal Rules for Withdrawal (Part Only) Based on Purposes

For Medical Purposes:
An employee is allowed to withdraw the employee’s share with interest or six times the monthly salary (whichever is lower) from the provident fund for medical treatment purposes. It is applicable for medical treatments of self, spouse, children, and parents. There is no lock-in period or minimum service period for this type of withdrawal.

For Repaying Home Loan:
For the purpose of repaying the home loan outstanding, the member is allowed to withdraw up to 90% of the corpus if the house is registered in his or her name or held jointly. However, to withdraw the amount, at least 3 years of service completion is required.

For Wedding:
At least 7 years of service is required to be completed to be eligible for withdrawal. 50% of the employee’s contribution with interest can be withdrawn. An employee can withdraw funds for his own, siblings', or child’s marriage.

For Renovating and Reconstructing a House:
The employee can withdraw funds from his EPF account for the purpose of renovation and reconstruction.
1) The house should be held in his/her name or held jointly with the spouse.
2) The employee must complete at least 5 years of total service.
3) The member can withdraw 12 times his monthly salary from his Provident Fund account.

For Purchasing or Constructing a House:
The member can withdraw from his employee provident fund for the purpose of purchasing a plot and constructing it. The property should be registered in his or her name or held jointly with the spouse. An employee should complete a minimum of 5 years of total service. 24 times the monthly salary for purchasing a plot/36 times the monthly salary for purchasing or constructing a house or the cost of the property or the total of the employee’s and his employer’s share along with the interest amount (whichever is less) can be withdrawn. Withdrawal is allowed only after completing 5 years of service. Withdrawal for the purpose of purchasing a plot and constructing it can be done only once in the entire service tenure.

Retirement:
A person can withdraw his or her entire provident fund corpus after completing 58 years of age. The employee is allowed to withdraw up to 90% of the provident fund balance.

Unemployment:
A person can withdraw 75% of his or her provident fund if he/she is unemployed for more than a month. For unemployment of more than 2 months, the remaining 25% of the corpus can be withdrawn.
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