EPF opens applications for i-Citra withdrawal

KUALA LUMPUR: Members of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) below age 55 years may apply for the i-Citra withdrawal starting today (July 12), three days earlier than scheduled.

EPF in press statement yesterday said applications can be made via icitra.kwsp.gov.my.

“To ease the online-only application process, members must ensure that their mobile phone number matches the one in EPF’s record to receive a One-Time Password (OTP), in addition to having an active bank account to receive the payment.

“Eligible members are allowed to withdraw up to a maximum of RM5,000 subject to the total combined balance in both Accounts 1 and 2,” it said.

EPF said the approved withdrawal amount will be paid for a period of up to five months, with a fixed monthly payment of RM1,000 per month, subject to savings balance.

The first payment is expected to be credited into the respective members’ bank accounts from August.

The i-Citra withdrawal was introduced following the announcement of the National People’s Wellbeing and Economic Recovery Package (Pemulih) by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on June 28, 2021, as a temporary relief measure to help EPF members tide over the economic impact from the Covid-19 pandemic.

For further information on i-Citra and its application guideline, members may refer to the EPF’s official communication channels, its website at www. kwsp.gov.my, or call the i-Citra Hotline at 03-89224848.