wrong birthdate on unemployment app!!

[Rukh O'Rorke]

typo - no app is held up.

is there any way to fix? No phone calls going through, no way to edit personal information - that you yourself input? - online?

this is in illinois - any tips? how to address? 

[bean29]

I wonder if it matters?  I don't think I have to verify the employee's birthdate as an employer.  Maybe they don't verify it?

Did you lose your job?  I know it was a possibility.  Yikes.  I am sorry you are going through this.

Eta:   I am in Wisconsin though.

[Rukh O'Rorke]

not for me, thank you.

claim can't go through because year of birth was 2019

[NastyWoman]

Did you lose your job Ruhk? Sorry to hear that

[Rukh O'Rorke]

no not for me! thank you @nastywoman!

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I was wondering the same thing about your job, Rukh.  I guess you are asking for a friend. 

[jelloshots4all]

[quote source="/post/3127815/thread" author="Rukh O'Rorke" timestamp="1588709653"]not for me, thank you.

claim can't go through because year of birth was 2019 [img src="https://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff155/JiminiChristmas/ymamsmiles/sad.png"]

[/quote]You will need to have the person fix it.  If entered 2019, not eligible.  I believe SSN is more important, but that date will be a huge red flag!  Could look like fraud

[Rukh O'Rorke]

May 5, 2020 16:28:16 GMT -5 jelloshots4all said:

May 5, 2020 15:14:13 GMT -5 @rukh said:

not for me, thank you.

claim can't go through because year of birth was 2019

You will need to have the person fix it.  If entered 2019, not eligible.  I believe SSN is more important, but that date will be a huge red flag!  Could look like fraud

this is for DD. there is no ability to make the change online, can't delete account and start over, and they are not taking calls at the number you are suppose to call about it. Seems a simple fix if only she could send an email - seems there should have been a data verification in account creation - but no.

call this number to fix the problem.

high call volume, some messaging and automatic disconnect for phone.

[jelloshots4all]

Doesyour unemployment website have a help desk or FAQ section?  Electronic help desk I mean

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May 5, 2020 18:40:21 GMT -5 Rukh O'Rorke said:

May 5, 2020 16:28:16 GMT -5 jelloshots4all said:

You will need to have the person fix it.  If entered 2019, not eligible.  I believe SSN is more important, but that date will be a huge red flag!  Could look like fraud

this is for DD. there is no ability to make the change online, can't delete account and start over, and they are not taking calls at the number you are suppose to call about it. Seems a simple fix if only she could send an email - seems there should have been a data verification in account creation - but no.

call this number to fix the problem.

high call volume, some messaging and automatic disconnect for phone.

Good luck. I applied on 3/15 in Oregon. Found out today I have to apply in CA since that's where I had income in 2018... CA has no way to apply. The phone doesn't take calls and the website is so overloaded it doesn't function. 

I gave up. I'll pass on the income at this point.

This is why people are going back to work. No one is getting UI or that magical $600 a week millions of us are legally entitled to claim. It's insanity.

[jelloshots4all]

Look at the hours on the website and try to job on first thing in the morning.  I think ours opens at 6a.  The process sucks!  I know they are overwhelmed and my state is hiring workers to respond to the demand.  The Fed $600 started this week and we are supposed to get retroactive pay of that $600

[countrygirl2]

My tenant has sat on the phone for 4 hours and 6 hours with no progress. One time disconnected on a transfer, next time no answer.  What a mess, I don't know many people, but the few I have talked to or heard about have gotten nothing. Yes, I can understand people desperate to go back to work, and they are trying to make people believe its going out. To whom??

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May 6, 2020 20:00:42 GMT -5 countrygirl2 said:

My tenant has sat on the phone for 4 hours and 6 hours with no progress. One time disconnected on a transfer, next time no answer.  What a mess, I don't know many people, but the few I have talked to or heard about have gotten nothing. Yes, I can understand people desperate to go back to work, and they are trying to make people believe its going out. To whom??

At some point, perhaps after this next wave of mass infection, I think lower income people will revolt against this bullshit.

Oregon is STILL not even processing self-employment/1099 claims. They just deny everyone I have talked to. It's insanity.

I'm done trying. The cash would be nice, but I don't need it and it wastes TONS of time trying to get it.

This didn't have to be this way. But, when the leaders of the country see lower wage and unemployed workers as disposable, this is what you get. Trump doesn't want people to be able to get UI because then they aren't force to go out and open up his economy so he can look good and get re-elected. This was 100000% the plan. It had to be.

[jeffreymo]

We’re in Ohio. Wife had to submit a copy of her birth certificate to verify her maiden name. The person we spoke to gave us a fax number. This of course was busy every time we tried to send it for a couple hours. I was able to find a mailing address for responses so we mailed it there, and it took 4 days to process.

I’ve heard that many states are running their unemployment programs on outdated systems or are attempting to modernize them on the fly. In Ohio it seems that much of the process is online, however, every document online has been mailed as well so we have a hard copy of every digital correspondence and that includes the new claimant handbook.

I’d search their website to see if they have a “snail mail” method.

[countrygirl2]

Our tenants are getting his regular UE, finally got it last week I think it was. the max in Indiana is $380 a week is what they told me.  They are deducting his child support and taxes so they are getting $127 a week. At first they were to get nothing. And that isn't his full child support so she said when he does go back to work they will be taking more, one was to end in Sept.  For some reason they asked if they had a 401k loan?? She said they were afraid not to tell the truth so said yes.  For a few weeks they got nothing, they finally got through and the person said well you should not have said yes.  As hubs said what business of it is for that??  They did finally get that corrected as they would have gotten nothing.

I don't have the heart to tell them what I read about the stimulus checks, if they can't get it mailed to them it will just be taken care of on their tax return next year. they changed bank accounts and it won't let them enter the info in Get Payment. And they need the money now.  We are helping with food and rent, the grandparents are sending them what they can but their investments are way way down. She gets a bit of food stamps. They are getting enough to pay their utilities and internet so far, and have dropped some stuff.  This month they paid us $200, hubs had him work one day for $10 an hour so another $50 off. If he doesn't work next week hubs is going to let him work the other $200 off.  The grandparents sent them another $200, I told them keep it and they are getting their license plates renewed and oil changes.  I don't want them to feel like they have to tell me where every dollar is going. They have thanked us and thanked us. I told her keep it to herself, noone else needs to know.  This is anonymous so no one here knows them.  We helped another, if this continues I think more will need it.  We were able to pay all our insurance on properties for the next year and first half of taxes.  I will pay the second half one a month as that isn't due till November, so long as some pay we won't have to take personal money out. Hubs wants to finish the house and rent soon. I want to wait until August or September to hopefully pass the worst of this and not end up with a new tenant that can't pay. Far as I'm concerned Dec is soon enough, just need to rent it this year for tax purposes and we will. I feel fortunate that we can help and its not us that are in need. But I don't think this is going to end soon. He works for a parts supplier for new cars and I don't see them building new cars for awhile. 

[Rukh O'Rorke]

chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/05/13/illinoisans-applying-for-unemployment-benefits-keep-getting-locked-out-due-to-minor-mistakes/


seems to be a systemic problem....