File weekly claim for Arizona Unemployment Benefits on AZUI.gov

Are you a resident of Arizona? Do you want to file your unemployment benefits? Visit the AZUI.Gov website as it is the right place for this purpose. This is the official website of Arizona Government and the Department of Economic Security. AZUI stands for Arizona Unemployment Insurance, a service which allows the residents of Arizona to file for weekly claims in any case they lose their job. If you are considered as an eligible person for these benefits, then you can receive unemployment payments for up to 26 weeks. If you are currently unemployed resident of Arizona, then you must check out this site.

At this site you can apply for federal emergency compensation, unemployment insurance benefits, as well as you can file for extension of your benefits or your weekly unemployment benefits online. You can also reset your personal identification number (PIN), view your UI claim information and appeal a recent Arizona UI decision. This web portal supplies details about weekly claims, how to calculate your weekly benefits, eligibility details, information for new applicants, facts about filing for federal benefit extensions, facts about Electronic Payment Card (EPC), and payment information. The site also provide assistance in case of missed filing, if you want to reset your PIN or change your address, in case of a problem involving no record of you having a social security number, and you can get assistance if you have paid your UI benefits but still you have a zero EPC balance. You can get access to important & useful information for getting unemployment benefits, for instance: scam warnings, email alert, unemployment insurance fraud convictions, etc. As well, the site provides contact information for the unemployment office.

Apply for Unemployment Insurance Benefits

There are 2 ways to apply for UI Benefits; one is through telephone (ARRA) and other is through internet (egov.azdes.gov/ders/ea/uiclaims/).

1. ARRA is a short form for the Arizona Re-employment Rapid Access; it is the telephone method by which you can file an Arizona claim for your Unemployment Insurance Benefits. It is an interactive voice response system based on computer and you can use it with only a touch-tone telephone, as well you can select option from English or Spanish for instructions. 1-877-600-2722 is the toll free number, 602-364-2722 is the telephone number for Phoenix area and 520-791-2722 is the telephone number for Tucson area for ARRA.
2. For online application, visit the site AZUI.com and click on “Apply for UI Benefits or Federal Extensions” located under the Online Services section of Unemployment Benefits, otherwise go directly on egov.azdes.gov/ders/ea/uiclaims/ to submit your unemployment application. You can do application for Arizona UI benefits from 8:00am to 4:00pm Monday to Friday.

Eligibility requirements for unemployment benefits

• Residency of Arizona is compulsory, but you will be also eligible if you are not a resident of Arizona but worked in Arizona at your most recent job
• You must be working and earning income in Arizona
• You must be able to work
• You must be vigorously seeking a new job
• You must have lost your employment without any mistake of your own

Information required for filing an initial application for benefits

• Applicant’s mailing address, city, state and ZIP code
• Social Security Number of Applicant
• Arizona State Issued ID or Arizona Driver's License (not compulsory)
• The last day you worked instantly before filing your UI application
• The names, phone numbers, and addresses of your every employer for the last 18 months
• Your union hall’s name and local number, if applicable
• If you are released from the military in recent 18 months, then Copy # 4 of your DD Form
• If you are employed in Federal Civilian service in previous 18 months, then form SF 50 or SF 8
• If you received payment for unused holiday leave, sick or vacation, payment for severance or dismissal, or payment for military accrued leave, then the amount and date when it was paid to you
• If you are receiving a pension excluding Social Security, then the monthly benefit amount and the starting date of the pension
• If you are not a citizen of the US, then your Alien Registration Number

There are further steps and requirements you have to take into consideration after completion of your application for UI Benefits. Firstly, to understand your responsibilities and rights is very important. You can found the Information about what is needed and what you can expect to take place after your application for Benefits. This information gives important details about what comes next in the Unemployment Benefits process. This additional information related to your UI program & claim will be mailed to you via the US Postal Service. You have to fulfill the outlined requirements; otherwise your benefits will be denied or delayed.

File for Weekly Claims

You can use this weekly claim filing process to authenticate that you were unemployed during the week and you are qualified to get benefit payments. There is a requirement of certifying your eligibility at every week when you want to get a benefit payment.

For the filing of weekly claims, you must have applied for UI Benefits and have an existing Arizona Unemployment Insurance Claim with a fiscal balance. You can file your weekly claim between Sunday and Friday 12:01am to 6:00pm after applying for the UI Benefits.

There is a requirement of filing a weekly claim at each week and all weeks must be filed in sequence, without a skip. Albeit you are not eligible for a specific week, you should certify the week if you want to keep on making weekly claims for benefit payments. If you skip any week, you will not be capable of filing your weekly claim by phone or Internet and you will require contacting the AZ Unemployment Insurance Call Center.

Information required to File Weekly Claims

1. PIN: A PIN is needed for filing weekly claims whether you file by phone or online. If you are filing the weekly claim for the first time, you will be asked to choose a permanent PIN. It will be your own, secret number to verify your identity when you file future weekly claims and to get payment information.
2. Reporting Wages: You will be required to report earnings of your work in week even if you do not get yet your payment yet. When you get payment, if the amount is different from the amount you reported for that week, instantly contact the AZ Unemployment Insurance Call Center.

You can file Weekly claims for UI benefits through internet (egov.azdes.gov/ders/ea/uicontinuedclaims/) or by telephone using Telephone Information and Payment System (TIPS). To file Weekly claims by telephone; 1-877-766-8477 is the toll free number, 602-417-3800 is the telephone number for Phoenix area and 520-884-8477 is the telephone number for Tucson area. If you want to file your weekly claim online, go on AZUI.com and click on “File Your Weekly UI Claims” located under the Online Services section of Unemployment Benefits, otherwise go directly on egov.azdes.gov/ders/ea/uicontinuedclaims/.

If you want to View UI Claim Information or Reset Personal Identification Number (PIN), then go on same site egov.azdes.gov/ders/ea/uicontinuedclaims/.  You can view your UI claim information including claim status, remaining balance, unresolved issues, information about weeks claimed and processed, and disqualifications.

Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC)

Qualified individuals will be provided with EUC benefits of up to 53 weeks by federal government. Your regular Maximum Benefit Award (MBA) will decide your eligible number of weeks.

The criteria for EUC eligibility

• Your benefit year has terminated and you have not got adequate earnings to be eligible for a new regular claim against Arizona, or any other state, or Canada, or
• You have tired your UI claim’s all regular benefits.

When coming to the eligibility requirements for EUC, they are similar to the requirements which are applied to the receipt of regular benefits. You can apply for EUC by Internet, by Phone, or by using the Paper Application. Online application and telephone application is same as for regular benefits. For paper application, download the application 57 KB PDF which is mailed to you when your regular UI claim’s final payment has been processed.

If you are eligible for EUC and you filed for it, you will get letter of monetary entitlement (EUC Wage Statement) that indicate the amount which you are entitled. The amount of weekly benefit for EUC will remain identical to the regular claim. The EUC program is divided in 4 tiers and you are required to exhaust benefits of one tier before next tier’s payments can be made.

• Tier 1: Up to 20 weeks of EUC
• Tier 2: Up to further 14 weeks of EUC when Tier 1 benefits expire
• Tier 3: Up to further 13 weeks of EUC when Tier 2 benefits expire
• Tier 4: Up to further 6 weeks of EUC when Tier 3 benefits expire

EUC money will be added in to your claim after exhausting of each Tier. You will get a new wage statement each time when EUC money will be added to your balance.

Visit the official site AZUI.com to get the detailed information about all the benefits provided by the site.

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