How to apply for unemployment insurance in California

Many people can benefit from unemployment insurance while they are looking for a job. Unemployment insurance can help pay for basic living expenses and prevent you from getting stressed out in your time periods without a job. This article talks about how to get unemployment insurance in California.

Instructions

1. For more information about unemployment insurance, visit www.edd.ca.gov. Unemployment insurance pays $40 to $450 a week depending on your past quarterly income. And it pays up to 26 weeks. After the 26 weeks and if you still didn't find a job, you can contact EDD and show prove that you have enrolled in adult school. They will give you an additional 12 more weeks of unemployment insurance.

2. Before applying, have the following information ready:
   1. your name, address, telephone number, SSN, and birthday
   2. the reason why you apply for unemployment insurance
   3. your last employer's information such as name, address, telephone number and the last day worked.
   4. You will also have to either provide your alien registration number or your citizen status to receive unemployment insurance.

3. You can apply online; follow the link below to the page.

4. You can also apply via the phone. They have multi-language service, here is the telephone numbers below:

   English 1-800-300-5616
   Spanish 1-800-326-8937
   Cantonese 1-800-547-3506
   Mandarin 1-866-303-0706
   Vietnamese 1-800-547-2058
   TTY 1-800-815-9387

5. After you applied either online or by telephone, it takes up to 10 days to process. If you did not get any notification in the mail, then you should contact them via one of their phone numbers.

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