Are you a resident of Washington State who is interested in knowing how you can go about applying for the state’s unemployment benefits online? If your answer to that question is ‘yes’, then read on: as we will explain how you can go about applying for Washington unemployment benefits online. In Washington State, matters to do with unemployment benefits fall under an agency known as the Employment Security Department (ESD). Therefore, it is to the said Employment Security Department that you make an application, when seeking to get unemployment benefits in Washington State.
What applying for Washington State unemployment benefits entails, at a glance
Applying for Washington State unemployment benefits mainly entails going to the website of the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD), and filling in an application form there. In the form, you provide information about yourself, how your recent work history has been like, how you have ended up unemployed… and so on. Your filing for unemployment benefits is then evaluated by the folks at Washington State’s Employment Security Department (ESD). If you are found to qualify for the unemployment benefits, you start receiving the cash, subject to you continuing to look for work and filing weekly claims.
Things you need to have, when applying for Washington State unemployment benefits
When applying for Washington State unemployment benefits, you need to have, right at your fingertips, all the bits of information that will need to be input into the application form. The first required bit of information, to open the application form, is your social security number. You also need to have access to a computing device that is connected to the Internet, in order to access the website of the Employment Security Department (ESD) and apply for Washington unemployment benefits there.
The website you need to visit, to apply for Washington State unemployment benefits
To apply for Washington State unemployment benefits, you need to visit the website of Washington State’s Employment Security Department (ESD). The address to take you to the said Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD) website is provided below, in the ‘links to help you’ section.
Steps you need to follow, to apply for Washington State unemployment benefits
- Get your browser application running, and then enter (into the browser) the address for the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD). You will subsequently be taken to that website: that is, the Washington ESD website.
- When you get to the website of the Washington State ESD, focus your attention on the upper left hand side, where there is a section entitled ‘Unemployment’. Click on the first link in the said ‘Unemployment’ section: that is, the link labeled ‘Apply for unemployment benefits’.
- On the page that you are taken to, upon clicking on the ‘Apply for unemployment benefits’ link, answer the three questions posed at the top – by clicking on the radio button for either ‘yes’ or ‘no’ for each question. Then read through the rest of the information on the page carefully. Finally, click on the button labeled ‘Click here to continue’ at the bottom of the page.
- On the next page, enter and re-enter/confirm your social security number as required. Then click to indicate that you agree (to the stated terms) – that is, by clicking on the ‘I agree, continue’ button.
- Fill in the required information in the subsequent pages, to complete the entire application for Washington state unemployment benefits.
Links to help you
- Washington State Employment Security Department website: http://www.go2ui.com
- Washington State unemployment benefits FAQs: https://esd.wa.gov/unemployment/eligibility-and-general-questions