Are you a resident of Virginia who has lost a job and who is eligible for the state’s unemployment benefits? If your answer to that question is in the affirmative, then it may be a good idea for you to consider filing for Virginia unemployment benefits, on the website of the Virginia Employment Commission. That way, you can get some welcome relief (in the form of the unemployment benefits), while trying to get your next job.
What filing for Virginia unemployment benefits online entails, at a glance
Filing for Virginia unemployment benefits online mainly entails going to the website of the Virginia Employment Commission, clicking to indicate that you are interested in ‘Unemployment Insurance’ then, on the next screen, clicking to indicate that you are interested in ‘Virginia’s Online Claims’. You are ultimately required to log into the VEC (Virginia Employment Commission) online claim services, in order to actually file your claim.
Things you need to have, to file for Virginia unemployment benefits online
To file for Virginia unemployment benefits online, you need to meet the qualification criteria for these particular benefits. You need to have a user ID and password for use on the VEC online claim services portal (if you don’t have the user ID and password, you can easily create the same on the VEC website). And you need to have access to a computing device that is connected to the Internet, if you are to file for Virginia unemployment benefits online.
The website you need to visit, to file for Virginia unemployment benefits online
To file for Virginia state benefits online, you need to visit the website of the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC). The address for the Virginia Employment Commission’s website is indicated below, in the ‘links to help you’ section.
Steps you need to follow, to file for Virginia unemployment benefits online
- Launch the browser application on your computing device. Then enter the address for the website of the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC), in order to have your browser take you to the website in question. The address for the website of the Virginia Employment Commission is indicated below, in the ‘links to help you’ section.
- When you get to the website of the Virginia Employment Commission, click on the icon/button labeled ‘Unemployment Insurance’ (which is found towards the center of the page).
- On the screen that you are transferred to, click on the link labeled ‘Virginia’s Online Claims’ (it is on the upper section of the left hand side of the page).
- Read the instructions on the screen that you are taken to, then towards the bottom of the page, select a language (by clicking on either English or Spanish).
- On the next screen, log in to the VEC online claim services, in order to make the actual filing for the Virginia unemployment benefits.
Links to help you
- Virginia Employment Commission: http://www.vaemploy.com
- Virginia Employment Commission: http://www.vec.virginia.gov/
- VEC online claim services login page: https://www.vec.virginiainteractive.org/cgi-bin/login.cgi