Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Identity Verification with ID.Me

The state of Pennsylvania Labor & Industry (L&I)  has revamped how to verify your identity for unemployment benefits payments for the Pennsylvania L&I’s PUA unemployment insurance benefits system.

Due to rampant unemployment fraud, the state created new verification of identity of unemployment claims.

It started requiring mandatory identity verification for new unemployment claims, and in many cases requiring open claims to verify, or re-verify their identity to the Pennsylvania Unemployment Insurance benefits system.

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How do I register for Pennsylvania L&I Identity Verification with Id.Me?

If you were sent a notification email through your PUA dashboard, visit the website and click the green Verify with ID.me button.​​

You will be redirected to the ID.me sign-in page, where you can sign in to your existing ID.me account, or create a new one.

You will need:

• An email address that you have full and ideally sole access too
• Smart phone with camera
• Computer or laptop is optional
• You will also need your form of identification acceptable forms of identification are

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Check out this quick video below.

How do I upload identification documents to ID.me?

First get all of your pieces of documentation ready for your video call, so you can get this process over with as soon as possible.

Connect your ID.me Account to Pennsylvania L&I

Click to Allow Pennsylvania L&I to use the information you successfully verified.

I did all of these steps what is next?

After identity verification is successful, L&I will email you through your dashboard (usually within one day) to advise you of next steps.

Career Purgatory is not associated with the State of Pennsylvania, or Id.Me.