Georgia Identity Verification with ID.Me for Unemployment Benefits
How to Verify your Identification for Georgia PUA unemployment claim
The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) has revamped how to verify your identity for unemployment benefits payments for the Georgia Department of Labor unemployment insurance benefits system. Initially this has been implemented for the qualification of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Application often simply called PUA.
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 Georgia Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance benefits system.
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How to Verify my Identification with ID.me
If you have been locked out of your My UI portal, you will receive an email from the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) directing you to a web address to verify your identity with ID.me. (You can also go to your My UI portal and enter your Social Security number to access the same site.)
Once you have navigated to the ID.me verification website, click the green Verify with ID.me button to start the identity verification process. Please continue to follow the instructions until you have verified your identity.
After you have verified your identity, either online or with the help of an ID.me Trusted Referee, you will receive another email from the GDOL within 48 hours that provides specific instructions on how to unlock your account and reset your PIN. (You may need to check your spam/junk email folder for this message.)
For more on how to create your ID.me account and verify your identity, watch the video below.
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.
After I verify my identification with ID.me now what?
How long does it take to get a reset PIN from the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL)?
Within 48 hours after you verify your identity with ID.me, you will get an additional email from the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL).
This email contains an authorization code you can use to unlock your account.
After your account is unlocked, you can reset your PIN.
If it has been more than 48 hours and you still have not received an email from GDOL about resetting your PIN, please contact GDOL directly for further assistance.
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