How to Verify your Identification for Washington ESD Unemployment
How to Verify your Identification for Washington ESD unemployment claim
Due to rampant unemployment fraud, the state of Washington and many others started using a new verification system from a government contractor ID.me to verify the identity on new 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 Washington unemployment benefits system.
Understandably this still had some exposed weakness like identity verification in Vegas Vacation.
How do I verify my identity for the Washington (State) Employment Security Department (ESD)?
If you have received an email from Washington’s Employment Security Department (ESD) and were directed to the site below, you are being asked to verify your identity with ID.me.
When the green Verify with ID.me button is displayed, click it to create your ID.me account, then follow the prompts to verify your identity. For more on this process, watch the 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?
Once your identity has been successfully verified online and matches the records on file at Washington ESD, the state can move forward with any other issues that may be holding up benefits.
Careerpurgatory, is not affiliated with Washington, or ID.me.