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So I went out of country for my honeymoon, we left on a Friday, I did the required searches for my job log prior to departure. While out of country I logged on to the website using the hotels wifi and met the "you can't claim benefits out of country" page. Out of my own stupidity I felt I was still in the right to collect benefits that week, and used a program to log on to my computer remotely and certify benefits.
I came back to the US and week later, while I was sitting in airports (departing and returning) I browsed job search apps on my phone. I did fail to complete any correspondence with any jobs matches. I continued claiming benefits and about 3 weeks passed by and I received 0 benefits since the week before I left the country. I finally got a hold of someone through the number and they told me my benefits were suspended for trying claim while out of the country. I told her I left on a Friday and still met the search requirements for that week, and she asked if I was back in the US, I told I had been back for a few weeks. She said they will either call or send a letter to review my account from that date forward.
What kind of trouble am I in here? I'm fine with not appealing, but I'm worried about will they go after the benefits I received before this violation and will they indefinitely cancel all future claims.
Any advice would be appreciated. I read a couple of other larger threads on this topic here, but those situations seemed like they had legs to stand on in appeals.
It's not clear are they talking about your first attempt to file when you got a "you can't claim benefits out of country" or the second time when you use a program to log on to your computer remotely and certify benefits.
Did you succeed to file using your computer remotely?
I was paid the week prior to leaving, I received nothing after that. So they suspended everything after that date. I certified right after I got that warning page with a remote desktop program.
I guess after the first attempt "you can't claim benefitsoutof country" trigger the alarm and the account was blocked.
I don't think they can catch you filing using your computer remotely. What program did you use?
On the appeal you can argue that you were available to work even out of the country. If employer showed interest you could fly back.
I continued claiming benefits and about 3 weeks passed by and I received 0 benefits since the week before I left the country. I finally got a hold of someone through the number and they told me my benefits were suspended for trying claim while out of the country. I told her I left on a Friday and still met the search requirements for that week, and she asked if I was back in the US, I told I had been back for a few weeks. She said they will either call or send a letter to review my account from that date forward.
What kind of trouble am I in here? I'm fine with not appealing, but I'm worried about will they go after the benefits I received before this violation and will they indefinitely cancel all future claims.
You aren't in any trouble. NY will not go after benefits prior to or after the violation. However, NY will not resume payments until current issue is resolved. This current issue should not void future weeks. Once you prove work searches for the week you claimed out of the country, payments should resume. You will be paid retro for the weeks not paid so far.
You definitely DO NOT need an attorney contrary to the blather posted above. Return any questionnaire NY sends you. Once NY gets that back, NY may also want an interview, although given what you've described, that is unlikely. You need to stay on top of this. NY can resolve this very quickly - or drag its heels. We have stories of both occurrences.
They've asked to see passports in the past as well to look at the stamps. While you didn't say where you went, don't be one of those people that tries to make it sound like you just went to Europe for the weekend. While it might be possible, that's not usually what people on UI do.
They've asked to see passports in the past as well to look at the stamps. While you didn't say where you went, don't be one of those people that tries to make it sound like you just went to Europe for the weekend. While it might be possible, that's not usually what people on UI do.
No I have no intention of lieing to them about my time out of the country, it was a week. I have a wife who still has a decent income. So thats where the money for the trip came from. Honestly, I have no qualms about losing those 2 weeks of the benefits. The week leading up to the friday I left and the week I was gone. I was just worried about future benefits.
The week leading up to the friday I left and the week I was gone. I was just worried about future benefits.
No, you want the week before you left. If you get cheated out of it, appeal it. If your profession is Monday to Friday, and you left after work on Friday, then you were available for a full week for your occupation. You should only lose benefits for a week where you weren't available.
So they called me and wanted my itinerary, I sent it to them and got determination letters in the mail, one says benefits reduced by 004 days and the other 080 days with both until 9/9/2016. My benefit year ending date is 6/28/15 so does this mean basically I won't get any more unemployment insurance?
It sounds like they disqualified you for the remainder of the claim for dishonesty while claiming abroad -- Chyvan can verify this .. or Ariadne. But I'm thinking that is it -- they penalized you for the entire remaining claim
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