I tried sooooo many numbers for over 2 hours. I was placed on an identity verification hold and have had my payments halted for over a month now. They operate from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. PDT. There doesnt seem to be a possibility to try to combinations provided. There is only 3 sets of phone prompt. For me, I am waiting for them simply to process my ID.Fax (866) 517-3830. 1-6-7-1 worked for me ! I got in with 1-5-1-0. I mailed in all of my verification documents on April 15th. If you contact State Disability Insurance (SDI) using our toll-free phone numbers, staff is available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Pacific time), Monday through Friday, except on state holidays. There is light in this tunnel! They CANCELED my payments for no reason, I got my first two payments then BAM canceled, I tried calling so many numbers and spoke to 3 reps who all gave me different answers and zero help, one even suggested that BofA refused their payment, of course I called bofa and they denied its even possible to refuse payments on their end. But this is only for those who were able to apply online. I was just able to leave my number for them to call me back by using the 1 6 7 3 route. And youll get the help from Edd !!! Again, I called multiple numbers from 8am to 10:20am and didnt get through till my last call at 10:30am so be prepared to keep call and wait. 8 weeks certified weeks showed pending as the status online. Have fun on hold for 30 plus mins. OMG it worked! You never know. Thank you all for the big big help. Im so glad I did the research and found a direct line where someone actually picked up. My first attempt at 9:30 in the A.M. and it said there were too many callers ahead of me and to call back later. The phone number for EDD disability is (800) 480-3287. I finally reached a live human being only to be told that my account is active and I do qualify for unemployment but I need to call the technical assistance Department to set up my account dont know what that means but as the representative was giving me the phone number for technical assistance the phone shut off because after all its noon and they close at noon. This puts you on a list to be called back directly within 24 to 48 hours. Call 833-978-2511 the San Diego number almost worked. right now is 8:30 in the morning and almost 50 tries of phone calls. I definitely have learned that it's better trying this method first to talk with EDD versus the online form. Stay on the line and you will hear music. Thank you! What a blessing! Hooray! Emphasize abilities, not limitations. everyone and stay safe !! You have to, and if you do it might work. This morning, right at 7:55 am I tried the San Francisco number 415-351-7400. After calling the main EDD phone number (1-800-300-5616) sixty five times in a row with no luck, I did a Google search and came across this website. Im waiting in a callback from the main edd line and its been 2 days with no callback so far. Just press 3 then 1 then 0 and wait for a rep. After waiting about two to three minutes, I was able to speak with a representative who set up a phone interview for me to help certify for several weeks of benefits that I did not receive. I was determined to reach someone today and voila! When I heard a voice I was so excited I threw my project!!!! Has anyone had luck trying the Orange County Number? Im trying to call the 415 number. Thanks these numbers still work. FIRST TRY!!! I referred my brother to the 415 number however the number dont work now 5/7 ? She said this is not customer service and transferred me to another number. Never able to get ahold of someone. . One day the transfer me to voicemail box. 4. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO LAZY PEOPLE THAT HAVNT BOTHERED TO CHANGE THINGS ! Does anyone know a local number for San Francisco? Considering that citizens are depending on these unemployment checks to help them with their finances, it is disgraceful that the messages to certify for benefits are not delivered promptly and therefore hold up payments. I removed your phone number because California government staff are not going to see it, nor would they bother to call you, so its best to keep your personal phone number private. And I also sent a note to the Governor as one comment suggested. I would press 0 to continue to hold and sometimes that would lead to the call being ended, but eventually after over an hour of calling that number a very nice representative answered and fixed my problem in a matter of minutes. Whats with that? Lea este artculo en espaol. Try this phone trick: Dial 833-978-2511 Select "1" for English or "2" for Spanish When the recording states, "Select from the following," enter "1-3-4" quickly This might. Then I tried the other Sacramento number listed above, 916-654-9140, and got humans instantly! 415-351-7200 ftw!! Yes I have . I can, at least, get to the part where they tell you maximum callers reached really quickly by dialing 1, 2, 3, 0. Thank you all for the tips! OMGI cannot thank you enough for this information! Do not use. I apologized, as it sounded like I reached the wrong department, but when I told her my problem (inability to log in or create a new online benefits certification account due to new system), she discussed and then gave me the number for TECH SUPPORT. The San bernandio worked for me the other day. There is a chance of getting through after 12pm, but probably not. Now, for my situation the people who picked up were not able to help me so they had to request a callback for me, I had to call many times to keep putting in requests before I actually got a callback the next day. I was so angry my doctor put in my extension late and said it was my fault and that I would not be getting paid for that week. Thank you for sharing! Employment Development Department. I missed the call and the lady left me a message telling me the exact time/day of when her next call to me would be and that the number would show up blocked. Easily sign the pistol license suffolk county with your finger.pa doe license availability by wmu. Call 800.480.3287 and then once I heard the message Thank you. I entered 1-3-1-2-2-2-0 and got to a live person right away. Wow thank you so much. The 1-833-978-2511 and when the welcome greeting came on, I hit 15110 and I then heard elevator music. Ugh! 213-477-1407, 310-330-5905 dial 1-2-3-0 to speak to a representative. , Your email address will not be published. Combination 2: 1-3-0 213-477-1402 GUYS DONT GIVE UP AND CONTINUE TO CALL THE NUMBER! Second, I never was able to get through on the 800-300-5616 number BUT I did get through the 833-978-2511 number the trick to this number is this: Call MANY times, I think the first time it took me 67 calls to finally get through, IF YOU HEAR THANK YOU hang up! I was only calling to get transferred to tech support about logging in to the UI online website. Beautiful shortcut. Finally this number worked! Option 1: Benefit Payments Option 2: SDI Online Help Desk Option 3: Disability Insurance Information Option 4: Voluntary Plans Option 5: Elective Coverage for Business Owners or Self-Employed If you need assistance with: Paid Family Leave, call 1-877-238-4373. If not you are transferred back to main line which ties up the phone lines even more . 213-477-140x, 213-477-1400 Called at 1:30 pm and got transferred to the person who was supposed to call me, they were all very helpful and friendly. Required fields are marked *. After a thirty-minute infinite runaround on the main number, I tried the after 12 p.m. number (619-525-4995). Call 800-480-3287, than press 1,2,3,0. So dont give up, if you hear the message Thank you for calling enter the prompts right away and if you get the message maximum callers reached hang up and try again and again and again. I sent it in on Monday, by Friday I get an email for the EDD that my money is in the mail. Today the operator said someone would call me Im 30 min. You are a God among women. I get a notice from EDD of Identity Verification and in return I sent my documents. Confined or restricted to a wheelchair, wheelchair bound. tried dialing all these numbers nothing worked. this is so frustrating! If you get the message that there are enough number of callers, call later, hang up and dial again. Then I was suspicious because she was patient & didnt hate me. The good news is that when you finally get to speak with somebody, they are very helpful and kind. called back, on hold with person #1 for 30 mins, got transferred to 2nd person (supervisor), still on hold, going on 2 hours. The lady was nice, but what a waste of a morning. Good luck. In the mean time keep trying the 800 number. I was getting nowhere with the main number prompts, even the Spanish line kept spitting me out. tried all the numbers, either disconnected or busy tone. The whole point of it aside from people not suffering, is to have people spending. 800-300-5616 1-5-1-1-0 works! STOP ASKING AND START DEMANDING . Without it, I would most likely be days into dialing with no relief or answers in sight. First try at 800-300-5616 1-5-1-1-0 and got thru. Was calling the 800 number 40+ times kept getting the too many callers, tried (619-525-4995) and someone immediately picked up and I was transferred to someone who helped me with my problem and was nice . Currently doing this now, this is for SDI: It took me the whole day to finally contact someone. JLO, you are a blessing in the sky. Thanks for the tip!! To reach the SDI representative you should call 800-480-3287 and press 1-3-1-6-2-0, one after another, you shouldnt have to wait is a genius. Agree called 800-300-5616 then followed the number prompts of 1-5-1-1-0 and got through to a human in less than 5 seconds (although she did acknowledge it was a light call volume day. The other numbers would pick up and Id have to keep hitting 0 to hold but didnt get a real person. You cant make people spend 20 minutes wading through prompts and then just hang up on them. 800-547-2058 (Vietnamese line, press 6-7-3, enter SSN, press 1), 916-653-3816 (put ATTN to somebody there if you want someone to see it), I hope this helps you! Very grateful . Help!!! Press whichever number corresponds with the language you speak & then press 0. Like, Im on hold elevator music. Also keep in mind that California currently owes billions in back debt for unpaid unemployment. 2. just tried all of the 213 numbers listed and got a verizon message they are not longer in service or something to that affect. Also, a lot of people seem to assume that they are on a PUA CLAIM and dont think they need to file a new claim. A lot of people dont realize that the extension will add to your balance but the claim its self is only good for 12 month unless is it a DUA (disaster unemployment assistance) claim type which changes the end date of claims to September. If you hear THANK YOU hang up instructions: Couple minutes later a lady answered and she was friendly. Bless you for posting this! Ive been trying to get through to a live person for weeks now to no avail. The rep was more than helpful and I was able to get all of my questions answered. FYI, the standard processing times are 3 weeks but, due to the circumstances, most things are going at 6 weeks. I have worked 47 years in this country and never had to file any unemployment or asked for any help and now its like one is begging for Bread Daily. My entire call was 22 minutes and I got through in first time. They called back in about 25min and it was a live person. I got through at 2:30 so if you couldnt today try the number ending in 7200 also. Thanks so much for posting this. I do not have phone numbers and seriously we should not be doing all this.Think about all these stories , call at exactly 10;03 and 43 seconds dial 209-%73%^ -256@/*/-=(2578750 times , if planets are aligned and we get bored of laughing at you then we will have you talk to one of our recordings. Please hd for the next available representative message. It rang and I got through right away at 8:45am. After trying the 800# after 12p and not getting thru, I tried the San Berbardino #. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I just started my maternity leave in California and I am pulling my hair out because of the hours that I have spent trying to get a hold of an actual person with the disability insurance office. Im currently waiting for the first time in 40 attempts at calling. Because everyone putting up with it ! I finally put my earbuds on and went outside and sat in the sun and kept dialing on my cellphone. I tried to get through yesterday before using this trick. Did EDD ever call back after putting you on the call list? Squeaky wheel gets the grease. One 7 On Your Side viewer shares her tips for success. Call EDD at 1-800-480-3287 (disability) or 1-877-238-4373 (PFL) at exactly 7:58 AM. wait 3 days, then call back and put in new requestfinally ANSWER your phone when they call, they usually call with no caller id so take off any blocks you have on your phone for no caller idsthey may have called you but your phone sent them to voice mailanyways I hope this info helps, Good luck! AGAIN A very kind gentleman answered the phone and helped me in 10 minutes to fix my disqualification status and got me payed out. I dont know my state representative number. 1-833-978-2511 is for basic questions only, the operators who answer cannot see or help with your account . I have never, even many weeks ago, gotten the welcome always the thank you. This is very frustrating. I tried it and it worked, only waited 30 min. Immediately press "1" two times (once for English, I forget what the other is) Immediately enter your Social Security Number Immediately press "1" (to confirm SS#) So I guess they fixed the mistake but they did not call us back. and i didnt have to type in my social. The Future of Consumer Internet Connectivity and Demise of Oligopoly ISP Giants. A lady answered and I started explaining my situation. YES, it is virtually impossible getting through EDD. LATER. Though she wasnt authorized to do everything for me, she gave me all of the info I needed to get things done and even helped ease some of the concerns I called with from not being able to reach my interviewer again (they called me at 11:50, and then hung up on me at exactly 12:00 pm when they close). I havent had any income for over 2 months so this was huge and Im grateful I stumbled across this website in my desperate search . It took a week for them to get back to, but finally then sent me a form. Eligibility Follow us It took about an hour all together. and Hope this helps!! Where did you hear the 3.5 weeks? Just wondering how true that is? 1. I heard the music at 9:45 AM and at 10:24 AM the call was finally answered. More pleading got me to a very nice woman who was super helpful! 916-653-0707 (EDD general information line) Has anyone been able to get through recently since the corona virus? I been sick to my stomach over a week trying reach them on the 800-300-5616 because my claim showed disqualified and that was incorrect so anyway I came across your page last night and got started at 9am and it took me a few hours but the phone number 619-525-4995 someone answered that phone so when it says press 0 if you want to hold keep doing it and if it disconnects call and do it again, they will pick up! If you are the caretaker of a disabled person or are age 65 or older, you may be eligible for SDA. I get all the way through the automated message and then am told that there are too many callers and it hangs up. This info was a godsend, and very much appreciated. SDI 1800-480-3287 as soon as you hear the recording press 1-3-1-6-2-0. Just call their after hours line,,,,,833-978-2511. I found this and a commenter posted to call 1-800-480-3287. 619-525-4995 (call after 12pm) I held for only 3 minutes till Alexandra picked up. I waited from 11:55am 12:40pm. I am now on hold for more than 5 minutes for assistance with the online employer registration. The 1800 number isnt working and I call as 8 am on the dot and it already says maximum callers and hangs up. She understood and I was immediately transferred to (without being put on hold) and talking to a live tech support person who solved my problem in less than 3 minutes. Feb 21 #DidYouKnow that you can receive Paid Family Leave benefits within 12 months of when a child enters your family through foster care or adoption? Good luck! She was really helpful and got my application started. As explained above. To date, Nobody ever picked up. Show All Disability Insurance Paid Family Leave California State Government Employees Do it as Jesika said. OMG THIS ONE WORKED!!!!! And for issues with claims and payment inquiries it will be 1, 2 and then 4 @ 18003005616. I too could not get through to EDD.CA I log onto the California Governor page (Jerry Brown) and sent an email tell them the situation and they need to investigate EDD.CAs handling of customers. Hit 1 Im curious if their claim has been resolved after that? Just wait till a few words are spoken in the foreign language and it will have been enough for you to begin with the sequence one at a time and after you get to the zero, a foreign person will speak to you and once you start speaking English, they just transfer you right over to a live English speaking person and they will not even question why you called the Vietnamese number. Ive never loved elevator music so much. The combinations you choose need to make sense for your specific call. I dialed the number (415) 315-7200 after more than 200 hundred tries and a few hours. No transfers necessary! Ive been using 1-3-1-1-1-0-0. Yeah I was shocked so I didnt respond right away & she almost hung up! However, getting through to a real, live human being at EDD if you missed their call can be near impossible. Ive spoken with an agent on 3 separate days and each time took about 200 tries before I eventually got to speak with a human. It is too bad we cannot listen for the prompts and get a real person. Thanks so much for these numbers! Be consistent!! It was a waist of 30 minutes, never got this far. 833 number worked. It is an understatement to say it has been frustrating to experience such disfunction in the state government that has one of the highest tax rates in the nation. I reopened my Unemployment Benefits 04/12/2020. Called 1-916-654-9140 asked for EDD, explained that I have been getting disconnected all week while calling the main line before noon, and the online system says not eligible to file claim at this time a live person answered quickly, told me to call back the next business day in the morning and they will put me through to a live person. Thank you, I searched google after two days of trying to get through. PRESS 1 Finally on hold after calling and entering 1673 over 300 times today, I kept getting the ring around does anyone know what else can be done this place is useless. & the person who told me about it only had to call 3. They call from a blocked caller ID so remove any blocks you may have on your phone for no caller ids.My first request for a callback was Monday, no one called so I called Thursday and placed a 2nd request and someone called me Fridaygood luck! And I got the most helpful & courteous representative (Mila). Did they ever call you back?! 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