You can apply for unemployment insurance benefits either online or by phone using the Applicant Self-Service System.
By phone choose English, Spanish, Hmong, Somali:
- Twin Cities area: 651-296-3644
- Greater Minnesota: 1-877-898-9090
- TTY (for the hearing impaired): 1-866-814-1252
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Application Process
Information about applying for benefits online and by phone.
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Your Password and Social Security Number
Allows you to securely access your benefit account.
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Wages Used to Establish an Account
Wages paid in “covered” employment are used to establish your benefit account. “Covered” and “noncovered” employment is defined.
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Stopping and Starting Benefit Payments
Explains how your benefits are affected if you accept work now and later become unemployed again.
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Information Handbook
Explains the basic processes and requirements for receiving unemployment insurance benefits.
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Benefit Account
Information about when your benefit account becomes effective, backdating your account, changing the effective date and when to apply for another benefit account.
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Your First Payment
Explains the soonest you can receive a payment and why the first requested week will be $0.
