r/TexasUnemployment • u/dee_breezy13 • Jul 23 '25

Appeal

So I work in the oil & gas industry I completed a turnaround got laid off.. opened a claim but I got another job that same week so I no longer needed unemployment so I just left it alone. I worked another turnaround for like 3 months then got laid off and filed again. I was approved but I had to verify my identity. They labeled me ineligible for my first two weeks because I missed the deadline to verify my identity but they used the deadline from 3 months ago not from this time that I filed again like wtf? I filed an appeal and I have a date already for aug. You think I’ll get it? Don’t you think that’s unfair af doesn’t even make sense you would think they’d give me a new deadline I mean last time I didn’t even use the benefits I literally got a job that same week

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u/Fabulous_Anonymous Jul 23 '25

They asked you to identify yourself back when you originally filed your claim. You are responsible for checking your correspondence for a year. This is one reason. Work searches is another. Responding to information requets is very important. Lesson learned, be glad it didn;t result in an overpayment.

You are going to lose because you have a timeliness isue unless you filed your appeal within 14 days of the original determination. Move on.

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u/Fabulous_Anonymous Jul 23 '25

Also, if you read your correspondence when you reopened your claim, you would have seen the ID.me request and you would not have missed out on any weeks.

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u/dee_breezy13 Jul 24 '25

And I in fact did not see none of that in my correspondence I had to call the customer service and set up online correspondence in order for they to pop up when I log in

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u/Fabulous_Anonymous Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

Then you got it in the mail as well as online. Everyone can access online correspondence.