The following information will be required when you establish your unemployment claim for the first time.  Having this information readily available when you call will help speed up the claims filing process.

• Social Security Number
• Mailing Address and Home Address
• Telephone Number (including area code)
• Alien Registration Number (if not a U.S. citizen)
• Amount and duration of any separation pay you may receive (vacation pay, severance pay, etc.)
• Return to work date (if you expect to be recalled to your job)
• Valid Driver's License Number (or state issued ID Number, if applicable)
• Banking information for Direct Deposit of your unemployment check
• Military Form DD-214, Member 4 Copy (if you were in the military in the past 18 months)
• Form SF-8 (if you worked for the Federal Government during the past 18 months and received one)

For each employer that you worked for in the past 18 months, have the following information available when you call:

• Complete name and address of each employer (including zip code) you worked for
• Payroll address (if different from employer address)
• Employer telephone number (including area code)
• Beginning and ending dates of employment
• Reason for separation