How To Speak To A Live Representative For EDD (Employment Development Department) California 2020 WigglyCheese 3.61K subscribers Subscribe 415 53K views 2 years ago UPDATE: They have changed. Amazing job everyone! It totally works!!!!!! 916-653-0707 (EDD general information line) A very kind gentleman answered the phone and helped me in 10 minutes to fix my disqualification status and got me payed out. Couple minutes later a lady answered and she was friendly. The phone number 415-351-7200 works! 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. I think all we can do at this point, unfortunately, is to just wait. I just kept calling the numbers and finally got through to the San Bernardino line and waited about 10 minutes and someone came on the line to to help me. 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! I proceeded to enter 1-5-1-1-0 suggestion and it worked. Good luck. 8.4.20 today I called 1(415)351-7202 and finally got through to a person! When calling via the California Relay Service (711), provide the Disability Insurance number (1-800-480-3287) to the operator. There are also people that (have or were) receiving money from other place like a job etc and that will put. I havent been called back yet, going on 4 days. Supposedly. The lady was curt but I was just super nice to her. , Any numbers / phone codes for FMLA or PFLA ???? *or should i hang up and keep calling (sorry typo). Then comes the hold time Ive had from a 10 min 58 min hold time. I sent it in on Monday, by Friday I get an email for the EDD that my money is in the mail. Do I just keep pressing 0 to continue waiting? I even tried calling the number multiple times at the same time, merging all the calls into one call to increase the chances of someone picking up. I had success on my very first try to EDD for a disability claim. The guy there walked me through all the steps to get up and running online again. Sometimes when calling the 833 number after it says welcome and after punching in the 6-7-1 it would tell me thank you for calling the unemployment blah blah blah if that happens just hang up and call the 833 number again until you hear welcome and then punch in 6-7-1 and hopefully you takes you straight to the music (it took me like 7 tries to get to the music and not tell me thank you). What a blessing! good luck everyone. just keep calling keep pressing 0. Ok Ive tried both the 800-300-5616 and 833-978-2521 numbers dozens of times the last few days, today starting promptly at 8 am. How to CALL EDD Call, 1800 300 5616 Press 1 when u hear the recording, then wait till shes done talking and says "select from these options" Immediately press 2 and 4 in rapid succession This will bypass everything and go straight to connecting you to a representative If u hear "thank you for calling.." hang up and redial Good luck! NO LONGER IN SERVICE, 916-651- 5350 is the number to Adult Programs Division, California Department of Social Services not EDD. The rep was more than helpful and I was able to get all of my questions answered. If you don't have a UI Online account, register now. I am seeking an extension. I followed this from below today 5/31/2018: I called today 3/6/18 to SDI 1800-480-3287. skidmark has a hand in.. what a joke a of a system.. pathetic at best..been waiting for a rep for an hour. beretta a400 xtreme parts. Try again tomorrow. Wow thank you so much. So they kept transferring to me different reps until I got, Dominique, whos awesome and took the time to give me solid information on my claim. Any updates to share? 4. Bank of America EDD Prepaid Card Claims Phone Number 855-355-5058 After calling a combination of every number listed 4,642 times I still never got through. Kept trying. As mentioned, if the automated service starts with thank you for calling hang up. Press whichever number corresponds with the language you speak & then press 0. what is considered tall for a 12 year old boy. I am having the same issue trying to get someone on the phone. IM VERY SERIOUS, WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO CALL REPS , NEWSPAPERS, GOVERNMENT ALL THE WAY UP TO BIDEN. DO NOT STOP EVEN AFTER OUR MONEY HITS THE BANK. Call the 415 number dont give up !!! Im very suspicious about if this number is legitimate or not. Thanks so much for these numbers! I mailed in all of my verification documents on April 15th. If you hear the message starting with, Thank you for calling, hang up the phone because you will never get through to a live person. Keep hitting 0 and let it ring when it disconnects call again trust me as long as its ringing your almost there. I never got a return phone call or an email and no notices I was denied. Honestly- This is an absolute CRIME!!! All I want to say is this THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I'm finally on hold after using all the other "tricks" that just don't work!!! Then press one again. Well im suffering ALOT and spending 00$$ since the beginning of Dec . Thank you! Sylvia at the San Bernadino number (415-351-7200) was so sweet and helpful! Unfortunately I am being automatically disconnected because there are too many people on holdblah blah blahbut this hack will save a good 10 minutes of needless aggravation. Thank you so much Emily! Employment Development Department. No ring. She is fixing my issue right now! The 1800 number isnt working and I call as 8 am on the dot and it already says maximum callers and hangs up. This post got me through to a real live person! Got a call back in 6 minutes! The services promise to help claimants avoid the frustrating hours of busy signals and redialing. Looks like the 213-477-140x numbers are out of service. However, calling 1-800-300-5616 and following the prompts 1-5-1-1-0 also worked for me, my call went through in less than 5 min. 1-5-1-1-0 worked for me on the first try. How to get through to a live EDD rep on the Vietnamese language line. They will just start helping you with your issue. The lady I spoke with gave me a working fax to avoid mailing. I called the 714-687-4400 (Orange County) and after holding for about 10 minutes, someone answered and said to call the 1800-300-5616. I am in Orange County California. 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. Super nice man named Matt picked up. 1st try, I got through at 8:10AM, with a 4 minute wait time! iptv smarters on iphone. I dont even know if theres any another way to get around this. it took 35 minutes to get through and while the lady was kind, she could not process an unemployment claim (only disability claims). I have tried this but I still only get the too many callers response yet again. Good note. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! 1st time i got hung up on after 40 min hold. Call EDD at 1-800-480-3287 (disability) or 1-877-238-4373 (PFL) at exactly 7:58 AM. EDD disability phone number. OMG Finally I called 800-300-5616 and used 1-5-1-1-0 and ONE MINUTE later I was speaking to a real person. Or the phone menu code to get in contact with someone? I have figured out how to quickly bypass the prompts that are RIDICULOUSLY LONG AND REPETITIVE and get to the press 0 to speak to a representative. Any other suggestions? I referred my brother to the 415 number however the number dont work now 5/7 ? Without it, I would most likely be days into dialing with no relief or answers in sight. ok whoever posted The info I gave in my previous comment is for reaching the help desk. The Sacramento Disability number listed above, 916-654-0453, is no longer in service (at least that is the automated message I got. Do not use. BECAUSE NO ONE HAS BOTHERED AND JUST KEPT CALLING ,WE ARE GOING THRU THIS AND NEXT WEEK , IN A YEAR OR IN OUR OLD AGE THIS SAME CHEAT WILL BE DONE AGAIN . Special assistance is available for persons with disabilities. Thank You!!!!!!! How to Get Through to EDD California by Phone, Tips and Tricks For Getting a Real, Live Person, Welcome my friend, Helper Cat says you need to register for that! they were all nice she fixed everything quickly. If EDD calls claimants, the caller ID may show "St of CAEDD" or the UI Customer Service number 1-800-300-5616 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. And just keep calling for 30 minutes over and over and I got tru. I called this 415-351-7200 around 8am She tried to transfer me to the main office directly, but did warn me that it mostly likely wouldnt go through, and it didnt. Is it me, or did the prompts change for the 800-300-5616 number? NO ONE is currently on a PUA claim. did anyone actually call you back? 2. The 415-351-7200 number worked for me too! They called back in about 25min and it was a live person. I even called the mayors office and they also put me on a call back list. Mail and Emails another wall . 1406 Comments Lilia 4/17/2013 09:52:36 am I hope this helps. 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. The EDD's phone lines are notoriously tangled as thousands of out-of-work Californians try to find out what has become of their benefits. 3. He said he wasnt an adjuster but hed try to help me. It took me about 15 tries but I got through and got the form I needed after previously trying 10 times and waiting through 7-10 minutes of prompts. The 415 number no longer works. Ive never loved elevator music so much. 4/7/20 She then informed me that they do not have the info yet on processing extensions, but my SSI was placed in a holding basket with those calling for the sameand once this is up and running EDD will reach out. Today the operator said someone would call me Im 30 min. This information saved me so much time and frustration. I get only 1 claim form for the month and that was the only one I received to date. 1-1-* I waited from 11:55am 12:40pm. For tax form of ID verification and card issues call the 866 number. Has anyone had luck trying the Orange County Number? A very nice lady said I should have received a call back by now so she put in another call back request for me. This worked for me and was paid the next dayCall at 8am. Dial (833)-978-2511 Press # Then after you press #, you will listen to a voice message you cannot bypass this; the wait is about 1 minute and 19 seconds. Call 833-978-2511. I finally put my earbuds on and went outside and sat in the sun and kept dialing on my cellphone. Lovely lady picked up and saw they had a computer crash and it sent my file to basically a desert. Thanks for the tip!! Redial until you get the welcome to greeting. call 1-800-480-3287 You can try one of the following key combinations on each prompt. 5/9/2020-5/9/2020-5/16/2020-5/30/2020 on these dates my claims went threw I got my confirmation # and everything but on STATUS It says pending! California cant hire people to answer the phones? 916-654-0453 (Sacramento Disability Office) it will either go back to thank you and you HANG UP OR you will hear elevator music which means just wait someone will eventually pick up youre officially ON HOLD. It then rang busy. Just like the guy above said After you dial the Vietnamese number dial 1-3-5-7 then zero. Ive tried 1 877 238 4373 with options 124 to get into queue but its always full. They spent 1.3 billion on fraudulent payments in California alone and now theyre making the rest of us suffer for it! However, there are tips and tricks to getting through to a real person so that you can speak to a real human at EDD. I finally got called back! Combination 2: 1-3-0 thank you, Thank you to all the people to post how to get through the automated system with the prompts without listening the whole recording, It was driving me crazy. I missed my interview this morning when my phone didnt notify me that a call was coming in. I had to wait 72 hours after the first request didnt work to put in a second callback request BUT someone DID call me back! That can resolve the issue. I get a notice from EDD of Identity Verification and in return I sent my documents. My entire call was 22 minutes and I got through in first time. Was told the claim was still pending from when I filed March 15, 2020 which is almost 3 months ago. Pick your language, enter the phone number. press 1 for english Getting through to a live person, a real human at EDD: Chances are you will have questions or need help filing your California Unemployment claim, plus you will have to have at least one initial telephone interview. NO WAIT. Combination 4: 1-6-7-1 Get comfortable and keep hitting the redial button. It is too bad we cannot listen for the prompts and get a real person. 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. I was on that line calling 714-687-4400 for 2 hours yesterday continuously pressing 0. I got through using one of the sequences within 10 minutes on a Monday morning! Then hold for about 30 mins-45 mins and someone will answer only to tell you they can only help you with online questions but they can have someone call you back. WE NEED TO STOP BEING THE STUPID PEOPLE THEY CREATED SYSTEMS TO CHEAT . And youll get the help from Edd !!! I hung up and immediately repeated what I did. Last, I tried 1-5-1-1-0. So just waiting for the next three days. I tried another 5-6 times until the call went through and I was on hold for about 3 min and finally I was able to speak to someone that answered my questions. This time I called them from home and after 2 dropped calls was able to get through to a live person. Cablevision (Optimum): Call 1-866-218-3025. ncaa 14 rpcs3 settings 2022. edd disability log in. How to speak to a representative at SDI (State Disability Insurance) EDD Employment Department CA WigglyCheese 3.63K subscribers Subscribe 44K views 1 year ago IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE REGARDING. I tried this option: 619-525-4995 (call after 12pm). 1. 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! If you hear the message, Welcome to, you are in luck. 5. I had to be transferred once. I cant believe I spoke to human. Would greatly appreciate any info on disability shortcuts Press 1 Press 2 Wait 30 seconds (another voice message you cannot miss, but it takes about 30 seconds this time). GUYS THE vietnamese LINE WORKS!!!!! the combination 1671 worked for me thank you. They put me on a call back list for the 3rd time now. SoI dialed the expanded online assistance # (833-978-2511) several times, pressed different # combos, no luck. and Upload a copy of your SSN and proof of US citizenship even if they didnt request it. One 7 On Your Side viewer shares her tips for success. It's available to businesses, state and local governments, and the public. Thanks!! After a hour and a half of pressing 0 or redialing he was able to get through. Its been 3 weeks and I havent heard a peep . Select one of the following options to contact the EDD. I probably tried about 16 times total calling until I was able to speak to someone. Funny that all of us can walk into store , hospitals , D.M.V. THIS IS CRAZY!!!! AGAIN I just keep doing it continually! I was on hold for most of the time, but it was worth it because my payments went through after waiting for two weeks. 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. None of these number combos worked for me! 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. , Your email address will not be published. Ok 408 # worked for me 7/15/2020 I called around 2pm. Calling over and over until I make it past the maximum callers message. THIS IS A TRICKY ONE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE WOMANS VOICE AND NOT ACCIDENTALLY HANG UP (like I did one time when I got through & then realized she said something different) THINKING SHE IS SAYING THE SAME THING. Got all my needs met with no issues or waiting. Waited on hold for 40 minutes. What a joke! Dont give up ! The Future of Consumer Internet Connectivity and Demise of Oligopoly ISP Giants. YOU MUST wait for the prompt to enter PIN Update: The info I gave in my previous comment is for reaching the help desk. I called the 1-800-300-5616 then 1-5-1-1-0. I appreciate all your help. She was really helpful and got my application started. I just want to understand the status of my claim, when it will be approved, payments, etc. Only a 6 minute hold time. After that its the same process, either you put on hold and wait for the representative, or they tell you that numbers of callers has been reach, try later. Try calling after 4 p.m. Thank u so very much for this number. What also worked for me (out of frustration) :/ was calling the same 1-800 number then hit 1-5 then hitting 0 or 1 repeatedly until I hear the prompt changes to Please hold for the next available representatives. 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