West Virginia Unemployment Application
West Virginia unemployment application processes are simplified so that the claimant can have the easiest time possible when applying. The application process begins at the Workforce West Virginia Unemployment Compensation website (http://www.wvbep.org/bep/uc/), where the claimant can access information about the West Virginia unemployment application process, a full claimant’s handbook, and answers to frequently posed questions related to unemployment compensation.
For information on how to file a new West Virginia unemployment application, claimants need to visit http://www.wvbep.org/bep/uc/ucforwv.htm#Applyingfor.
Claimants interested in filing a West Virginia unemployment application must do so in person at a physical location accepting applications for processing.
There are seventeen offices where applications are presently accepted and processed; for a listing of the latter offices and locations potential claimants can visit:
http://www.wvbep.org/bep/uc/UCLocate/default.htm.
All of the offices have hours of operations consisting of 8:30 am to 5 pm Monday through Thursday and from 9 am to 5 pm on Fridays. When applying for benefits the claimant will require his or her social security card, driver’s license, a DD Form 214 if a former member of the military, immigration paperwork if one is an immigrant and the claimant will need to provide information about the last 18 months of employment.