Vivinavi : Hawaii : (United States) Hawaii

• sunset
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• 2021/05/03 (Mon) 08:22
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Dear PUAs,

I suggest you ask questions of locals in the "Hawaii PUA Updates&Support" Facebook Group （ to see which advice is not based on word of mouth but on real life examples. ）.

You can also ask the call center, but the PUA, like the UI, has been getting disparate advice from the call center for the last year.

After getting advice from locals on the Facebook Group, I think it would be a good arrangement to reconfirm with the call center whether the advice is accurate before submitting the labor report, which would prevent as much trouble as possible later on.

• sunset
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• 2021/04/10 (Sat) 20:30
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Rainbow,

Thanks for sharing your progress. It seems like you are progressing well with no major problems.

• rainbow
• 2021/04/11 (Sun) 17:41
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I am sorry.

I checked the past posts and the handbook in my own way, but I just couldn't figure it out, so I thought I would refrain from asking questions, but I wrote.


Since the company name had not yet disappeared in the normal claim, I reactivated it today, 4/11/14.

The question item at this time was
after the above date were you paid wages more than $ • • • • • • or worked 40 hours or more in any work week?
→ Choose No

Reason:
Not working. Because we have determined that paid work is not WAGES.
(I also selected yes just to be sure, but there is no indication to enter the amount or time)

Was I correct in answering No here ？

In case you were wondering how much pay you were paid in March,
Did you Did you receive residual pay, commission or other deductible income such as bounuse,or back pay?
(I don't think there was anything else to declare other than this item)


How is the payment of paid salary treated?

• sunset
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• 2021/04/11 (Sun) 18:27
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rainbow,

I understand your feelings. There is nothing in the handbook about this arrangement, and it makes me a little nervous.

"After the above date were you paid wages more than $ • • • • • • or worked 40 hours or more in any work
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Please answer NO. If you answer YES, you will be systematically trapped.

"In case you were paid in March, did you receive residual pay, commission or other deductible income such as bonus, or back pay?" select yes and report."
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If you have been paid since you obtained unemployment insurance, you can answer YES. Paid pay falls under "residual pay".

If the employer information disappears on your next File a Claim Certification application, you are done. Alternatively, you can open the Reactivate a Claim application until you are about to click the submit button to check if the employer information is missing.

I don't know how many days it will take this year when the UI system is upgraded, but last year, there were many cases where the employer information disappeared 2 or 3 days after the Reactivate a Claim application was submitted.

• rainbow
• 2021/04/11 (Sun) 18:33
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Thank you ！ ！

I am relieved ！ ！

I will watch your progress ！ ！

• rainbow
• 2021/05/02 (Sun) 09:45
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After that.

Applications for 4/10 and up to 4/17 were approved in about 10 days each week.
4/24 was approved immediately after application.

I tried to apply for 5/1 today, but it seems to have been changed to Biweekly.
(which week you want to apply for ？ pull-down)

I think ？ because it changed to laid off.

• ny
• 2021/04/26 (Mon) 18:32
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mahalo

thank you ！
I will look into the HIDANI lawyer ☺️

• ハワイ
• 2021/04/26 (Mon) 18:32
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You can find one on a site called Legal Match.

You can register the information of the lawyer you are looking for on the site
and the lawyer will contact you.

• mikimahalo
• 2021/04/26 (Mon) 18:51
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Many people around me said that it didn't make much difference whether they used a lawyer or not.
(Especially those who were expecting to speed up the process said it was exactly the same without using a lawyer. I think if you read it carefully, it's not that difficult.
And anyway, I found most of the answers by reading international marriage blogs and such lol.
Congratulations on your engagement. Good luck ！

• ny
• 2021/04/27 (Tue) 12:40
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Dear Hawaii

Thank you for letting me know.
I will take a quick look and register ＾ ＾.

• ny
• 2021/04/27 (Tue) 12:44
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Mr. mikimahalo

Thank you for the information ！
We were initially going to do it ourselves, so we were reading information from our seniors, but
we decided to hire a lawyer because of the confusion of information and to save time in solving the problem with this Corona disaster. We have decided to hire a lawyer 😓

thank you ！ we will do our best ＾ ＾

• OCEAN
• 2021/04/16 (Fri) 12:47
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Dear #4Hawaii
Thank you for the details. I learned a lot.
What I see is that they advertise their handmade sweets on their Instagram and blogs, but
they say "Please DM me for more details", so I don't know anything after all.
Also, I sometimes see people selling homemade goods at garage sales, etc.
Strictly speaking, you can't sell these goods without the appropriate permission.

• パン大好き
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• 2021/04/16 (Fri) 15:16
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I had also seen it and wondered ？ what the heck was going on, so thanks to OCEAN for this question.

I had also seen it in private sales on this vivinavi.
In fact, it takes courage to buy and eat something you don't know what kind of kitchen made it.
But if it's against the law, then it's out of the question.

• OCEAN
• 2021/04/16 (Fri) 16:31
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Dear #6 Bread Lover
I only asked a question ・ ・ but I'm glad I could be of some help.
I've been seeing a lot of this, especially with the Corona disaster.
I just hope that everyone who is selling them has the proper permits to do so.

• LuckyLilac
• 2021/04/16 (Fri) 21:27
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It is legal to sell home made bread.
You do not need a permit from the Hawaii Department of Health.
Anyone can sell their products as long as they take a FOOD SAFETY course and obtain a Certificate.
Only in-person sales, wholesaling to restaurants and stores is not allowed. Online sales are also not allowed.
Farmers ・ You can also open a store at the market. （ Often requires an event permit ）

Hawaii Department of Health Resources (HAR) Chapter 11-50 Food Safety Code

• OCEAN
• 2021/04/16 (Fri) 23:49
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#8LuckyLilac
Thank you so much for your detailed information.
I'm ashamed to admit that I don't have that kind of skill, so it's unlikely I'll ever be on the selling side, but
I'm sure some of you reading this found it very helpful. Of course, it makes all the difference if the buyer knows about it or not. It also leads to peace of mind.

I always think of this exchange square when I read it, and I am impressed by the many knowledgeable people here.
At the same time I feel ashamed of my ignorance ・ ・.

• Malo
• 2021/04/05 (Mon) 00:10
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sunset

Thank you so much for everything.

Just having you here, sunset, encourages me.

I really appreciate it.

• sunset
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• 2021/04/05 (Mon) 21:21
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Rainbow and Malo,

I think real-life examples and information will make us much less anxious. Thanks again to the Unemployment Insurance Help Team for caring about us here in the Exchange Square and sharing real-life examples and other information from UI Office personnel and Union officials.

• Waikiki
• 2021/04/06 (Tue) 09:23
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Sunset

Thank you so much for all your help.
You have been very helpful in explaining things in a way that I and many others who read this topic can easily understand, as it is the first time in my life that I have been on unemployment insurance and I am confused by the English language. I am still on Over-payment-Pending since 11 weeks of PEUC, but Sunset's post is helping me mentally. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you ！.

• sunset
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• 2021/04/06 (Tue) 20:22
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Waikiki,

Thank you for your message. It is true that some unfamiliar English words such as "Glitch", "Escalate", and "Furlough" appeared in the unemployment insurance. Even the locals didn't seem to understand them. At the time, I didn't understand them either, so I asked the unemployment insurance help team to explain them to me.

As for Overpayment, the number of people who have been contacted by the UI office is increasing, so I think it won't be long before Waikiki-san is contacted as well. Please be assured of that.

• Malo
• 2021/04/14 (Wed) 19:52
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sunset

I am always comforted by your thoughtful comments.

Truly, I thank you.

• サポート
• 2021/04/14 (Wed) 12:20
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I kind of understand what you are trying to say, Topi.
"XX store is looking for someone, but no one is available ？" has come up a lot in the last few months.
But in the end, everyone's answer is, "How much per hour ？ then it's better to get a UI." And that's the end of it.
Although they say that they are in trouble if they don't do this, they don't try hard to find a job because of the good amount of UI money in the immediate future.
I don't know about those who were high-skilled and paid well because I am not around them, but those who were part-timers or belonged to the tourism industry are often like this.
I think this idea will never go away ？ as long as UI's ＄ 300 etc are out there.

• CLOSE UP
• 2021/04/14 (Wed) 15:19
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Reading this topic, it seems to me that the focus here is on unemployment insurance recipients
rather than trying to get current unemployment insurance recipients to return to work,
I would suggest that employers who are hiring should focus on making further efforts to expand employment beyond those recipients.
If they are already receiving unemployment insurance, they should focus their efforts on expanding employment beyond those who are currently receiving unemployment insurance. If you are already working on this and can't find anyone willing to work for you, that's even worse.
There are many more people with skills and abilities who are looking for work who are not receiving unemployment insurance because they did not meet the requirements for unemployment insurance
for some reason, such as being sick at the time they applied for unemployment insurance, leaving Hawaii, or accidentally leaving before the Corona Disaster
than those who are currently receiving unemployment insurance. There are quite a few people with skills and abilities who do not receive unemployment insurance.
There are various types of people, including those who are able to live on their previous savings, those who are trying to light a fire under their fingernails, and those who
may not be able to afford food, clothing, and shelter at this point.
I think it will be easier to balance supply and demand between those who need people to work and those who want to work.
For example, if you are a restaurant owner, you can offer meals, or if you can afford a room, you can offer live-in work, etc.
I think it is necessary to make efforts to secure good human resources by considering some attractive conditions and benefits as much as possible.

Some of the current unemployment insurance recipients may be thinking TAKE IT EASY, while others may be thinking ahead.
At this point, it is said that PEUC-related unemployment insurance will not be available until the first week of September at the longest, so
it is not something that people around you should be fussing about, since it is your own choice whether you will be the ant or the grasshopper.

• sunset
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• 2021/04/14 (Wed) 16:08
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#20 Business Owner,

Thank you very much for your sincere response and support. I admire from the bottom of my heart Japanese people like you who are making a great effort to blend in with the local community in the U.S. I am sure that you are doing a great job. I can only imagine how wrenching it must have been for you when you reviewed your management. I am so glad that you were able to pass and successfully receive a PPP loan, which is a payroll compensation program for employers.

The Unemployment Insurance Help Team says that even the UI Office, which is Essential Work, is understaffed. However, in the case of the UI Office, "salary not commensurate with the highly intelligent nature of the work" and "short-term employment" are said to be the biggest reasons for the low application rate.

Hawaii is still far from fully reopening. Not only the tourism industry, but also sports bars, karaoke, movie theaters, and other dense industries have only partially reopened after being permitted to operate. As you know, there has also been news that corona infections may increase again and return to Tier Stage 2.

Unless the corona subsides further with the vaccine, it seems that the employer side, the unemployed side, and the worker side are all stuck and now have no choice but to follow the final decision of the federal government in the White House and the Hawaiian government. You may have already contacted them, but if you want to express your opinion as an employer, it may be useful to contact the Hawaii government representative who has jurisdiction over the area where your employer's business address is located directly and let them know the current situation that is happening at your employer. As for the $300 per week and COBRA free health insurance benefits that are said to be hindering the application rate, I think the federal government will indeed not extend them after September, unless the newly introduced mutant coronavirus spreads and causes a re-lockdown. I think we will see new activity in the job market around that time. Regarding those who are unemployed, as far as I know, the overwhelming majority are experienced and talented people. Thinking about how we can attract them and reinforce human resources may be a new management technique that employers are testing in the current Corona era. In particular, you may want to read past cases of companies that have been very successful in hiring seniors, as they often provide hints.

Rather than lobbying activities that could be misunderstood as pushing people who are unemployed away, I think that an attitude of support and full cooperation for their return to work would attract people to the inside of the business owner who is working hard in local business while contributing to the community.

In any workplace, employees silently watch every aspect of their employers and managers. Especially in the small Hawaiian community, the exchange of information among employees can spread quickly. Loco people also exchange information closely with each other, saying, "Be careful about jobs at this company, because they are outrageous. They exchange information closely with each other. Considering the business owner's future business development, why not refrain from this kind of lobbying? I have read the various voices on this topic, and while the business owner understands the Hawaii unemployment situation due to the Corona blowout, I thought I wrote this with the intention of criticism and flames, but this topic has become a sad composition of "workers vs. unemployed vs. employers" with no one benefiting. As a result, I feel that the true intention of the employer, "I want everyone to think about this for the sake of Hawaii's economy," has become difficult to convey and has led to the opposite effect.

As a personal suggestion, you may have already posted this, but if you are looking for Japanese staff, it would be much more meaningful to lobby your fellow employers to "get the procedures from Vivinavi and post it on the job search board".

Currently, with the ongoing topical discussion on the unemployment insurance program, the number of visits to the BibiNavi site is increasing rapidly, and the probability of unemployed people reading the job search bulletin board is increasing. Before finishing a job posting on the Vivinavi site or Indeed site, if you have friends who are unemployed, interviewing them about what kind of job descriptions they find appealing may be a quick way to increase the application rate.

I also volunteer in the local community when I have time. Let's work hard for each other in hopes of Hawaii's revival. I wish for the continued growth of your company.

• 日本人
• 2021/04/14 (Wed) 16:22
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Hawaii is full of incompetent Japanese people, so many of them do not have the courage and energy to work in a new place. Most people are satisfied with a shared room and hang on to Hawaii no matter how long they are in a Japanese-owned company with a generous binefit.
There are so many people who only see value in themselves living in Hawaii.
They have no choice but to hang on to their unemployment insurance.
They are incompetent.
It's a sad state of affairs.

• sunset
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• 2021/04/14 (Wed) 16:43
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To everyone reading this topic,

Nice to meet you. My name is sunset and I have been helping those who are unemployed in the topic about "PEUC Unemployment Insurance Extension Program". I have read the various voices on this topic and would like to share my thoughts. Please forgive me for the length of this message. I myself once experienced unemployment and am now back to work. I have also been an employer in the past. I have a reasonable understanding of the struggles and perplexities of those who are unemployed, those who are working, and those who are employers.

Several of the loco unemployment insurance help team who back me up are still unemployed in the tourism industry and the rest are working short or full time. One of them is a mother with three small children.

All of the Unemployment Insurance Help Team are highly intelligent enough to decipher the White House Federal Corona Bailout Bill overnight, which is so difficult to phrase that even English speakers cannot read it. I am the only one who cannot read the bailout bill, and I have asked them to explain it to me and provide information on this exchange square as needed.

First of all, I would like to express my deepest and most sincere thanks to those of you who have been working for Essential Companies since the Corona lockdown without receiving unemployment insurance benefits. It is because of your work that we are able to eat, shelter, and clothe ourselves safely.

I would like to talk about the unemployment insurance due to this corona impact. If you ask me, the UI office was really in a bad situation this time to the point of losing my temper. The Hawaiian Time excuse is just not working: the information sharing between the UI director and the field staff is ear-splittingly dysfunctional, and the advice from the call center consultation service is disjointed. Furthermore, the UI system is a 1980's version with many errors. Errors still occur even now.

The English-speaking locals, who are swamped by such a UI office, are in a panic, having lost their jobs and being forced to pay tomorrow's bills. The Japanese people were many times more panicked. If the UI office had been more solid, there would not have been so many unemployment insurance topics in this exchange square.

There are so many different types of people receiving unemployment insurance, as well as those who are working and their employers. I am convinced that those who have read and worked hard on my vastly increasing advice and those who have generously provided information are those who have worked diligently even before Corona. Through the dozens of personal consulting e-mails I received every day last year, I can now easily recognize them by their writing style.

These people are serious about their lives, and when the time comes, they have already thought about the best course of action without needing anyone else to tell them. Even locals are in a panic about unemployment insurance, so it doesn't matter if you can speak English or not. It all comes down to the attitude of "Are you going to take it seriously as a party or not?

Also, among those who have become totally unemployed, the more diligently they have worked at what they believe is their vocation, and the more they have worked at a place they love, the longer it will take for their emotional damage to heal. Those who have been temporarily laid off also carry the anxiety of not knowing what will happen tomorrow. The pressure is unimaginable, especially for those who have to support their families.

Therefore, I believe that the generous unemployment insurance includes "psychological recovery money" for those who have been laid off without saying whether they want to or not after being hit hard by the Corona impact. If they spend a great deal of that recovery money on shopping, eating, and drinking, the sales will spread to essential companies. For example, if you shop for vegetables at the supermarket, those sales will help the supermarket, the supplier, and the farmer. As a side note, the restaurant cards distributed to the unemployed saved many in the restaurant and distribution industry, and many in the restaurant industry are still clamoring for the restaurant card to be reissued.

Without this unemployment insurance benefit, the overall consumption rate in Hawaii would drop dramatically, and both the worker and employer sides of the essential companies would fall together. And public safety would deteriorate even further, and the Hawaiian economy could irreparably collapse. Right now, I think we are on the verge of a major collapse.

The people who should be criticized the most are the unemployed people who intentionally received unemployment insurance benefits through out-of-state residency, identity theft, and illegal activities and still have not confessed. The UI office is most to blame for not doing their due diligence in awarding the benefits, but as the news has shown, the illegal activity has resulted in the waste of hundreds of millions of dollars in Hawaii's unemployment insurance funds. This illegal activity will later affect the unemployment insurance taxes that each company pays each year. I won't go into details, but last year, I received several harassing e-mails from some of the people who committed illegal acts in the Bibi Navi Exchange Plaza. As a fellow Japanese, I am very ashamed of this story.

Finally. I would like to tell those who are unemployed, those who are working, and those who are employers. Each person has his/her own circumstances and background that others do not understand. I don't think anyone has the right to judge one way or the other unless they are fully aware of those circumstances and backgrounds.

Rocco's Unemployment Insurance Help Team actually reads this exchange square every day using a translation site. Imagine how they feel when they read this topical issue, as they are the most important people with a helping mindset.

And if Hawaii, where we are allowed to live, is to be restored, please reconsider what you can do for Hawaii and those close to you.

PS:
I deeply agree with CLOSE UP's thoughts. If we continue to criticize each other like this, we will only be laughed at by non-Hawaii residents, so it is time for those of us who care about Hawaii to CLOSE up our posts on this topic.

• Rick
• 2021/04/12 (Mon) 12:56
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#2 XRP

Hello. Thank you very much for your prompt reply.

I appreciate it. I sent you a personal email today as I was very confused.

Thank you very much for your time.

• Rick
• 2021/04/12 (Mon) 17:56
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#4 XRP

Thank you for contacting us as well.

Please check your email as we have resent it to you.

• sunset
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• 2021/04/06 (Tue) 21:57
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[Online ceremony consultation appointments]

We are pleased to share a share of an article about online ceremony consultation appointments.
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https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/04/06/hawaii-news/kokua-line/kokua-line-some-jobless-with-pending-claims-will-have-appointments-for-help-canceled/

According to the Unemployment Insurance Help Team, online consultations are handled by staff other than Examiners and Adjusters. Therefore, as mentioned in the article, if you have an appointment with an Examiner or Adjuster for an Overpayment or Pending consultation that requires their approval, the appointment will be cancelled later on.

In other words, it seems to be similar to the image of a "call center turned online".

They are currently only accepting reservations for 84 slots. Currently, only 84 slots are available. I tried to open the system to see how it works, but as I expected, there was a huge competition and the slots were filled years in advance.

My personal impression is that it is faster to contact the call center patiently than to wait forever for an online consultation appointment slot to become available.

• sunset
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• 2021/04/08 (Thu) 20:48
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If you don't know why you are Pending, please refer to the following list. If you don't know why it is Pending, please refer to it.

• sunset
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• 2021/04/09 (Fri) 23:06
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For those of you who are planning to have your employer deposit your pay and bonuses, please read #201 in the "PEUC has not yet been approved" Topic and keep in mind.

We recommend that you voluntarily confirm with your employer that your labor reports match, as there have been many happenings involving unreported labor reports by employers for pay and bonuses.

Regarding severance pay, if the payment is received before the official resignation date or official termination date, it must be labor reported. If it is credited later, there is no need to labor report.

• sunset
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• 2021/04/10 (Sat) 19:31
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Reminders and Changes]

To avoid making it difficult for everyone to read the topics and catch important information, please move those who post in the topics to the respective topics below. Thank you for your cooperation.

"PEUC 11 week extension program （ PEUC 2nd time ）" Topic completely closed.


●Applicants for the PEUC September Extension Program
●Applicants for the PEUC September Extension Program who submitted their second Initial Application
●Account Balance and Benefits under the PEUC Program Year End deadline extended by June
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"PEUC September Extension Program （ Third PEUC ）" Topic

● People who have not applied for the PEUC September Extension Program
● People who are receiving Original UI
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"PEUC Unemployment Insurance 13 Week Extension Program" Topic

● People waiting for PEUC approval due to Overpayment
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"PEUC is not yet approved" Topic

●Others
（ e.g. I don't know how to file ）
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Please find related past topics or start a new topic with a clear title. Please start a new topic with an easy-to-understand title.

• sunset
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• 2021/04/10 (Sat) 19:52
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[Topic Completely Closed]

I am closing this topic because there will probably be no people to write after April 10, which is the maximum extension of the payment under the PEUC 11-week program. My posts will also be closed in this Topic.

If you want to write in this topic, please do not write in this topic and start a new topic with a clear title. Also, as I said in #582 and #586 of this topic, please refrain from asking me questions and start a new topic in a shared format.

There are many examples of people sharing information and system error messages in this topic, so if you are looking for various information and examples, please read this topic as well.

Finally.
I would like to express my deepest and most sincere thanks to those who shared information on this topic and to those who contacted me directly and provided information. I wish many blessings to all who helped.

• Tetsu
• 2021/04/07 (Wed) 13:35
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If it's a renewal, it's easy to do. If you ask a lawyer, it costs a lot of money. Do you have any friends around who might be able to help ？?

• ヨット
• 2021/04/07 (Wed) 18:04
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I asked my lawyer to renew my green card.

When I asked my lawyer, the renewal application was not online but by mailing documents to USCIS.

The current address on the application is my own address, but the mailing address is the attorney's office, so the receipt number and fingerprinting notice will be sent to the attorney's office.
My attorney will contact me to let me know when it arrives.

The renewed green card will also be delivered to the attorney's office, and they will mail it to your home by EMS when it arrives.
Or you can go to the attorney's office to pick it up.

(You can check the progress from the USCIS website with the receipt number. )

It may vary depending on the attorney you ask, but that was my experience in my case.

With this current corona disaster, it may take even longer if the renewal application is mailed, so you may want to ask if it is possible to apply for renewal online even when going through a lawyer ？.

• オンライン申請
• 2021/04/07 (Wed) 18:44
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I updated online in Feb.
I translated words I didn't understand as I went along.
Appointment for fingerprinting etc. seems to take 6 months now because of the Corona disaster, and the date has not been decided yet. You can also check the current status by logging in yourself.

• USCIS郵送申請
• 2021/04/08 (Thu) 14:23
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I applied by mail to USCIS on 12/26/2020.
I did it myself, without an attorney.

The process to get the card was almost the same as #3 Yacht, but I did everything by myself without an attorney.
It took more than a month to receive the receipt notice, but I was able to check the status on the USCIS website after receiving it.
At first, I was told that it would take 5 months to get my fingerprints taken （ Next step ） But after a while, I was told "No fingerprints taken, you can use your previous one"
As a result, I received my new green card in the mail at the end of March. No fingerprinting, but no refund of the "fingerprinting fee" paid at the time of application.

According to the USCIS website information, due to the Corona disaster, the renewal process is taking a lot of time, so
a statement has been added to the receipt noteice from January 2021, stating "During the renewal process, the green card you are currently holding will expire one year after expiration. I have a receipt note for my case. In my case, I received two receipt notices, the first one was the normal one and the second one included the above extension.

• nuiloamama
• mail
• 2021/04/07 (Wed) 20:50
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Hello.

St. Luke's Same day certificate issued for saliva test $ 180
Next day certificate issued for nose wipe test $ 150

Kapiolani Hospital Next day certificate issued for nose wipe test $ 150
After I got the test results, I went to the Sheraton Hotel, Straub to have the certificate written.

• パスポート
• 2021/04/08 (Thu) 00:58
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Dear sweet potato sugar
Thank you for the topic
I also wanted to know information about the negative certificate required to enter Japan, so I will refer to this topic

Dear nuiloamama
Thank you for sharing detailed information. Thank you
I was wondering about this because I am returning with my child and the fee is for both of us, so this is very helpful!