EI cards question

[KiminON 0]

well, much to my surprise (i didn't apply within the proper timeline as i misread things and thought i had to have my EAD or GC before i could apply) i 'think' i've been approved for EI benefits. question is, if they send you the cards to fill in, this means you are approved? it doesn't have any information about how much i'll get or anything.

thanks in advance for the help.

k

[Buttons 0]

doesn't mean your approved I've been filling and sending mine back for four months with no money received yet ! Told I needed to wait for my EAD and then It would be approved.

[Mephys 2]

the cards you receive are they cards to fill up with jobs youve applied? Because it doesnt make sense to me that we would have to fill these cards prior from getting the EAD or GC.

What are exactly those cards?

Thanks

Mephys

[KiminON 0]

see, that's it. i have my GC so i am now work authorized. i hadn't applied before i receved it.

the cards are for 2 weeks of coverage and i had to answer if i'd been working, if i could work and if i'd taken any courses or received any money. guess i'll just have to wait and see if money shows up!

k

[Kathryn41 3,205]

the cards you receive are they cards to fill up with jobs youve applied? Because it doesnt make sense to me that we would have to fill these cards prior from getting the EAD or GC.

What are exactly those cards?

Thanks

Mephys

When you apply for EI benefits you receive a card from the EI office that asks you if you have worked during the dates specified on the cards; if you have been available and able to work during those dates; if you accepted full time employment . . and I don't remember the other questions. There are then spaces where you list the dates and hours that you worked and the amount of money that you received. You are allowed to earn up to a certain percentage of your EI benefit before it is deducted dollar for dollar from the benefit you receive. The cards are used to determine how much benefit EI owes you for that week, first by determining that you are elegible to receive EI (ready and able to work), and 2nd to determine the amount of benefit owed to you for that week. You return the cards every two weeks and they send you new cards until your claim is completed. Filling the cards out prior to receiving the EAD would show that you are not eligible to receive EI benefits for that week since you were not able to work, but these weeks are considered part of your claim since you file once you become unemployed and your claim continues until your maximum eligibility has been reached. Accordingly, there will be a number of weeks in your claim during which you are eligible to file for EI but not eligible to collect.

[Mephys 2]

Thanks for the answer

One more question, once you receive your EAD, will you receive a payment for all the weeks were you didnt have your EAD since these weeks are part of the claim? Or the payments are only gonna start when you receive the EAD?

Mephys