How to Apply For Employment Insurance Benefit?
Hello everyone welcome to the benefits page, in this article today we are going to tell you how we can apply for employment insurance step by step on the CA Govermment website so let’s go.
Apply for Employment Insurance Benefit
How to apply for EI?
Before you start please have these required documents at hand:
- Social Insurance Number (SIN)
- Record of Employment (ROE)
- Direct Deposit of Your Bank
- Latest Pay Cheque
Enter the government of Canada web site
To start we have to enter the website of the Government of Canada by searching for it from the Google browser or by following this link https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei/ei-regular-benefit/apply.html , when you enter we scroll down until we reach the button that says, “ready to start?” and press clic.
Begin the application for EI
we will be in the privacy notice statement, this means that we will use our personal information in a secure way, we will have to provide our names, surnames, employment information, and everything else that we are requested for the process, finally we scroll down and click on the start application button.
Then an option will appear if you are trying to recover an application that started 72 hours ago. We select No since it is the first time we are going to apply, so clic on Continue.
What type of of Employment Insurance benefits your apply?
Here they’re asking is what type of employment insurance are you looking for or are you going to claim. If you were self-employed if you had a business if you were self proprietor you can select this self-employed people. In this case I will select the employee benefits as if you have a job and you know you have lost it. So select the option and clic in Continue.
Now you are asked if you have any kind of reference code or if you were part of any job share program, if we have not done so, and we do not have any reference code since we are applying for the first time, let’s choose no and click on continue.
Type of Benefit for Apply EI
In this part they ask us what kind of benefits you are applying for, so as we are applying as an employee, we will choose the regular benefits, also they have mentioned a described in each category if you have lost years or regular benefits, and if we have been unable to work due to illness or anything else, then we can apply the other sickness benefits, but in our case we will select the regular benefits and we will click continue.
Then it explains what personal information they require and what employment information they require I am going to ask each and every one of you to please review this information and make it our own, then click on continue.
Remember that before selecting the type of benefit, we must take into account the rules that apply for each type.
Identity Information and Validation for EI
Here you have to give them your Social insurance number (SIN), your date of birth and the last name at birth of one of your parents. After filling in all the fields with the requested data, click on Continue.
Once we have completed entering the fields, they will appear on the screen, we verify them and to validate them we click on Continue.
Temporary Password and Personal Information For EI Service
This is the temporary password section, you can see a temporary password on the screen, so if while we are filling out our application and we lose the session, we can use this temporary password to continue with the application. So it is recommended that we save the password as possible and after that, we click on Continue.
Now comes the part of personal information if they contact you select which language you want to speak with them if in English or French. we fill in our own personal information such as email, address, phone number and mobile phone. after filling in the fields we click Continue.
Next we will be asked if we have any special condition, to enter the government programs and special services for indigenous or disabled people. If we do not have any, we do not select any and click continue.
Income Tax Information and Direct Deposit on EI
Here it’s t4e the statement of employment insurance, in the first section we are going to select please send me a paper copy and in the personal tax credit we’re going to select it basic, the basic amount of tax little for me depends on the province. So we’re going to click continue.
For the option of direct deposit they are asking if you use direct deposit on a previous claim for employment insurance benefits so let’s say that for an example a year ago you have a applied and you will get in yell in your bank account and they are asking if you already have given your direct deposit account details to CRA or not, but if you are applying for the first time you just have to press no’ and if you are applying for the second time you have to press yes’. Here we are going to click “No”, so once we have clicked “No” you will be asked about your banking information. At the beginning of this article it was recommended to have this information available at hand. So we’re going to press I have my own information with me and once we press Continue.
Now we will be asked about our bank details like a names and numbers, we fill in the data and click continue.
We will then be asked what is the highest level of education we have completed and whether we belong to a professional union or association, we fill and continue.
Last Job and Employer Information
Last Employer Information
In this section they are going to ask you the data of your last employer and in this block you have to put the first and last day that you have worked in that business or in that company, also answer if you have returned to work or not, or if you do not know. finally we click on continue.
In the next section we are asked why we are no longer working with the particular company, we are given several options among the most common is the pandemic caused by the Covid-19, Shortage of work and suspensions. after selecting the reason that left us without work click on continue.
Rate of Pay
Here we will be asked about the labor payments, how much you were earning approximately per hour or per year, after entering the value we click continue.
Job Information
Now they are going to ask you about your recent professional title, what was your job title in your recent company.
ROE Information for EI
We need in this section have the record of employment from your last employer, so what we are going to do is select I have a paper record of employment and click continue.
So if you have already reported your period of work with your last employer do not report again here for the same period, and answer if in the last 52 weeks did you have any other periods of work. remember guys if in the last 52 weeks if you have worked for any other employers as well, you have to select yes and clic on continue.
Another Information about Benefit of Quebec and Social Benefits
We are asked about information on Quebec parental insurance plan benefits, are you receiving any such benefits, yes or no we are not receiving such benefits and click on continue.
Continue to answer whether you have received or will receive workers’ compensation money, Yes or No, and we will continue.
Answer yes or no, in the pension information you are now or will be receiving a pension within the next fifty-two weeks.
Business or Company Information for EI
In this part you must select if you are related to any owner or part owner of your business, also if you have any shareholder in the corporation and any sole proprietorship, or if you are related to any corporation. Select and click continue.
Variable best week: They are asking in the last year did you work less than 22 weeks, did you earn vary over the last 52 weeks, that depends of you then you have to select yes or no, and continue.
Workforce History: We have to answer a questionnaire about our labor history for the last 2 years, fill in all the fields until the end and click on Continue.
Self-Employmen Information: In the self-employment information do you use self employment other than a fishing or farming. Selection yes or no, and continue.
then answer if you declare or will declare agricultural income on your income tax return. we continue.
Course and Training Programs: Now answer if you are taking or are going to take a course or training program or not, and let’s continue.
Third Party Assistance: Select If someone helped you complete this Employment Insurance application or No. and let’s move on to the next part.
Rights and Responsibilities Between EI and the Applicant
This section is divided into 6 parts where we will learn about the duties and rights of Employment Insurance claimants with the Government of Canada.
1. A Shared Responsibilities on EI
2. Responsibilities of Services Canada on EI
3. Your Responsibilities on EI
4. Other Importan Information For EI – Payments, Periods, Reports and Apprentices
5. Other Importan Information For EI, Absense of Canada
6. Other Importan Information For EI – Interest, False Statements, Money Owing
Attestation On Employment Insurance
Here we have to press that we accept our above attestation, and that we want to submit the application. by clicking on submit application we are done with our application.
Once you submit, we will be sent to a new page so we can now print your confirmation here.
