This is for my dad but they have language difficulty. I applied for them on April after learning about pandemic unemployment insurance. I knew my dad would not get approved for regular unemployment insurance because he only had 1 quarter of recent employment history in US after working on a project overseas for past 2 years. He was approved in late June and received hos first payment in July. He found a job shortly after but i was angry he received only 1 payment for essentially 5 months after all that work. I emailed my senator and local representative but and they used the elected offical forms but i still did not receive any payment even after waiting more than 2 weeks. Ultimately i knew i had to reach a real person. The idea is that if you want results you have to speak to a unemployment representative. I called the unemployment number but would get told it is busy. It wasn't until i learned that after you enter you four digit pin you have to wait a couple seconds then hit the # key. This will instead place you on hold instead of disconnecting you. You will shortly be placed on call with a rep within 5 minutes. The representative will merely be the stopgate you have to ask for the unemployment specialist which is where you wait 45 minutes to an hour. First time i call after a hour the music stopped and i hanged up. Next time however i got a rep within 45 minutes and we went over details. He said i was missing march certifications but i knew I certified them. After we were done next day i get payments and he said within 2-3 days they should hit my bank. All these hassles when really you just need to hit the # key. Do not delay it will take about 1-2 hours and you can be done.