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Unemployment has to be filed to the state unemployment office. If you are living in California, you need to file a claim "http://www.edd.ca.gov/Unemployment/Filing_a_Claim.htm". Search for your state using a search engile like http://www.google.com for State Unemployment Claim and fill the form online for your state.
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Yes, your claim would merely become inactive and you can reactivate it anytime in the benefit year following when you filed the claim.
It depends on the circumstances. You should check with your state's employment security office for clarification.
No in most cases you can not claim unemployment .
Write down what you have done to look for work since you claimed unemployment benefit.
Most states would have you reopen the old claim because you would still be in your benefit period (52 weeks).
Yes. You can receive unemployment benefits from whatever 'liable state' you worked in. You can apply directly to that state or through the one you live in, known as Interstate claim, who will then transfer your claim to the right state.
Your unemployment benefits will continue even if your employer declares bankruptcy. The unemployment insurance system is designed by each state to cover your expenses if you become unemployed in a qualified manner.As long as you remain eligible to receive your weekly unemployment benefit rate, your benefits should not be halted at any time, unless you either become employed or discontinue your claim. The only other reason your claim may be stopped is because you have reached the end of your benefit term, and your available compensation has expired.
Whether or not your spouse is employed (or, indeed, whether or not you have a spouse) has no bearing on unemployment benefits in any location I'm familiar with. If you lost your job in a way that would allow you to collect unemployment, then you can collect unemployment. If you didn't, then you can't. It's pretty much that simple.
Your unemployment benefits usually stop as soon as you have earned (but not necessarily been paid for) work. If the job did not pan out, you can re-open your original claim. as long as you are in your base and benefit periods.