To apply for unemployment insurance benefits online, you will need to create an account in our system. The steps below explain the process. You can also watch a video with these instructions.

Step 1: Tell us your email address

Go to page Create an account from our online system and enter your email address. Your address must not contain more than 35 characters and must be one that you check regularly, as we will use it to send important information about your claim.

Step 2: Check your email

After clicking "SUBMIT", we will send you a link to verify your email address. This link will only be active for 60 minutes and will be sent from ui-noreply@dol.nj.gov

You can add this address to your safe senders list to prevent it from being marked as spam.

Step 3: Click on the account verification link

Click the link in the email to complete the initial registration. Remember that the link expires after 60 minutes. If you don't complete the registration in time, you'll need to re-enter your email address and receive a new link.

Step 4: Complete your account registration

After clicking the link, you will be taken to a page where you must manually enter your personal information to avoid browser autocomplete errors.

You will need to enter:

• Full name
• Date of birth (MM/DD/YYYY, for example, 04/07/1978)
• Social Security Number (without hyphens)
• Phone number (numbers only)
• Email address (the same one you used to register)

You must create a secure password that meets the following requirements:

• At least eight characters
• One uppercase letter and one lowercase letter
• A number

One of these special characters: ! @ # $ % &

Make sure you remember your password and don't share it with anyone.

Step 5: Submit your claim

After completing registration, you can file a new claimAll applications have a start date of the Sunday of the week the application is submitted. If you submit your application before midnight on Saturday, you will receive credit from the previous Sunday.

If your last day of work was a Friday or Saturday and you worked all week, wait until after Sunday to apply. Otherwise, you could inadvertently apply for a week you actually worked.