EDD not letting me certify because of July 4th holiday - system showing wrong dates

Yeah, this is definitely because of the July 4th holiday. EDD systems always get wonky around holidays. Their computer system is probably accounting for the federal holiday and adjusting your certification schedule. You should be able to certify on July 5th without any problems. The payment might be delayed by a day, but it will process. I wouldn't stress about it!

This happens EVERY holiday but EDD never bothers to warn anyone!!! I've been on unemployment 3 times in the last 6 years and it's ALWAYS the same story. The system gets confused around holidays and shows wrong dates. It's not just July 4th - same thing happens with Memorial Day, Labor Day, etc. Your payment will probably be delayed 1-2 days. Make sure you certify the MINUTE the system lets you on the 5th because sometimes there's a backlog of payments after holidays.

I work with UI claims professionally, and this is absolutely related to the July 4th holiday. When a federal holiday falls during your certification period, the EDD system sometimes adjusts the certification availability dates. Here's what's happening: 1. Since July 4th is a federal holiday, EDD offices are closed and their systems don't process claims that day 2. The system has automatically pushed your certification date to July 5th 3. You WILL be able to certify on July 5th 4. Your payment will likely process 1-2 days later than usual 5. This will NOT affect your regular certification schedule after this week The system should return to your normal bi-weekly schedule after this temporary holiday adjustment. Don't worry - this won't cause any gaps in your claim or payments.

mine says the same thing!! i was just about to post about this. glad to know im not the only one. does anyone know if this means we'll get paid later than usual too?

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ur fine dude just wait till july 5, same thing happening to me rn. they always do this on holidays no big deal

I've been through this exact situation several times. Here's what you should do: 1. Wait until July 5th and try to certify first thing in the morning (the system updates overnight) 2. If you still can't certify, don't panic yet - try again midday 3. If by late afternoon on the 5th you still can't certify, THEN you should call EDD In my experience, about 95% of these holiday-related certification issues resolve themselves automatically. It's that other 5% where you might need to get an EDD rep to manually fix something in the system. Document everything - take screenshots of any error messages you get when trying to certify.

I had this happen on Presidents Day this year and actually did end up needing to talk to someone at EDD because my certification never opened up the next day like it was supposed to. Turned out there was an unrelated flag on my account that happened to coincide with the holiday. So if you still can't certify by midday tomorrow, definitely call them.

UPDATE: Just wanted to let everyone know that I was able to certify this morning! The system updated overnight like you all said it would. Thanks for calming me down yesterday - this is my first time dealing with a holiday while on unemployment. My certification went through and it says my payment should process within 48 hours. Thanks again for all the help!