Won my EDD appeal hearing but no payment showing - when will money arrive?

Congrats on winning your appeal! The EDD system is notorious for taking time to update after appeals. In my experience, it took about 10-14 days for my UI Online account to reflect the changes after I won my appeal. The payments came shortly after that. What I recommend doing is taking a photo of your determination letter and uploading it to your UI Online account under 'Contact EDD'. Label it 'Appeal Decision Implementation Request' so it gets to the right department. This sometimes speeds things up.

congrats! i won mine too last month. took 8 days for $ to show up but i never saw any changes online until the money just appeared in my account one morning. hang in there!

The EXACT same thing happened to me!! Won my appeal in Feb and literally NOTHING changed online for nearly 3 weeks!!! I was pulling my hair out calling them daily. Finally got through after 2.5 weeks and they said "oh we see the appeal decision but it hasn't been processed yet" SERIOUSLY?? They had to manually trigger some update on their end. Then magically 2 days later all 11 weeks of my back payments appeared on my Money Network card. The whole system is BROKEN!!

After winning an appeal, there are actually two separate processes that need to happen: 1) The Appeals decision needs to be processed by the Appeals Division, and 2) The Adjustments Unit needs to implement the changes to your claim. Unfortunately, these don't always happen automatically or quickly. What you need to do is contact the Adjustments Unit specifically. They're the ones who actually update your claim status and release the funds after an appeal decision. The regular EDD reps you reach through the main line often can't help with this specific issue, which is why you need to get through to someone who can transfer you to Adjustments. Have your appeal case number ready when you call.

Have you tried calling right when they open at 8am? thats when i always get through.

I've had success using Claimyr to get through to EDD when dealing with appeal payment delays. After trying for days to reach someone, I used their service and got connected to an EDD rep in about 20 minutes. They were able to manually update my claim status and release my payments after I explained I had won my appeal. Worth checking out their video demo at https://youtu.be/JmuwXR7HA10?si=TSwYbu_GOwYzt9km or their website claimyr.com if you keep hitting the call volume message. Especially since you mentioned you're down to your last bit of money - getting those backpayments ASAP is critical.

my cousin said his money came exactly 12 days after his appeal letter. idk if thats normal tho

Just to follow up on my earlier comment about uploading your appeal decision letter - make sure you also write a clear note explaining that you're awaiting implementation of the appeal decision. Include your appeal case number if you have it. The more specific you are, the better chance of it getting to the right department. Also, if you certified for weeks during the appeal process, double-check that those weeks show 'disqualified' and not 'pending'. If they're 'pending', that's actually a good sign that the system is starting to process changes.

UPDATE: I just spoke with an EDD representative about this exact issue for another client. The current processing time for implementing appeal decisions is approximately 10-12 business days from when the Appeals Division transmits the decision to the EDD system. However, that transmission itself can take 3-5 business days after you receive your letter. So counting from when you received your determination letter, you're looking at potentially 13-17 business days total before seeing changes in your UI Online account. This timeline can vary based on claim complexity and current workload. If it exceeds 15 business days, that's when you should escalate.

Has anyone else noticed that EDD ALWAYS finds a way to make us wait for money even when we're LEGALLY entitled to it?? Like, we win an appeal which PROVES they were wrong, and instead of rushing to fix their mistake, they make us wait ANOTHER month?! It's almost like they're hoping we'll just give up!!

UPDATE: I finally got through to EDD this morning! The rep confirmed they received my appeal decision but said it's in a processing queue. She put in a request to expedite it due to my financial hardship, but couldn't give me an exact timeframe. She did say I should see some movement on my account within 7-10 days though. Just wanted to update everyone in case someone else runs into this same situation. Will post again once I actually see the money! Thanks everyone for your help so far!