Final DEO claim stuck on 'pending' when previous ones paid next day - what's up?

This happened to me back in March! My last payment took 4 days longer than all my previous ones. I think they do some kind of extra review on final payments before releasing them. As long as you don't have any adjudication issues or fact-finding questionnaires showing in your account, it should process. Did you do all 5 work searches for each week? That's usually what holds things up if there's a problem.

The DEO system triggers an automatic review on final benefit payments as part of their fraud prevention measures. It's completely normal for the last payment to take 3-5 business days rather than the usual 1-2 days. This happens because they verify that you've properly exhausted your benefit amount and that there aren't any outstanding issues before closing out your claim. The status should change from "pending" to "processed" within the next couple of days unless there's an actual issue they need to resolve.

DONT COUNT ON IT COMING WHEN U NEED IT!!!! My final payment took 3 WEEKS to process because they randomly decided to put my account in adjudication for "potentially unreported earnings" even though I reported EVERYTHING correctly every single week!!! Had to call them 37 TIMES before I finally got through to someone who could help. The DEO LOVES to hold your final payment hostage - they know its your last one so they don't care if they make you wait. The whole system is designed to frustrate people!!!

same thing for me last month, pending for like 5 days then it just showed up. hang in there

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My situation was kinda similar but ended up being a problem - after submitting my final weeks, they stayed pending because I had accidentally gone over my maximum benefit amount. I had misunderstood how much I had left. Maybe double-check your monetary determination letter and count up all the payments you've received so far to make sure you still have the full amount available for your last claim? Just a thought!

Just checking back - did your payment go through yet? Sometimes the CONNECT system does maintenance on Wednesdays that delays processing for 24 hours too.

hey guys i have a kinda related question - if I get a job but it doesn't start for 3 weeks do I still claim those weeks or does my claim end when I accept the offer even if I'm not getting paid yet??

Glad to hear your payment finally went through! This is actually pretty common - I've seen this happen to several people with their final payments. The DEO does seem to put extra scrutiny on the last payment, probably to make sure everything adds up correctly before they close out your claim. For anyone else reading this who might be in a similar situation, just keep checking your account daily and try not to panic if it takes a few extra days. The system usually works itself out, it's just nerve-wracking when you're depending on that money!