How long after winning PA UC appeal until payment hits Money Network card?
Finally won my appeal hearing yesterday after a 6-week battle with PA UC! The referee ruled in my favor, but I'm still waiting for the money to show up on my Money Network card. The backpay amount should be around $4200 for the 7 weeks I've been fighting this. Has anyone gone through this recently? How long did it take for your payments to process after winning your appeal? I'm stressing because rent is due next week and I've been surviving on credit cards this whole time.
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Freya Pedersen
Congrats on winning your appeal! In my experience, it took exactly 9 business days for my payments to hit my card after winning my appeal in January 2025. The backpay came all at once, not individual weekly payments. Don't worry if your payment status still shows as 'disqualified' for a few days - that's normal while they process the referee's decision. Make sure you keep filing your weekly claims during this time though!
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Ravi Gupta
•Thank you! That's a relief to hear. My dashboard still shows everything as disqualified and I was panicking that maybe I misunderstood the referee. I'll keep filing and hope it shows up by next Friday then.
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Omar Hassan
mine took like 3 weeks after i won but that was back in november so maybe its faster now idk
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Chloe Anderson
•3 WEEKS?? Are you serious?? That's insane! What did you live on while waiting? This system is such a joke. They expect us to survive with no income for months while they sort out THEIR mistakes!
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Diego Vargas
The official timeline from PA UC is 5-7 business days for payments to be released after an appeal decision, but I'd add a couple days for it to actually hit your Money Network card. The most important thing is that the referee's decision has been uploaded to the system, which can sometimes take 2-3 days after your hearing. If it's been more than 10 business days total, call the UC service center to check if there's another issue holding things up.
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Ravi Gupta
•Do you know if I'll get an email or notification when the money is released? Or do I just need to keep checking my card balance? The UC website isn't showing any updates yet.
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CosmicCruiser
I won my appeal last year and it took 12 days but I also had a holiday weekend in there. My sister just went through this in January and got her money in 6 days after winning so I think they've gotten a bit faster. Her case was pretty straightforward though - just a misunderstanding about her last day of work.
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Anastasia Fedorov
•The time it takes really depends on what the issue was. I won my appeal for a job refusal case and it took 8 days exactly. But my neighbor had an employer protest appeal and she said it took almost 3 weeks. I think if they have to collect more info from your employer after the appeal, it takes longer.
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Sean Doyle
If you need to check on the status, good luck getting through to PA UC right now. I've been trying for THREE DAYS and just get busy signals or disconnected. Someone told me about Claimyr.com which gets you through to an agent without the wait. There's a video showing how it works at https://youtu.be/CEPETxZdo9E?si=WL1ZzVZWG3KiHrg2. I was skeptical but it actually worked for me when I needed to check why my payments stopped after a BYE date. Got through to a real person in 25 minutes instead of spending days redialing.
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Ravi Gupta
•Thanks for the tip! If I don't see movement by Monday I might try that. I've already wasted hours trying to get through this week.
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Chloe Anderson
DONT CELEBRATE YET!! I won my appeal in December and then got hit with ANOTHER issue flag the day before payment! Something about "additional verification needed" and had to wait ANOTHER 3 weeks. The whole system is designed to make us give up I swear!!
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Freya Pedersen
•This usually only happens if there's a separate issue from what your appeal was about. For instance, if your appeal was about a quit but then they flag something with your work search activities. What was your original appeal about compared to the new issue?
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Ravi Gupta
Update: Just checked my dashboard and my payment status changed from "disqualified" to "in progress" for all weeks! And the referee decision is now showing in my dashboard. Hopefully that means the money will be on my card soon. I'll post again when it actually hits!
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Diego Vargas
•That's excellent news! "In progress" typically means the payment has been authorized and is in the processing queue. You should see the funds within 2-3 business days at most. Make sure your Money Network card is activated and ready to receive deposits.
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Zara Rashid
My cousin had this happen last month and when she won they told her 5-7 days but it took 11. Something about appeals having to go through a special payment process. I think regular UC payments are faster than appeal backpay in PA.
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CosmicCruiser
•When I went through this, I also noticed regular weekly claims processed faster than the backpay from the appeal. My regular weekly claims were hitting my card in 2-3 days, but the backpay took longer. Just how the system works I guess.
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Ravi Gupta
FINAL UPDATE: Money hit my card today! Total of 5 business days after winning the appeal. All the backpay came at once. Such a relief after weeks of stress. Thanks everyone for your help!
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Freya Pedersen
•Fantastic! That's actually pretty quick by PA UC standards. Glad it worked out for you. Make sure to keep up with your weekly work search activities and filing even though you got paid, as any gaps could cause problems with future payments.
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