PA UC backpay approved but stuck in 'prevent payment' status - what now?

this happened to me too after i won my appeal last yr. the payment stayed in prevent payment for like 3 weeks then suddenly just showed up on my debit card. i didnt do anything special, just checked every day until it showed up. don't panic yet

Prevent' payment usually means'they re doing a final review before releasing funds. Since your case took 2 years to resolve,'they re probably double-checking everything. I won a similar appeal in January and it took 17 days from 'the payment' issued notice until the money actually hit my Money Network card. The UC system is painfully slow even when'you ve won. One thing though -'you re SURE you'don t have any open issues? Sometimes they hide in different sections of yourdashboard.

PREVENT PAYMENT IS THE WORST!!! I had this happen twice and both times they were claiming it was because of "verification issues" even though I'd already done IDme and uploaded all my documents!!! The system is designed to make us give up. Call them IMMEDIATELY and don't wait for the system to magically fix itself because IT WON'T!!!

I've been a volunteer helping people with PA UC issues for about 3 years now. The 'prevent payment' status happens for several reasons, but after a Board of Review decision, it's usually one of these: 1. System needs time to process the overturned decision (usually 2-3 weeks) 2. There's a benefit year-end issue that needs manual review 3. Your identity verification needs to be reverified (even if previously done) 4. Your banking info needs to be confirmed again Since you mentioned it's been about a week since they issued payment, I'd give it another week before panicking. But if you want to be proactive, try to get through to an agent to check if there's something specific causing the hold.

I had a similar situation last month and discovered Claimyr's service (claimyr.com) which helped me actually get through to a PA UC agent instead of dealing with busy signals. They have a video demo at https://youtu.be/CEPETxZdo9E?si=WL1ZzVZWG3KiHrg2 that explains how it works. For me it was worth it because I found out my payment was stuck because they needed to verify my current address (I had moved since filing). Once I spoke to an agent, they fixed it in 10 minutes and my money arrived three days later.

my cousin had this happen and it was because his address changed since he first filed. make sure all ur personal info is updated in the system

I think you guys are overthinking this. Whenever there's back payments, especially large ones like $9,800, they automatically go into prevent payment status for review. It's to prevent fraud. My wife's claim was like this too. They'll release it eventually. Just be patient for a few more weeks.

I've been following this thread and wanted to add one more important point: Even though your claim has been approved by the Board of Review, sometimes there's paperwork that must be manually updated in the system. The Board's decision gets sent to a separate unit that has to implement it. If you do decide to call, make sure you mention you had a Board of Review decision in your favor, as those require special handling. Ask specifically if there's any action needed from you or if it's just in queue for processing.