How often does TWC send unemployment payments - weekly or biweekly?

In Texas, you REQUEST payments every two weeks, but each payment request covers two separate weeks. So technically you're getting paid for each week, but the actual payments come biweekly after you submit your payment request. You'll submit your request through the TWC portal or Tele-Serv on your assigned day (based on the last digit of your SSN), and if everything's in order, you should receive the payment 2-3 business days later via direct deposit or debit card depending on what you selected.

The TWC system is COMPLETELY MESSED UP! They say biweekly but sometimes it takes WAY LONGER to actually get your money. I had to wait 3+ weeks for my first payment because of "pending issues" they never told me about!!! Don't count on getting it on any specific schedule until you've gone through a few payment cycles. The system is designed to make it as difficult as possible!!!!

To clarify what others have said: Texas Workforce Commission has a biweekly payment request schedule. You request payment every two weeks, reporting your work search activities and any earnings for each week separately within that request. After you submit your payment request, you'll typically receive your benefits within 2-3 business days if there are no issues with your claim. The payment will cover both weeks that you requested. For example, if you request payment on June 14, 2025, you'd be requesting payment for the weeks of May 31-June 6 and June 7-13. Each week is calculated separately (based on your weekly benefit amount minus any part-time earnings), then combined into one payment. Just make sure you're completing the required 3 work search activities for each week and reporting them correctly during your payment request.

its every 2 weeks but u have to request it on ur day or u might miss it. my day is wednesday bc of my ssn. u get paid for 2 weeks at once but they calculate each week separate. if u miss ur day u can still request the next day but dont miss that one two

When I was on unemployment last year the payment schedule was so frustrating because I couldn't get through to anyone at TWC when my payments were delayed. I finally found this service called Claimyr that got me connected to a TWC agent in less than 10 minutes! You might want to check out their video demo at https://youtu.be/V-IMvH88P1U?si=kNxmh025COIlIzKh if you run into any payment issues. Their website is claimyr.com - it saved me hours of busy signals and disconnected calls.

My sister got unemployment and she had to request every two weeks but then she got a job and forgot to stop requesting! Now they're saying she owes all this money back! Make sure you stop requesting as soon as you start working or you'll end up with an overpayment notice!

hey so i think noone mentioned this but if ur claim has any problems they might put a hold on ur payments and u wont get anything until its cleared up. happened to me bc they needed extra identity verification and i didnt see the message in my correspondence inbox for like a week lol. def check ur inbox regularly!!

One last thing to note about the payment schedule: while you request payment biweekly, your work search requirements are weekly. So you need to complete at least 3 work search activities each week (that's the current requirement for most counties in Texas). When you request payment, you'll report your work search activities for each of the two weeks separately. Keep good records of all your activities in case TWC requests verification. Also, pay attention to your correspondence inbox in your TWC account. TWC sends important notices there rather than to your email, and missing those can cause payment delays.