If you need to file an initial claim, you may:

1. File in person at your nearest local Job Service Office. 
2. Call your nearest Job Service Office.
3. File Online ­ INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIM

If you are filing a claim against Idaho, but live in another state, you may also file your claim by calling (208) 332­3574.

When you file, have the following information available:

• Your Social Security number.
• If you are not a citizen of the United States, your Alien Registration number and card.
• The business names, complete addresses including zip codes, and phone numbers of all employers for whom you worked during the last 2 years.
• The dates your work started and ended for those employers.
• Your total gross earnings from those employers.
• The reason you are no longer working for those employers.
• DD Form 214, Member 4, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, if you were a member of the Military Service in the past 2 years.
• Your county of residence if you live outside the state of Idaho.