DIRECTIVE	:	ET HANDBOOK NO. 392, 2nd Edition
TO	:	ALL STATE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AGENCIES
FROM	:	ROBERT S. KENYON Acting Administrator for Regional Management
SUBJECT	:	Unemployment Compensation Claims Filed Under the Interstate Benefit Payment Plan

1. Content. Revised interstate claims procedures.

2. Background. Interstate claims procedures have been revised to accomodate remote initial claimstaking in the agent State and liable States. The significant changes are:

   (a)  the elimination of the agent State requirement to obtain the claimant's signature on the initial claims form and accompanying documents in cases where the claim is filed by telephone;

   (b)  the elimination of the Claim Record Card, Form IB-1A;

   (c) the elimination of the agent State requirement to complete an ES 935 with respect to UCFE base period wages in cases where the claim is filed by telephone;

   (d)  implementing procedures to allow claimants to present documentation of alien status by reading required information from the documentation provided by the Immigration and Naturalization Service; and,

   (e)  the elimination of the Notice of Interstate Appeal, Form IB-101.

3. Effective Date. The procedures published in this Handbook edition supercede all previously issued interstate procedures and are effective immediately.

4. Action Required. State Administrators are requested to ensure that this Handbook is made available to all appropriate staff.

5. Attachment. ET Handbook No. 392, 2nd Edition.