The SEPE notice: this is how you can find out if you have been granted unemployment or a subsidy

At the moment when a citizen requests an unemployment benefit (whether it is a contributory benefit, unemployment, or any of the subsidies), he is pending what will happen with that request with the desire to know as soon as possible so as not to stay for too long without financial resources after job loss.

For these moments of doubt, the Public State Employment Service (SEPE) has a monitoring tool for which the citizen only needs an internet connection and a mobile phone number. , the organization has explained that the status of an application can be checked “immediately by means of an SMS with a single-use password, choosing the option ‘Mobile phone pin'”.

The process begins by entering this . The citizen must choose the category ‘Persons’ and then select the option ‘Consult the data and receipt of your benefit’. After that, you have to click on the ‘Service Queries’ section.

At that time you can choose the option you most want: to do it through the mobile phone you must click on ‘Mobile phone pin’. The system will ask you to enter the DNI or NIE and the mobile phone number. In addition, it will force you to perform a security check. When you complete all the cases, you must click on ‘Access’.

With this information, the system will send a code by SMS that the citizen must collect and enter to enable the procedure. Once you have entered it, you will be able to access the resolution of the benefit if it had already occurred. The opinion will include both the amount of the benefit and the duration.

The ‘Mobile phone pin’ option is the simplest, since it only requires possession of that phone and Internet access. However, the SEPE also allows access to the consultation of the unemployment benefit application if you have a digital certificate (), an electronic DNI or Cl@ve ().

How long does SEPE take to grant or deny unemployment or a subsidy?

SEPE is obliged to respond to applications for unemployment benefits as quickly as possible. The body has a period of 15 days, after receiving all the documentation, to deny or reject the request for unemployment or a subsidy. With that firm decision, you have 10 days to notify the applicant.

If the person who has applied for unemployment or the subsidy sees the days and weeks go by and does not receive a communication from SEPE, their waiting period is three months. If that time passes without knowing the answer, it will be understood that the request has been denied due to administrative silence.