My first unemployment payment still has not arrived

I applied for unemployment in Kansas City 9 weeks ago and the status page still says pending. Any experience at all would help. I answered every question and uploaded my final pay stub. Is there a step I could have missed?

Check the messages section of your claim, not just the dashboard. That is where my request for more information was hiding.

When I finally got through, the agent said my employer had responded late. Once that cleared, back pay came in one payment.