Overview
This page explains how employees or an outside person (such as a landlord or a loan provider) can verify if someone is a current employee at UCSF.
How to verify employment
There are three ways for employees to show (or verify) their current UCSF employment:
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Download an employment verification letter from UCPath.
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Log in to UCPath. Select Employee Actions > Income and Taxes > Verification of Employment.
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Select Generate Summary Report, and then Download Attachment for the employment verification letter.
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Submit an inquiry to UC Path.
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Log in to UCPath and select the yellow Ask UCPath button.
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Select Submit an Inquiry for Myself.
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Select Topic: Human Resources, Category: General Inquiry.
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Enter your subject (Employment Verification Request for <enter name here>) and description.
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Select Submit Inquiry.
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Email your employment verification letter to the UCPath Center.
UCSF uses The Work Number. This is a secure, automated service run by Equifax. It helps individuals outside the University to verify someone's employment status at UCSF.
Contact The Work Number: 800-367-5690 or visit The Work Number website.
The person requesting verification will need the following information:
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Employee’s Social Security number
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Employer code: 15975 (employer will be Regents of the University of California)
If you are unable to find an employee or need additional help, contact the UCPath Center for a verbal verification at 855-982-7284. If you need specific forms completed, email the forms to the center. The UCPath Center is open 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Request employment verifications for former employees through The Work Number. This is for employees who have separated since January 2014.
Contact The Work Number at 800-367-5690 or visit The Work Number website.
Employees seeking verification of public service for purposes of applying for loan forgiveness should:
- Complete Sections 1 and 2 of the PSLF Employment Certification Form or the PSLF Application for Forgiveness.
- Submit an inquiry directly to UCPath by following the steps below:
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Click on Submit An Inquiry
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Select Topic: Human Resources
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Select Category: General Inquiry Human Resources
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Enter your Subject
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Enter your Description
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Verify Best Contact Number and Email
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Submit
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Note: Please specify, along with your request, how and where to return the form. Typically there is a three-day turnaround time for requests. However, due to an expected increase in applications between Aug. 30-Sept. 30, 2022, there may be a month-long turnaround. If you still have questions or need assistance after submitting your application to UCPath, please contact the Customer Experience Center at 415-353-4545.
If you do not have access to submit an inquiry via UCPath, forms can be submitted by fax to 951-697-6839 or emailed to UCPath.
Once you receive the completed form from UCPath, submit it to:
US Department of Education - FedLoan Servicing
P.O. Box 69184
Harrisburg, PA 17106-9184
or fax to 717-720-1628