Fax Your Virginia Benefits Paperwork
The fax line each Virginia agency publishes for Medicaid and CHIP, SNAP, unemployment, state leave benefits, and state tax, with what that office asks you to put on every page.
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Where to fax it
2 of the 4 Virginia agencies below publish a fax line for their documents, one runs its program through local offices, so the number is your own county's, and one publishes only a line for a particular form or an appeal. Call the number in the row before you send.
The office asks for your case number on every page. Put it on every page you send, and keep the fax receipt. An office that cannot match a page to a case has to set it aside, and the receipt is what proves you sent it before the deadline.
Call before you send. Agency fax lines change and some stop answering. A short call confirms the number and whether that office is the one holding your case.
Cover Virginia asks for the items named in the letter it sends when an application needs more information, and says the application may be denied if nobody replies.
The Department of Social Services directs SNAP case questions and reported changes to the local department of social services that holds the case.
The Virginia Employment Commission asks that an unemployment appeal be in writing and give the reasons for the appeal.
No general fax line published. The lines this office does publish:
Virginia Tax takes an address, name, or Social Security number change at the individual fax line, and asks for the supporting document with it: a copy of the Social Security card or the ITIN letter from the IRS for a number change.
What the fax costs on FaxTerra
This is what FaxTerra charges to send it. It is not a fee the office charges.
Every FaxTerra account gets 10 free pages a month, and a page to a US fax number counts as one. A renewal or verification packet of up to 10 pages sends free, with no credit card.
Free pages reset on the 1st. If a second packet in the same month takes you past 10 pages, a FaxTerra Lite pack covers it, with no subscription.
Questions
What do I put on every page I fax to a Virginia agency?
Your case or client number, your name, and your date of birth, unless the row below says the office asks for something else. A page that arrives without a case number has to be matched by hand, which is the slowest path through any agency.
Can I fax a Virginia agency without a fax machine?
Yes. Upload the pages from your phone or computer, enter the office's fax number, and send. The agency receives it as a fax. Every account gets 10 free pages a month, and a page to a US fax number counts as one.
What if the fax line does not answer?
Call the number in that office's row before you try again. A line that rings and never connects will not start working on a retry, and the office can tell you whether the number changed or whether it wants the document another way.
My row says the program runs through county offices. Where do I fax it?
To your own county office, whose fax is in the state directory linked in that row. Virginia does not run that program from one address, so there is no statewide number to give you, and a number from another county will not reach your caseworker.
Is this an official Virginia site?
No. FaxTerra is a fax service. Virginia and the office you are writing to set the rules and decide your case; every number and requirement here is linked to the agency's own page under official sources.
Official sources
- coverva.dmas.virginia.gov/apply/how-to-apply
- coverva.dmas.virginia.gov/learn/appeals
- www.dss.virginia.gov/relief/food-assistance/snap
- www.vec.virginia.gov/appeals
- www.vec.virginia.gov/contact-us
- www.tax.virginia.gov/contact-us
- www.tax.virginia.gov/updateinfo
- www.tax.virginia.gov/refund-verification-letter
- www.dss.virginia.gov/localagency
FaxTerra is a fax service, not a benefits agency. Virginia and the office holding your case set the rules and decide it; follow their instructions where they differ from anything here. Every number above is linked to the agency page it was read on. Reviewed September 2026.
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