Did you know you can submit documents online? By Scanning or Uploading documents in MyBenefits CalWIN, your worker can get your documents almost instantly. You no longer have to go into the office to drop things off, or mail your information and wait for your worker to get it over the mail.  If you are ready to submit Scan or Upload your documents just follow the instructions below, once your documents have been sent, you will get a confirmation number.

To scan or upload your documents please follow the instructions listed below.

Scan Documents

Follow these steps to scan and upload documents for your case:

  1. Sign in to MyBenefits CalWIN.  If you do not have a MyBenefits CalWIN account, create one now by clicking the Create an Account link.
  2. Click Documents from the top navigation
  3. Click Upload
  4. Select a case from the Upload documents dropdown and click the Continue button
  5. On the Submit Documents Detail page, select the Scan Documents button
    • Connect scanner to your computer
    • Select document
    • Scan document
    • Upload document
    • Repeat to upload multiple documents

Follow these steps to scan and upload documents to your recently submitted application or report

  1. Sign in to MyBenefits CalWIN.  If you do not have a MyBenefits CalWIN account, create one now by clicking the Create an Account link.
  2. Click Documents from the top navigation
  3. Click Applications
  4. Click the Submitted tab
  5. Your recently submitted applications will display.
  6. Click the Upload documents link
  7. On the Submit Documents Detail page, select the Scan Documents button
    • Connect scanner to your computer
    • Select document
    • Scan document
    • Upload document
    • Repeat to upload multiple documents

Upload Documents

Acceptable file types

  • XLS - Microsoft Excel worksheet sheet
  • TXT — Plaintext Text file
  • PDF — Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader
  • RTF — Rich Text document
  • HTM — HyperText Markup Language
  • GIF — graphic
  • jpe - graphic
  • jpeg - graphic
  • jpg - graphic
  • PNG — Portable Network Graphic
  • TIF - Tagged Image File Format
  • TIFF - Tagged Image File Format
  • BMP — Microsoft Windows Bitmap formatted image
  • How to upload documents to your case or recently submitted application or report:

Note: Uploaded documents which are password protected cannot be viewed by your worker. Please remove any password protection associated with the document(s).
You can upload documents to your recently submitted application or verification documents for reports submitted in the past 6 months.

Follow these steps to upload documents for your case:

  1. Sign in to MyBenefits CalWIN.  If you do not have a MyBenefits CalWIN account, create one now by clicking the Create an Account link.
  2. Click Documents from the top navigation
  3. Click Upload
  4. Select a case from the Upload documents dropdown and click the Continue button
  5. In the Document Information section, select the Upload documents button
  6. On the Submit Documents Detail page, click the Choose Files to Upload button or drag and drop files from your computer. To choose files to upload:
    • Browse for and select document file (Acceptable file types are: xls, txt, pdf, rtf, htm, gif, jpe, jpeg, jpg, png, tif, tiff, bmp)
    • Upload document
    • Repeat to upload multiple documents

Follow these steps to upload documents to your recently submitted application or report

  1. Sign in to MyBenefits CalWIN.  If you do not have a MyBenefits CalWIN account, create one now by clicking the Create an Account link.
  2. Click Benefits from the top navigation
  3. Click Applications
  4. Click the Submitted tab
  5. Your recently submitted applications will display.
  6. Click the Upload documents link
  7. On the Submit Documents Detail page, click the Choose Files to Upload button or drag and drop files from your computer. To choose files to upload:
    • Browse for and select document file (Acceptable file types are: xls, txt, pdf, rtf, htm, gif, jpe, jpeg, jpg, png, tif, tiff, bmp)
    • Upload document
    • Repeat to upload multiple documents

Follow these steps to view uploaded documents

  1. Sign in to MyBenefits CalWIN.  If you do not have a MyBenefits CalWIN account, creates one now by clicking the Create an Account link.
  2. Click Documents from the top navigation
  3. Click Upload
  4. Click the Submitted tab
  5. Your recently uploaded documents will display
  6. Select the View Documents link