If you are like most people who have lost business or a job because of the BP Oil Spill, you are dealing with the GCCF to get compensated for your losses. Filing a GCCF claim is a complicated process because they often delay you by requesting more documentation, or they try to pay you a tiny fraction of what you really lost. This site is here to help you figure out the best ways to deal with the GCCF and get a fair payment for what you lost.
What Kind of Help Can I Get with the GCCF?
This site has information on exactly what documents the GCCF needs for your specific claim, which will help you prevent the GCCF using lack of documents as an excuse for delaying your claim. We update it regularly to make sure you know everything you need to know to get a fair deal from the GCCF. We also have a free case review box on the side of the page if you’d like to get a professional legal opinion about your claim.
Having an attorney represent your claim with the GCCF often helps it to move more quickly, and helps to stop the GCCF from trying to lowball you with their quick pay scheme. Don’t go it alone! There is help out there for you so you aren’t alone against BP and the GCCF. All the paperwork it takes to file a claim can be complicated, and one mistake can be the difference between getting all the money you deserve and getting delayed or lowballed. That’s why it pays to be sure you know everything in advance.
How to Get GCCF Info From This Website
There are several posts on this page for different professions, like deckhands, shrimpers, etc. All you have to do is scroll down the page until you see the post that applies to you. It will explain in full detail what paperwork you need to file your GCCF Claim and where to send it. You can also just fill out the free case review box and a legal expert will contact you shortly to help you sort through everything. No matter what you decide to do, make sure you read about some the GCCF’s tricks to make sure you don’t get cheated before you sign anything they give you.
The GCCF has been known to give people money for lower, personal claims when a person also has a business claim. Once they sign off for the personal claim, they unknowingly also signed off for their business claim that they didn’t get paid for. It’s dirty tricks like these that doing some research on this website and elsewhere will help you catch.
Anything Else I Should Know About the GCCF?
The GCCF is not independent of BP, so they are doing their best to delay and deny as many claims as possible. Keep in mind when you’re working with them that they are there to serve BP’s interests, not yours. The reason they keep delaying is because the longer you wait, the more desperate you will get as bills come due. Once you are desperate enough, the GCCF will offer you a low $5,000 personal quick pay or $25,000 business quick pay. Even though it’s probably nowhere near what you lost, the GCCF is counting on you taking it just because you’re desperate.
If you can, stick it out, get some help, and tell the GCCF that you’re not settling for a dollar less than what you’re owed.
Boat Capt. & Deckhands GCCF Claims
If you are a boat Capt. or deckhand on a fishing boat, you have most likely been hit hard by the BP oil spill in 2010. For you to file a successful claim with the GCCF its important that you give them as much documentations as possible to establish you GCCF claim. Below are the documentation that you would need with your GCCF claims form. The bad thing is from what I am seeing and hearing this group has been hit very hard and except for the $5,000 and $25,000 offers no real money has been given to this group of people. Its almost like the GCCF is waiting with this group of people unless they can give them the minimum. Most people have gotten so frustrated about the GCCF process that they have gotten attorney’s to handle their GCCF claims for them. Having and attorney handle you claim will give you some backing and in most cases give you a faster settlement.
GCCF Documentation Needed For Boat Capt. & Deckhands
* Driver’s License & Social Security Card
* GCCF Individual Claims Form
* Employment Verification Letter
*Captain’s License (boat captains) (2008,2009,2010, 2011)
*Employer’s Federal Fisheries Permits (2008,2009,2010, 2011)
*Employer’s Vessel Documentations/Registration (2008,2009,2010, 2011)
*Federal Tax Returns (2008,2009,2010)
*W2 or/and 1099-misc Forms (2008,2009,2010)
*Monthly Commission Stements (2008,2009,2010, 2011 Jan. -present)
GCCF Boat Captains & Deckhands Documentation send to
The GCCF online claims form and the documentation listed above you send by Fax or by snail mail to the address or fax number below and your GCCF claim is filed correctly. All GCCF Business Claims need to be send in to the GCCF for a first review.
Please keep a copy of all documentation including your online form that you fill out as GCCF has lost a lot of peoples paperwork so keep a copy with you so its easy to send in to them again if they loose it.
By Mail:
Gulf Coast Claims Facility
Kenneth R. Feinberg, Administrator
P.O. Box 9658
Dublin, OH 43017-4958
By Overnight, Certified or Registered Mail:
Gulf Coast Claims Facility
Kenneth R. Feinberg, Administrator
5151 Blazer Pkwy.
Suite A
Dublin, OH 43017
By Fax: 1-866-682-1772
This website is not affiliated with BP or the GCCF and the information provided is a guide in the GCCF claims process. Help with you GCCF business claims can be had by filling out the free case review.
GCCF Claims For Fisherman, Shrimper,Oysterman
These are the groups of people and business that are hardest hit by the BP oil spill and will be affected by the BP oil spill for years to come. The GCCF claims for this group of people are a little more tricky as not much documentation are normally in the hands of these people. This group of people are seeing smaller catches now and are seeing lower demand for their product because of the BP oil spill. Oystermen are seeing their Oyster leases being destroyed by the oil and they have to wait for 4-5 years before they can harvest again. Many people got tricked into taking $5,000 or $25,000 for their claims early in the process, to these people please fill out a free case review there might be some hope in getting you some more money.
GCCF documentation For Fishermen, Shrimpers and Oystermen
So here are the guidelines for what GCCF documentation is needed for this group of people.
* Driver’s license & Social Security Cad
* GCCF Business Claim Form
*Federal Fisheries Perits (2008,2009,2010,2011)
*Vessel Documentations/Registrations (2008,2009,2010,2011)
*Federal Income Tax Returns (2008,2009,2010)
*State Trip Tickets (2008,2009,2010,2011 Jan. – Present)
GCCF documentation send it to
The GCCF online claims form and the documentation listed above you send by Fax or by snail mail to the address or fax number below and your GCCF claim is filed correctly. All GCCF Business Claims need to be send in to the GCCF for a first review.
Please keep a copy of all documentation including your online form that you fill out as GCCF has lost a lot of peoples paperwork so keep a copy with you so its easy to send in to them again if they loose it.
By Mail:
Gulf Coast Claims Facility
Kenneth R. Feinberg, Administrator
P.O. Box 9658
Dublin, OH 43017-4958
By Overnight, Certified or Registered Mail:
Gulf Coast Claims Facility
Kenneth R. Feinberg, Administrator
5151 Blazer Pkwy.
Suite A
Dublin, OH 43017
By Fax: 1-866-682-1772
This website is not affiliated with BP or the GCCF and the information provided is a guide in the GCCF claims process. Help with you GCCF business claims can be had by filling out the free case review.
GCCF Business Claims Documents Needed.
If you are registered as a business and have a federal tax id number or your business is registered under you social security number these are the documents you would need to file you GCCF Business claims. There are some many business in the Gulf Coast region that has been effected by the BP Oil Spill, but to give an example of a few of them would be Construction companies, restaurants, commercial and charter fishermen, rental companies, water sports, cleaning companies. etc etc. I would almost say that show me one business in the down here that has not been affected by the BP oil spill. Its very few business so if you have a business that are close to the gulf of Mexico there is a good chance that the drop you see in your taxes for 2010 are caused by the BP oil spill.
GCCF Business Claims
The following documentation is what you need to get together for filing a GCCF business claims.
* Driver’s license & Social Security card
* GCCF Business Claim Form
* Business Licenses (2008,2009,2010,2011)
* Federal Tax returns (2008, 2009, 2010)
* Monthly Profit & Loss Statements (2008,2009,2010,2011 Jan.-present)
* Monthly Sales & Use Tax Returns** (2008,2009,2010,2011 Jan.-present)
**Only if yearly income exceedes $200,000
*Oil spill impact letter
GCCF Business Claims Send Documentation to
The GCCF online claims form and the documentation listed above you send by Fax or by snail mail to the address or fax number below and your GCCF claim is filed correctly. All GCCF Business Claims need to be send in to the GCCF for a first review.
Please keep a copy of all documentation including your online form that you fill out as GCCF has lost a lot of peoples paperwork so keep a copy with you so its easy to send in to them again if they loose it.
By Mail:
Gulf Coast Claims Facility
Kenneth R. Feinberg, Administrator
P.O. Box 9658
Dublin, OH 43017-4958
By Overnight, Certified or Registered Mail:
Gulf Coast Claims Facility
Kenneth R. Feinberg, Administrator
5151 Blazer Pkwy.
Suite A
Dublin, OH 43017
By Fax: 1-866-682-1772
This website is not affiliated with BP or the GCCF and the information provided is a guide in the GCCF claims process. Help with you GCCF business claims can be had by filling out the free case review.
GCCF claims for contract workers, if you are a contract worker it means that you get a 1099 at the end of the year where you income from each company you work for is reported. Examples of contract workers could be the following. Nail Tech, Hair Stylist, Taxi driver etc.
GCCF Claims For Contract Workers
When you file as a contract worker you could possibly have more than one claim as you have your business claim but you could also have a personal claim.
Very Important: If you run your small business under your Social Security number and have two claims in with the GCCF one for your small business and a personal claim, if you sign off on one claim you will have sign off on all claims under your Social Security Number. I have talked to a quite a few people that has felt like they got tricked by the GCCF with two claims as described above so please make sure that you don’t fall into this trap.
GCCF Documentation needed for a contract worker
Here are the documents you would need to send into the GCCF together with your online GCCF Claims Form that you would fill out here GCCF Claims Form
The link to the claims form goes to the Interim Claims form at GCCF, the reason is when you file for an interim claim you will automatic receive the interim offer and the final offer when your claim gets approved.
1. Copy of your Drivers license and Social security card
2. Occupational license
3. Federal Tax return for the years 2008 – 2009 – 2010
4. W2 Forms or/and 1099 misc forms from the years 2008 – 2009 – 2010
5. Monthly Profit/commission statements
6. Oil Spill impact letter ( How did the oil spill impact you income, make a letter explaining the GCCF why the BP oil spill affected your income in 2010 or 2011)
GCCF Documentation and GCCF Online Claims Form
The GCCF online claims form and the documentation listed above you send by Fax or by snail mail to the address or fax number below and your GCCF claim is filed correctly.
Please keep a copy of all documentation including your online form that you fill out as GCCF has lost a lot of peoples paperwork so keep a copy with you so its easy to send in to them again if they loose it.
By Mail:
Gulf Coast Claims Facility
Kenneth R. Feinberg, Administrator
P.O. Box 9658
Dublin, OH 43017-4958
By Overnight, Certified or Registered Mail:
Gulf Coast Claims Facility
Kenneth R. Feinberg, Administrator
5151 Blazer Pkwy.
Suite A
Dublin, OH 43017
By Fax: 1-866-682-1772
This website is not affiliated with BP or the GCCF and the information provided is a guide in the GCCF claims process
When you file an GCCF claim for loss of income in would mean that you where employed before the oil spill but lost your job because of the oil spill, lost hours at work because of the impact of the oil spill or lost some other benefit like raise, bonus, commission.
GCCF Claims Information you need
Here are the documents you would need to send into the GCCF together with your online GCCF Claims Form that you would fill out here GCCF Claims Form
The link to the claims form goes to the Interim Claims form at GCCF, the reason is when you file for an interim claim you will automatic receive the interim offer and the final offer when your claim gets approved.
GCCF documentation needed to file a loss of income claim
1. Copy of your Drivers license and Social security card
2. Federal Tax return for the years 2008 – 2009 – 2010
3. W2 Forms from the years 2008 – 2009 – 2010
4.Paycheck stubs or Payroll summary for 2010 – 2011 (Jan-Present)
5. If unemployed in 2010 or 2011 please verify the month you where unemployed
6. Oil Spill impact letter ( How did the oil spill impact you income, make a letter explaining the GCCF why the BP oil spill affected your income in 2010 or 2011)
GCCF Documentation and GCCF Online Claims Form
The GCCF online claims form and the documentation listed above you send by Fax or by snail mail to the address or fax number below and your GCCF claim is filed correctly.
Please keep a copy of all documentation including your online form that you fill out as GCCF has lost a lot of peoples paperwork so keep a copy with you so its easy to send in to them again if they loose it.
By Mail:
Gulf Coast Claims Facility
Kenneth R. Feinberg, Administrator
P.O. Box 9658
Dublin, OH 43017-4958
By Overnight, Certified or Registered Mail:
Gulf Coast Claims Facility
Kenneth R. Feinberg, Administrator
5151 Blazer Pkwy.
Suite A
Dublin, OH 43017
By Fax: 1-866-682-1772
This website is not affiliated with BP or the GCCF and the information provided is a guide in the GCCF claims process
