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Interstate Unemployment Claim after Initial Benefit Year Expired, worked part time in new state

Hi,
Began collecting in MA @ $384/wk. Exhausted regular state benefits and moved into Tier 1. Moved to GA and filed paperwork changing me over to interstate claim. Began working part time earning $120/wk. in GA. About to move into Tier 2. Shortly after I am in Tier 2 my initial Benefit Year will expire. I know that in order to continue receiving the full benefit when I reapply DUA checks to see if I am eligible to file a new state claim and that if my new claim is $100 less or 25% less than my original claim I will continue to receive the higher claim amount in EUC. I will have earned the $120/wk. for about 34 weeks when my initial benefit year expires. According to MA this means that I qualify for a new state claim (passed the $3,500 cutoff), however, because this would make my claim drastically less than $100 per week I would receive the original EUC claim amount per week. MY QUESTION: Since I earned the part time $120/wk. in Georgia and my claim is in Mass. would Mass make me apply for new state benefits in GA or continue me on the EUC interstate claim amount of $384/wk.? GA maximum weekly benefits are less than MA weekly benefits so I am scared that since I would meet the requirements for a new claim in GA I would be completely switched over to their unemployment system, thus receiving far less per week. Also, I still have the part-time job in GA, is it possible that MA makes me file my new state claim in GA and then I am denied in GA because I am working or will I just continue to receive the MA weekly benefits?
Thanks for your time!

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