In the United States, after all of 2023 the Social Security Administration sends new payments for Social Security Disability beneficiaries in January 2024. This new month means a new calendar, as does the new year. So if we have a retirement benefit, whether it is from Social Security Age Retirement or some other we can always get the payment on the days set.
Therefore, looking at the calendar on these days is important to be able to determine if we will cash a check in just a few days or if we will have to wait a few weeks to receive the benefit. And the type of check does not matter for this, because if we have a disability or other type of retirement payment, it will not change the day we cash it.
What will change the day we collect each month’s payment will be both the year of retirement and the day of birth. So a disability retiree and an age beneficiary can get payment on the same day if the year of retirement and the day of birth coincide. Also, the amount of the payment does not matter in order to get the payment.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NEW DISABILTIY BENEFIT
Among the requirements to get the disability benefit next week, there is only one mandatory requirement. There is one optional requirement, but only one mandatory one. In order to receive the payment on the same day it is sent, two requirements must be met, but if we do not mind receiving the payment a few days later, it is enough to meet one of the two requirements.
That requirement is none other than that of having the benefit since before 1997. Any retiree prior to that year is part of group 1 of retirees, which means that he/she is paid on the first day of the Social Security retirement remittance each month. And in this case, the payment will be on January 3, 2024. This will be the first of the retirement checks for the entire month and for the entire year.
In this sense, even retirees of other groups, such as widowhood or age, will also receive the payment. Only this requirement as such is indispensable. So each and every check for retirement of beneficiaries prior to 1997 will leave the Social Security offices on January 3, 2024.
HOW TO COLLECT SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS IMMEDIATELY?
The other requirement we were talking about is none other than having Direct Deposit activated. This is the only way to get the payment on the same day it is sent. And it doesn’t matter if we belong to the group of Disability beneficiaries on January 3rd or another day later.
So if you want to get the payment without having to wait a single day you know what the requirement is. Otherwise you will also get the payment, but it will take a few days to arrive. It is not mandatory to activate Direct Deposit, but it is very convenient.
With this payment method you will never have to wait to get the Disability payment and the organization in the household economy will be easier and smoother. However, we will also have to check the schedule of payments because having this activated or not will not change the day the Social Security is sent.