The February 21st payment is exclusive to a group of United States retirees. Payments from the Social Security Administration on this day may not reach all American households. So if you are expecting to get the payment you should be aware that you have to meet certain requirements.
However, as soon as you meet the requirements for this group, you will know on what day the money will be available to you. And not only for this month, but for the following months without irregularities. Remember that the Social Security Administration follows a regular schedule, although sometimes it can change a bit.
So if you want to know not only if you collect on the 21st day but the exact day you get the money, take a look at the requirements. As a general rule, the Social Security Administration divides retirees into two major groups. One group collects checks on a single day. The other group is further divided into three different groups.
Retirees who do not get Social Security on February 21st
Those Americans outside the group receiving this payment will not be able to collect it. In this sense, there are three different groups that cannot get the February 21st retirement benefit. Just by looking at the requirements we can find out if we will get the check or not.
The groups that cannot collect the payment for this particular day are:
- Pre-1997 retirees. Any beneficiary who has had a check since before May 1997 will not be able to get the February 21st payment.
- Post-1997 retirees with birthdays between the 1st and 10th.
- Post-1997 retirees with birthdays between the 21st and 31st.
In the event that we do not meet these requirements, the money may come into our pocket. So, in order to be able to collect the February 21st Social Security, we will have to take into account two requirements:
- Retirement after 1997. Specifically, as of May of that year.
- To have your birthday between the 11th and 20th of any month.
In case we want to get the Social Security as soon as possible, we have to activate Direct Deposit as a collection method. If we do not activate this, the money will appear a few days later in our current account.