The Social Security Administration will be sending out new checks to United States retirees in December. As is customary in these cases, Social Security retirement check payments will arrive on different days to different groups of beneficiaries.
Whether the payment is received a week earlier or later will depend on several factors. In order to know the exact day a retiree gets a check, there are only a couple of factors that determine the day of payment. It is very easy to keep this in mind and it makes the economic organization in American households with a benefit much easier.
In this regard, next December 1st a group of retirees will cash a check. But not only that, it will also be possible to cash an extra check on the same day. Getting two Social Security checks on the same day is not usual, but an irregularity in the calendar makes this possible.
That yes, they are two payments but they are not two retirement payments. Remember, each retiree can only get one retirement payment per month. If you get another check, it is for a different benefit, as is the case this December 1st with Social Security checks.
WHO WILL RECEIVE A RETIREMENT PAYMENT ON DECEMBER 1ST?
Due to a scheduling irregularity, Group 1 Social Security beneficiaries will get their payments on December 1st. This group should be paid on the 3rd day of this month, but in December the 3rd day is Sunday, so the Administration will advance the payment.
In spite of this, being part of group 1 does not mean having the check immediately on the 1st of December. The Administration sends the check on this day, but getting the payment or not then only depends on the chosen collection method.
If we choose Direct Deposit, the 1st day payment will arrive on the same day of December 1st. If not, the Social Security Administration will send the check on that day, but the retiree may get it in the following days. Remember that to be part of group 1 it is necessary to be retired before 1997.
It is very convenient to activate Direct Deposit in these cases, since it speeds up the cashing of these checks. If you do not activate this method of payment, it is possible that the payment will not reach your bank account until the 4th or 5th of December.
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME WILL ALSO ARRIVE ON THE 1ST OF DECEMBER
As is customary every month, the 1st of December will be the day of the Supplemental Security Income payment. This additional payment from Social Security will make it possible for beneficiaries to have a check for up to an extra $914. This will be the last of the payments for this benefit pertaining to 2023.
After this payment, recipients of this benefit will be able to get up to $943 from this check as the COLA will cause it to increase for next year’s 2024 payments.
And getting this payment along with the 1st day retirement payment is mandatory to activate Direct Deposit. Likewise, we must also have SSI accepted as well as be part of Social Security since before 1997.