If you have a Social Security retirement benefit, you may have access to an extra check from the United States Administration. Thousands of United States citizens can collect an extra check granted by the Administration but they do not know that this is so.
Therefore, it is essential to know all the information about it in order to get an extra monthly check and improve our economy a little bit every month. And all this while collecting at the same time the check for retirement. So we can combine this extra payment with the Social Security retirement without any problems.
Main requirement to get the extra check from Social Security
There are actually two main requirements to get the extra Social Security payment. If we do not meet both requirements, the Administration will not pay this check to our checking account every month. So pay attention to the following requirements:
- Low monthly income. Also have low resources in general.
- Have a disability. It is also possible to get the check if we are 65 years old or older.
These two requirements are mandatory, so without meeting them we cannot get this benefit called Supplemental Security Income. So check well if you are eligible before applying for the monthly check. In any case, each SSI application case is checked and studied individually by the Social Security Administration, so we can apply and wait to see if we are eligible.
When does the extra Social Security arrive?
The Social Security Administration sends the payment of this SSI benefit every 1st of the month, with some exceptions. United States citizens who are eligible for this check each month can get it on the same day it is sent by activating Direct Deposit.
If we do not have this collection method activated, we will still get the payment, just a few days later. When the 1st of the month is a weekend or holiday, the Social Security Administration sends the check on the immediately preceding business day. But what is certain is that each year we can count on 12 checks of this benefit if we have it accepted.
