in the United States, January 17th, 2024 will be a day when Social Security beneficiaries can get the new retirement check. But not all Americans can get this benefit, since it is necessary to meet several requirements if we want to have it in our pockets. If these requirements are not met, the Administration will not send us the check, and we will have to wait a few days to be able to enjoy it.
It is also possible that the Administration has sent us the check in the previous weeks. Social Security has already arrived for two different groups of beneficiaries. If we are in groups 1 or 2 of retirees, we may already have the check, since the Administration sent them on January 3rd and 10th. But if we do not belong to those groups the payment could arrive on the 17th day or in the following week.
Whether we get the payment when we get it during the month, the most important thing is to know the Social Security mailing schedule. There are a total of four different days during each month, so we should keep this in mind when organizing our household finances. If we know the exact day we get the payment, it will be easier to control the family finances. Do you know which group of retirees you belong to?
Which group gets Social Security on January 17th?
Only one group can get payment on January 17th, 2024. The Social Security Administration separates retirees into different groups so that it can send all payments on time and without any delays. That is why we can rely on the payment schedule, since it ensures us to know very well when the Administration will send its checks.
In case we want to get the payment on January 17th we have to fulfill two conditions. The first condition is to have a birthday between the 11th and 20th of any month. It is not necessary to have the birthday in the month of the payment. In other words, retirees born in January can collect the payments for the rest of the year. The month of birth is not important, but the exact day is.
On the other hand, the year of retirement is also important. In addition to the birthday, it is also mandatory to have a check from after 1997. And the fact is that all retirees before 1997 get their benefit on a different day of the month. Therefore, we find that without these two mandatory requirements the payment will not arrive on January 17th of this year.
Full schedule of January 2024 payments
Although some of the Social Security payments have already been sent, it is important to know on which days the Administration has paid these checks, since we find that if the payment has not reached us on time we should claim these payments. There are two main ways to do this. We can contact our bank or Social Security Administration to ask about our late money.
But what we have to know first is the calendar days. On the one hand, the January 3rd payment is for retirees prior to 1997. On the other hand, post-1997 retirees collect payment on three different days of the month. Of this group, those born between the 1st and 10th get their payment on the 10th day of January.
Following in the same group, those born between the 11th and 20th will get a check on January 17th. Finally, on the 24th of January, the second requirement for Social Security payment is to be born between the 21st and 31st of any month.