Thousands of United States citizens who have a Social Security benefit could get retirement check today. This group of United States citizens can get a payment of up to $4,873 today as early as January 17th, 2024. Today’s payment is for a specific group that must meet certain requirements. If we meet those requirements, the payment is ours. If not, we will have to wait for another retirement payout day.
So we must take a good look at what are the conditions to be met in order to get the payment on this day. In case we do not get the payment today, we do not have to worry, since there are more Social Security retirement paydays in January. Even so, it is true that the schedule of payments is about to end, so we have to take a good look at the requirements in case our payment has been delayed and, therefore, we must claim it.
But there are still days to get the payment in January 2024. To be more precise, we can get the payment today, during this week and next week as well. Everything will depend on whether we meet the requirements to belong to these groups and, of course, on the collection method we have activated. This last point is important to determine the exact day on which we can collect the monthly retirement benefit.
Who collects the Social Security payment today?
Only one group of retirees can access today’s Social Security payment on January 17th, 2024. This group is the group of beneficiaries with a benefit accepted in advance. This is important, since some retirees think that check may arrive in the same month they apply for retirement. And we should always wait a while before we start collecting on a monthly basis the United States retirement payment.
With this in mind, there are two main requirements to get today’s check. If we do not meet them, the payment will not reach our pocket. These are the two mandatory requirements:
- Have an accepted Social Security benefit from after 1997. It is important to pass this filter to be eligible for the check. If we do not pass it, today’s payment will not reach our account.
- Have a birthday between the 11th and 20th of any month. The benefit payments arrive to the different groups formed by retirees with birthdays on different days. If we have a birthday between these days, the payment could arrive today.
With those two requirements in mind we have to look at a third extra requirement to collect the Social Security payment today. That extra requirement is to have Direct Deposit activated. With this collection method, the money will appear instantly in our checking account. If we do not activate the payment but meet the other requirements, the money will arrive within days after it is sent.
Remember that there are more payment days in January. In addition to today, the Social Security Administration sent payments on January 3rd and January 10th. Also, January 24th will be the last payment day of the month for beneficiaries with an accepted benefit, although it will have different requirements. You just need to check out those requirements to find out in what day you get your retirement check every month.