The new Social Security payments for the month of April arrive on different days, as is customary for this benefit in the United States. Therefore, depending on the group of retirees to which we belong, we will receive each check earlier or later.
Likewise, we must also keep in mind that the Social Security Administration does not only send checks for retirement. In addition to that, it also sends another type of benefit called Supplemental Security Income. This extra benefit is not for everyone, but if we have the payment accepted we will get it the first week of April.
Who gets two payments from Social Security?
In order to get these two checks, we must have both benefits accepted. That is, we must be collecting Social Security for retirement, disability or other reasons, and also have a Supplemental Security Income.
Other requirements must also be met. In order to collect the payment in the first week of the month, we will need to be part of group 1 of retirees. In order to do so, we simply need to have received our benefit before May 1997.
In addition to that, it is also important to have Direct Deposit activated. If we meet all these requirements we should have the Supplemental Security Income payment sent on April 1st and the Social Security retirement payment sent on April 3rd this week.
Remaining Social Security payments in April 2024
In addition to these two payments, the Social Security Administration will send out three other different checks throughout the month. In order to collect one of these checks we must be part of other retiree groups. Two requirements must be met, but one of them is common to all these groups.
That common requirement is none other than to have been receiving a Social Security benefit since after May 1997. In that case, we will collect on April 10th, 17th or 24th. For each of these days there is an extra requirement.
The April 10th payment is for retirees born between the 1st and 10th of any month. The April 17th check is only for beneficiaries with birthdays between the 11th and 20th of any month. The last payment is only for retirees with birthdays between the 21st and 31st. That payment will be on April 24th, 2024.