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Wolf Frankula

(3,851 posts) Mon Mar 10, 2025, 10:54 PM Mar 2025

Question for people getting regular Social Security

When you applied how long was it before you got your first payment? Me it's been two months and I still haven't got one.

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Question for people getting regular Social Security (Original Post) Wolf Frankula Mar 2025 OP

If I remember correctly I applied in early May and got my first payment the second Wednesday of July. rsdsharp Mar 2025 #1

Don't have recent experience, but I think you specify date to receive benefits on applicatio. So, you won't get anything Silent Type Mar 2025 #2

I applied in March of 2023 (3 months before I turned 70), dflprincess Mar 2025 #3

I signed up well before my 65th birthday radical noodle Mar 2025 #4

I vaguely remember it was a couple of months. MLAA Mar 2025 #5

A couple of months, I think. Ocelot II Mar 2025 #6

About 2 months wendyb-NC Mar 2025 #7

I applied in person in 2019 dweller Mar 2025 #8

rsdsharp

(12,093 posts)

1. If I remember correctly I applied in early May and got my first payment the second Wednesday of July.

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Mon Mar 10, 2025, 11:00 PM

Mar 2025

Silent Type

(12,412 posts)

2. Don't have recent experience, but I think you specify date to receive benefits on applicatio. So, you won't get anything

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Mon Mar 10, 2025, 11:05 PM

Mar 2025

until then. I also believe though not positive, you won’t actually receive a payment until the following month.

If you are waiting for official approval, think that can take a few months. But one can check on-line (think it’s still working under trump).

dflprincess

(29,417 posts)

3. I applied in March of 2023 (3 months before I turned 70),

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Mon Mar 10, 2025, 11:06 PM

Mar 2025

received a confirmation in May telling me what my benefit would be & when to expect the first payment, which I received in July.

radical noodle

(10,689 posts)

4. I signed up well before my 65th birthday

Reply to Wolf Frankula (Original post)

Mon Mar 10, 2025, 11:11 PM

Mar 2025

which was my target date for starting payments. I got my first check right on time, coinciding with that birthday. Sorry I can't be more help. I hope musk muddling around hasn't delayed things for you.

MLAA

(19,800 posts)

5. I vaguely remember it was a couple of months.

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Mon Mar 10, 2025, 11:12 PM

Mar 2025

Ocelot II

(131,231 posts)

6. A couple of months, I think.

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Mon Mar 10, 2025, 11:21 PM

Mar 2025

wendyb-NC

(4,729 posts)

7. About 2 months

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Mon Mar 10, 2025, 11:56 PM

Mar 2025

dweller

(28,692 posts)

8. I applied in person in 2019

Reply to Wolf Frankula (Original post)

Tue Mar 11, 2025, 12:16 AM

Mar 2025

and they told me the date I would receive my 1st check, maybe a month out ? I think I opted for direct deposit then too. As it was they deposited it in the wrong account , their mistake , not mine .
I had to go back in and request the paperwork I had filled out and it showed my correct bank info . Someone keyed it in wrong . It was corrected quickly .

I’ve heard stories of some waiting 6 months which was a surprise to me.

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