In just a few hours, the United States Social Security Administration will send a new retirement check to thousands of eligible United States citizens. If you are in that group, you will be able to receive this payment. If not, you will have to check the full payment schedule for April, as you will receive your retirement check in the coming weeks.
There is only one requirement that must be met in order to get the payment on this specific day, but it is true that if we want to get the Social Security payment on the same day it is sent out, we will have to meet another requirement. It is essential to bear this in mind in order to organize our household finances, as many Americans have no other source of income apart from the retirement payment.
Who receives the new Social Security payment?
Only a specific group of Americans can get this new Social Security payment. Without a doubt, bearing this information in mind can help us in many ways, as it will let us know what our budget will be for the last few weeks of April.
After this payment we will have to wait until May to get a new Social Security check, so we have to watch out for that. There are no more payments for group 1 in April, even SSI payments will stop coming in for the whole month.
In order to get this payment, then, it is necessary to be part of the group 1 of retirees and to do this we only have to fulfill one mandatory requirement: to have the benefit accepted since before May 1997. It doesn’t matter if our check is for retirement due to disability, age or any other reason. The important thing is to have the retirement payment from before that date.
Complete Social Security payment schedule in April 2025
In the event that we are not part of the group 1 of retirees, the Social Security retirement payment will arrive on any of the other payment days. To be clear about which day we will receive the April check, it is best to consult the complete payment schedule.
Thus, all Social Security checks sent in April 2025 will be:
| Payment Date | Payment Type and Requirements |
|---|---|
| April 1 | Supplemental Security Income payments. |
| April 3 | Pension. Payments for pensioners prior to May 1997. |
| April 9 | Pension. Pensioners after May 1997 are in this group. You must also have your birthday between the 1st and the 10th of any month. |
| April 16 | Pension. Pensioners after May 1997 are in this group. You must also have your birthday between the 11th and the 20th of any month. |
| April 23 | Pension. Retirees after May 1997 are in this group. Your birthday must also fall between the 21st and 31st of any month. |
After that we will have to wait until May to get any of the other payments that the Social Security Administration sends out. Remember to have Direct Deposit activated to be able to get the payment on the same day. If not, the check will arrive a little later, although it will still arrive.