The Social Security Administration of the United States has confirmed that the next retirement payment will not be sent to all Americans. In order to receive this check, it is necessary to be part of a specific group, so if you do not meet all the requirements, you will not be able to get this new check.
However, we can check the conditions and make sure when we can expect to receive the April Social Security payment. After all, we must always bear in mind that there are four different payments each month and if our retirement application is accepted, one of these checks will be for us.
First Social Security payment of April 2025
The first of the Social Security payments in April 2025 will be sent on the 3rd of that month. On this day only a specific group can get this check, so if you are eligible for the payment the Administration will send you the check without any problems.
The specific requirement for getting this April payment is that you must have applied for your retirement pension before May 1997. So if you applied for your pension after that date you will not receive the payment on April 3rd, although you may get a payment in one of the following weeks of the month.
In addition to that, remember that if you don’t have Direct Deposit activated, the payment will not arrive on the same day it is sent, but will take a while to appear. Therefore, you will have to wait a while without this method of collection, but what is certain is that the Social Security Administration will send payments on April 3rd to this specific group.
Other Social Security payments in April 2025
After the payment on April 3rd, the Social Security administration will send more payments to the rest of the retirees. Remember that every American gets their benefit sooner or later depending on which group of retirees they belong to.
To be clear, let’s look at the requirements and remaining payment days for April 2025:
| Payment Date | Eligibility Criteria |
|---|---|
| April 9 | 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 | 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 | Retirees after May 1997 are in this group. Your birthday must also fall between the 21st and 31st of any month. |
As with the payment on April 3rd, it is necessary to have Direct Deposit in order to receive the payment on the same day. Without this payment method, we will receive Social Security a few days later, although we will end up getting it without any problems.
