The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced a final round of November payments for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients. Wait a minute: you might be wondering why there is a new SSI payment deposit if the one for the month of November was already sent on the 1st. Well, there is a technical reason, and it is not at all an anomaly or a mistake.
Retirement checks are delivered depending on your date of birth and how long you have been receiving them. For example, if you were born between the 21st and 31st of any month, get ready because your payment will arrive this Wednesday, November 27th. Of course, if you started receiving benefits before May 1997 or are also an SSI beneficiary, the rules change. These groups have other dates assigned so as not to cross paths on the calendar. This is not what we are talking about, but rather a peculiarity of the SSA calendar.
SSI payments come with a surprise this month: why is there a double check?
Instead of the usual December 1, they will arrive on Friday, November 29, ahead of the weekend. This benefits elderly, blind or disabled people who depend on this additional income. The reason? Avoid delays due to non-working days. So, if you were waiting for your check, you already know that it will arrive a little earlier to close November with a smile.
Later you will also see how the payment for the month of January 2025 is advanced. Of course, January 1st is a holiday and we will all be watching the Rose Parade to later watch the Rose Bowl meeting, and Those from the SSA don’t work that day either. So that SSI recipients do not run out of their money, then the payment will be brought forward to December 31, which is a Tuesday.
How Much to Expect from the SSI in 2025
The maximum SSI benefit payment for an eligible individual as of 2025 is $967, while for an eligible couple it amounts to a maximum of $1,450. For an essential support person, the maximum payable is $484 per month.
SSA explains that the monthly amounts for the following year are determined by increasing the unrounded annual amounts for the current year by the COLA in effect for January of the following year. The new unrounded amounts are then divided by 12 and the resulting amounts are rounded down to the next lower multiple of $1.