Relax. The IRS is looking into it.
Seems like it was about 6 weeks to hear I was approved. Much longer to get the first check but when it arrived was for three months.
I fear Obama reads my Facebook posts and I’ll never see a dime.
Four weeks for my husband in 2013.
Relax. The IRS is looking into it.
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Off topic... I received a letter from the IRS today (Mon). I didn’t open it for about 8 hours, as I figured it was something about an audit or more money due to them.
Shock! It said they were sending me a refund check for about $2900 because I made a mistake on calculating my SS income tax and they applied a standard deduction amount due to my age, etc., instead of the itemized deductions I had used. (I had paid my mortgage off 10 years early in April).
Back to topic... I was let go by my long term employer when age 59. Went 9 months with ZERO income, just living off of savings until my pension checks started. Two years later, I applied for SSA benefits a couple of months before age 62 and had to send my birth cert. and something else to them. I received them back in the mail about a week later, along with a letter saying I should receive my first check a month after turning 62. Everything has worked like clock-work since then.
I chose to start SS at 62 for two reasons: I’d known too many older employees who held out for age 67 and died within a couple of years; ...and, because I needed the income at the time and figured I’d draw more over a longer period of time, even though it was a lower figure. That $1700 check hits my bank account every month and I’m almost 72 now.