Social Security Benefits: How to Report Your Check Missing
Tuesday, December 16th, 2003If you receive Social Security Disability Benefits or Retirement Benefits, there are procedures to get a replacement check when your regular monthly check goes missing. Here is what you need to know to get your check replaced as quickly as possible with minimum hassle.
When you receive benefits from Social Security there are two options to receive payment. Social Security will mail you a check for delivery on a certain payment day, or they will deposit your payments into your checking account, savings account, or ETA debit card account. Receiving your check through the mail is the least reliable method and causes people the most trouble.
Social Security sends the checks out the week before they are due so the post office can deliver them on your check day. The post office frequently misroutes or delays the delivery of mail when this happens your check may not arrive on the intended day. If you are an individual on a fixed budget this can create enormous hardships for you when your rent (more...)
