How Long it Takes to Receive Your Benefit Verification Letter

When you are working with the social security administration and are attempting to receive a disability claim, time is always of the essence.  You are probably going through the claims process because you are unable to work, and therefore have no income, but the monthly bills keep piling up and you may start to wonder when you will receive your benefit verification letter and your benefits.  The good news is that once your benefits have been approved, there is typically a short time period to wait.  You will receive a benefits verification letter, which arrives before your disability check, shortly after approval.  The benefit verification letter tells you that a check is on the way to you, and to look out for it.

Getting a Benefit Verification Letter

The benefit verification letter is essentially your approval notification that benefits have been approved for your case:

• It is mailed in response to an initial request for disability claim benefits, and usually is expected to arrive via the US Postal service within ten days of your benefits being approved by the social security disability office. 
• The benefit verification letter is always mailed to the address that is listed as being on file with the social security administration, so it may be delayed or mis-delivered if you have moved and forgot to update your forwarding information with the social security administration.

Benefit Verification Letter and Receiving Your Benefits

By receiving the benefit verification letter, you will know that your benefit checks will begin to arrive shortly.  Typically, the same ten day period it takes the benefit verification letter to arrive will also apply to the time that it takes your first benefit check to arrive.  This can be impacted by the speed of your local mail delivery, as well as by whether you have signed up to have the social security disability benefit funds electronically or directly deposited into a checking or savings account, in which case you will not receive a check, but a notification that the funds have been deposited into your account.

Getting Help

While it can seem like forever when your bills are growing and you are waiting for the social security disability benefits for which you have already been approved but have not yet received, you should know that your maximum wait time is about ten days to two weeks for your benefit verification letter to arrive.  If it does not, contact the social security administration or your disability lawyer to see if there is some problem that is delaying the check, or to verify that it was in fact mailed.