Congratulations, Marie! It sounds like you've been waiting a long time!

It's my understanding that if you receive SSDI and SSI that you will begin receiving the SSI payments quickly, but SDDI back pay and monthly checks will take a little extra time to process.

Once your local office determines you are eligible for both, they process the SSI claim, and then send your case to a payment processing center (regional or national).

I hope you're wait is short. I'm just getting SSDI- I haven't heard anything about monthly checks yet, but I got my back pay super-quick!

-Kay