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For some claimants, this program is harder to receive than funds from RSDI.

To warrant a processing time of anything more than a day and an immediate denial, criteria including citizenship status, having less than $ 2000. 00 in countable financial resources, or having countable income of less than $ 718. 00 per month from any source must be met.

Disposal of a financial resource can prevent a person from receiving a SSI benefit for a period up to 36 months.

Every person with or without a Social Security Number is eligible to apply, however if a person does not meet any of the above criteria or is a documented resident of the United States, his or her claim can only be taken on paper and will be immediately denied.

Even documented residents with permanent legal resident status after August 1996 are immediately denied unless they meet some or all of the SSI criteria listed above.