Thank you for your question.
If a person's income makes that person eligible for the program, but that person does not file the initial application to receive the Guaranteed Income Supplement or Old Age Security, we'll send that person one or the other of those benefits. It's an implementation question. Since that person hasn't filed an initial application, that person will be sent the benefit for which he or she is eligible based on income. Once that person has filed an initial application, it will be valid for the rest of his or her life.