How soon will your next stimulus check come? That depends on which wave you’re

You know that the stimulus bill is on hold until negotiations reboot sometime after the outcome of Tuesday’s election is finalized. So you also know that the timing of a second stimulus check — when and if it’s approved — will hang on the eventual outcome. But you’re still curious when you personally would get another stimulus payment for up to $1,200 and how the qualifications might have changed to get you and your dependents more money.

Fair questions. While we can’t say for certain, we’ve gathered a good deal of information from the way the IRS passed out the first stimulus payment, and from the latest battle of wills in Washington. We’ll adjust them based on final, official election results.

For example, you’ll likely be sorted into a priority group that will determine whether your check arrives weeks before another person, or even months after. We explain what you need to know below. This story is regularly updated.

Read more: Nobody can take your stimulus check away, right? Not quite

When would new stimulus checks arrive? Our current guesses 

These dates, which are speculative, show you might possibly see a check if a bill becomes law in the period after the Nov. 3 election and before or after Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, including Dec. 11, the deadline for Congress to pass the next federal budget.

Read more: Inside presidential candidate Joe Biden’s stimulus plan

One important note is the speed at which the first checks would arrive. In August, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said it would take about a week to process the first payments. “I can get out 50 million payments really quickly. A lot of it into people’s direct accounts,” he said. But that doesn’t necessarily mean your stimulus money will arrive a week after a bill goes live.