The amount of marijuana in your possession, your location, and the circumstances of your arrest determine whether it is a state or federal offense. These factors also impact the severity of a federal marijuana sentence.
Getting Paid. If you were approved only for SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance), your file will then be sent to a payment processing center and you should start to receive payments within a month. If you were approved for SSI, your file stays at the district office.
Next, your paperwork will go to the interstate compact office for approval. This is where the 45 days the sending state has to approve or deny starts. Luckily, in my l/o's case, it only took 2 weeks to approve. Next, your paperwork will go to the receiving state's interstate compact office. The receiving state also has 45 days to approve or deny your paperwork.