Gi bill enrollment verification faqs | veterans affairs

Gi bill enrollment verification faqs | veterans affairs


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You’ll need to verify your enrollment every month to receive your GI Bill benefit payments. Your enrollment verification helps avoid overpayments that you would need to pay back later. DO I


NEED TO VERIFY MY ENROLLMENT? FOR POST-9/11 GI BILL BENEFITS: You’ll need to verify your enrollment if you get monthly housing allowance or kicker payments. Both of these must be true for


you: * You’re enrolled in an institution of higher learning or a non-college degree program, like training for HVAC repair or truck driving, AND * You’re enrolled half-time or more You don’t


need to verify your enrollment if you’re completing an apprenticeship, or on-the-job, flight, or correspondence training. FOR MONTGOMERY GI BILL BENEFITS: You’ll need to verify your


enrollment if both of these are true for you: * You’re enrolled in an institution of higher learning or a non-college degree program, like training for HVAC repair or truck driving, AND *


You’re enrolled half-time or more You don’t need to verify your enrollment if you’re completing an apprenticeship, or on-the-job, flight, or correspondence training. IF YOU DON’T VERIFY YOUR


ENROLLMENT FOR POST-9/11 GI BILL BENEFITS: We’ll pause your monthly benefit payments after 2 consecutive months of not verifying your enrollment. FOR MONTGOMERY GI BILL BENEFITS: We won’t


send your monthly benefits payment if you don’t verify your enrollment. WHEN DO I VERIFY MY ENROLLMENT? You’ll need to verify your enrollment at the end of every month after your school


starts. For example, if your school starts on August 5, you’ll need to verify your enrollment on or after August 31. If you were enrolled in school for any part of the month, you’ll need to


verify your enrollment for that month. For example, if your school ends on May 5, you’ll need to verify your enrollment for the month of May on or after May 5. WHEN WILL I GET MY MONTHLY


BENEFIT PAYMENT? FOR POST-9/11 GI BILL BENEFITS: We process your benefit payment on the first day of every month. It can take up to 5 days to arrive. If you get your monthly benefit payment


before verifying your enrollment, you should still verify your enrollment. We pause your monthly benefit payments after 2 consecutive months of not verifying your enrollment. FOR MONTGOMERY


GI BILL BENEFITS: We process your benefit payment after you verify your enrollment. It can take up to 5 days to arrive. IF YOU DON’T GET YOUR MONTHLY BENEFIT PAYMENT AFTER 5 DAYS You can


contact us through Ask VA to ask about your benefit payment. Contact us through Ask VA Or, you can call us at (TTY: 711). If you live outside of the U.S., call us at +1-.