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How to Apply for Post-9/11 GI Bill

 Step 1: Apply for Post-9/11 Benefits

Complete application (VA Form 22-1990) on VONAPP and submit electronically to VA.

Print a copy for yourself and one for JMU's VA Certifying Officials.

Step 2: Request Post-9/11 Benefits

Complete JMU's Request for Veterans Educational Benefits form  

Note: JMU's Certifying Officials will ASSUME the student wants benefits for Fall & Spring semesters and will process at the beginning of each semester UNLESS student notifies them.  If student enrolls in Summer course(s) AND wants payments from VA, student MUST notify JMU's Certifying Officials.

Step 3: Delivery of Completed Forms to JMU

Deliver completed forms NOW, from Steps 1 & 2, to JMU's VA Certifying Officials.

 **Delivery Instructions**

All of the above items can be sent to JMU's VA Certifying Officials, Samantha Shuey or Trudy Ham, via fax (preferred method), email attachment, or delivered to the Registrar's Office in Warren Hall, Room 504.

 Note: Once forms mentioned in Step 3 are received, JMU's Certifying Officials submit the 22-1999 enrollment certification to VA electronically and request payments to be made to you and JMU.  The requesting of benefits BY JMU each semester is the ONLY repeatable step.  You only need to APPLY for benefits once.

Step 4: VA Award / Certificate of Eligibility Letter*

(This may take VA up to 8 weeks to generate and mail to the address you provided on your application.  This letter may or may not precede the arrival of payments.  It may or may not have information about what we reported in Step 3 for tuition charges, fees, and number of credits, along with the amount VA is sending to JMU for tuition/fees and the amounts you should expect to receive for BAH and the books/supplies stipend). 

* After receipt of VA letter, provide a copy to JMU's VA Certifying Officials.

Note: If you've already applied for Post-9/11 benefits and received your award/certificate of eligibility letter from VA, then JMU's VA Certifying Officials will just need a copy of that letter and the JMU form from Step #2.