The JMU VA School Certifying Officials assist with the GI Bill^® process and serve as liaisons between: the student and Veterans Affairs; Veterans Affairs and JMU; JMU and the student; and the State Approving Agency (SAA) in Virginia and JMU.

Regular Semester Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm. Please call or stop by 4:30pm for assistance.

Summer Semester Office Hours (May 19-August 8): Monday-Thursday 8am - 5pm. Friday 8am-11:30am

We will not be in the office for the following dates:

• June 19 and June 20, 2025 (Juneteenth holiday)
• July 3 and July 4, 2025 (4th of July holiday)

Fall 2025 Bills:

• Post 9/11 expected tuition/fee payment will be posted to student bill starting in mid-August or after we receive the student's required semester request form. It will be listed for your eligibility % of the tution, comprehensive fee, orientation fee and course fees (as applicable to each student). All other charges - room/board including internet fee- must be covered upfront to JMU by the UBO deadline

• VMSDEP waiver will be applied to the spring bill in late-September. It will be listed as anticipated aid It will waive tuition, comprehensive fee, orientation fee and any course fees. JMU will wait on the waiver to be applied by the Financial Aid office without penalty to the student. All other charges - room/board including internet fee and honors fee- must be covered upfront to JMU by the UBO deadline

  • Note: for Fall 2025, the student must add the "Fall 2025" term to their VMSDEP portal by 12/12/2025 in order to use it for the Fall 2025 semester. We do not apply retroactively once a semester ends. 

Fall 2025 Semester Benefits 

• Incoming students for Fall 2025: follow the instructions and steps found on our brochure/website or in the email we sent you.
  • Attention: you will need to pay your admissions deposit to secure your spot at JMU.
  • Keep in mind - if you are using Post 9/11 or VMSDEP, the tuition portion of the bill covered by your benefit will NOT be reflected on the fall semester bill when it is initially released. This is normal
    • Post 9/11: We start to report semester enrollments in early August and add the expected VA tuition/fee payment to student bills at that time. You still need to cover full room/board and any remaining % of tuition/fees if not 100% eligible for Post 9/11 upfront by the UBO deadline.
    • VMSDEP: Financial Aid adds the vmsdep tuition/fee waiver as "anticipated aid" and the waiver posts in sometime in late September. Full room/board must be covered upfront by UBO deadline.

• Current benefit users for Fall 2025: The Fall 2025 request forms was sent from auto_notification@jmu.edu to the student's dukes email account on 4/22/2025. If you need a new form after that date, please email veteran@jmu.edu with your student ID number.
  • Important: the form can only be sent to the student's dukes email account. It cannot be sent to the parent or a non-JMU email account and the student must be enrolled in at least 1 course to receive the form.  
  • If sending the form via email, it will only be accepted from the student's dukes email account.
• VMSDEP Users: You must request for the Fall 2025 semester in the VMSDEP portal in addition to submitting the required JMU Request Form. Instructions found on the VMSDEP website. The Fall 2025 term opens in the VMSDEP portal on 7/1/2025. The student must add the "Fall 2025" term to their VMSDEP portal by 12/12/2025 in order to use it for the Fall 2025 semester. We do not apply retroactively once a semester ends. 

Important for students using Post-9/11 benefits: The JMU SCOs will submit an initial certification to the VA without reporting tuition and fees. This initial certification activates the book stipend and housing stipend. A pending line for the expected VA payment for tuition/fees will be placed on the student account. This pending line will hold the place of the VA funds and reduces the balance on the student account. After the end of the add/drop period, tuition and fee amounts will be submitted to the VA for payment to JMU.