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JMU Requirement each semester:

Each semester you intend to use VMSDEP benefits, you must submit your JMU Veterans Educational Benefits Request form

  • It will be emailed to you from auto_notification@jmu.edu after your first semester
  • Form can only be sent if enrolled in at least one course for the upcoming term
  • VMSDEP only covers required courses
  • Form is due by the first Friday of each semester

Please note: JMU does not apply VMSDEP waivers retroactively. Eligible waivers are applied to current and/or future terms as determined by DVS. Student's name must be on the semester roster in the VMSDEP portal by the last day of the current term in order for the waiver to be applied to that term. 


VMSDEP Requirement each semester:

 
Portal Enrollment Open/Close Dates:

Term

Open

Close (Due by)

Fall

July 1

October 31

Spring

November 1

March 31

Summer

April 1

June 30

 

Each semester you intend to use VMSDEP benefits, you must identify the intent of such by following the listed “To Update Your Enrollment Information” instructions.

 To Update Your Enrollment Information:

  • Please login to the myVMSDEP portal;
  • Select ‘Step 6 Application Management’
  • Select the ‘Manage Benefits’ button (The student benefits page will display);
  • Select the ‘Add Term Benefit Information’ button;
  • Add your Term Information; then
  • Select the ‘Save Term Information’ button (Your Term information will be saved)

NOTE: If you miss the term's "Close (Due by), date, notify the JMU SCO to email the VMSDEP program to get the term added. Important - JMU only approves VMSDEP usage for the current or future term. You must be approved for VMSDEP and notify the JMU SCO to request the term added to the portal for you by the last calendar day of the semester in order to use the benefits for that term; otherwise, you can use it for the upcoming semester. 

  • Example 1: The Fall 2023 term ends on 12/15/2023. If you are approved for VMSDEP on 12/31/2022, you cannot use it for Fall 2023. You can start the benefit for Spring 2024 if you add the term to the portal by the last day of the semester.
  • Example 2: The Fall 2023 semester ends on 12/15/2023. You are already approved and have been using VMSDEP in prior semesters. You fail to add the fall term to the portal on your own by the 10/31/23 due date. You reach out to the JMU SCO to request the addition of the Fall 2023 term on 12/23/2023 since you missed the 10/31 deadline to do it yourself. Since you are requesting it after the last day of the semester, you are not eligible to use the benefit for Fall 2023. You will have to pay out of pocket for the Fall 2023 term and you can restart the benefit for Spring 2024 if you add the term to the portal by the last day of the semester.

 

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