The transferability option under the Post-9/11 GI Bill® allows Service-members to transfer all or some unused benefits to their spouse or dependent children. The Department of Defense (DoD) determines whether or not you can transfer benefits to your family. Once the DoD approves benefits for transfer, the new beneficiaries apply for them at VA.
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- Check Your Eligibility to Transfer
- Check Eligibility – your children
- Check Eligibility – your spouse
- How to Complete Your ApplicationÌý(VA Form 22-1990E)
ÌýÌýÌý(*takes approximately 15 min)
- How to Manage Benefits After Transfer
Process Overview
Follow this process to complete a transfer of education benefits:
- Submit the transfer request so that theÌýStatusÌýchanges toÌýSubmitted.
- Sign in to milConnect regularly to check the status of your request.
- When your transfer request is approved, theÌýStatusÌýis updated toÌýRequest Approved, theÌýStatus DateÌýis set to the date that the Service Representative approved the request, the age displays a link to theÌýApproval FormÌýletter, and your request data is sent to theÌý.
- After theÌýStatusÌý²ú±ð³¦´Ç³¾±ð²õÌýRequest Approved, each family member receiving an education benefit must complete theÌýVA Form 22-1990EÌýto obtain aÌýCertificate of EligibilityÌý(COE) before they can use their benefit.
- The VA sends theÌýCertificate of EligibilityÌý(COE) to the family member.
- The family member must provide the Certificate of Eligibility to the school that they plan to attend.
- The VA sends the tuition directly to the school.
If the family member does not receive the Certificate of Eligibility from the VA before they enroll in school, the family member should ask the veterans' certifying official at the school to submit an enrollment certification to the VA for the academic term.
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