Advance Payment

Eligibility

If you will be enrolling at least half time when you initially enter or re-enter school, and are not receiving continuous payment, you may elect to be paid in advance for the first partial (or full) month of school plus the following full month. This means that, if you receive an advance payment for fall, you will not receive your second check until the first week in December.

Registration requirements

You must be officially registered before the advance payment check will be released to you. If you originally scheduled your enrollment as half time or more but registered for less than half time, you are not entitled to the advance payment.

Advance payment procedures

You must specifically request advance payment on the Veterans Enrollment Certificate during the advance payment dates established for the semester you are requesting. The VA will issue an award letter to you advising that an advance payment will be sent to your school. You will be sent an e-mail notification when your check is received by One Stop Student Services.

	Semester Dates	Advance payment request period
May session 2006	05-22-06 to 06-09-06	03-13-06 to 03-24-06 03-27-06 to 04-17-06*
Summer session 2006	06-12-06 to 08-04-06	03-20-06 to 03-31-06 04-03-06 to 05-08-06*
Fall 2006	09-05-06 to 12-20-06	05-22-06 to 06-23-06 06-26-06 to 07-31-06*
Spring 2007	01-16-07 to 05-12-07	10-02-06 to 11-03-06 11-06-06 to 12-11-06*
May session 2007	05-21-07 to 06-08-07	03-12-07 to 03-23-07 03-26-07 to 04-16-07*
Summer session 2008	06-11-07 to 08-03-07	03-19-07 to 03-30-07 04-02-07 to 05-07-07*

* Enrollment certification for advance payment may be sent to the VA St. Louis regional office during these periods; however, the VA cannot guarantee that you will receive advance payment.