Please note: to be certified, you must first be registered for courses that count toward the degree that is officially reported for you by your college. Sometime toward the middle of the semester, the VA Office at BGSU will send a copy of your schedule to your college to verify that the courses taken apply toward your degree. Therefore, if you attempt to certify for courses that do not count toward your degree, the result might be an overpayment by the VA that would be reported and need to be paid back.

The only exception to this is that we generally certify fall and spring semesters simultaneously. Therefore, if you are certifying for fall hours, you may certify for spring hours without having them prescheduled.

You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed in order to download the forms you will need. If you do not have this program, simply click on the Adobe logo to go to their site and retrieve it.

After downloading, printing and filling out the appropriate forms, you can either drop them off at our office, or simply mail them to the following address:

I am a returning BGSU student who has already received the GI Bill while attending BGSU

I am a new or transferring student to BGSU and I have never received the GI Bill

I am a student transferring to BGSU and have previously received the GI Bill under Chapter 30, 32, 34 or 1606