There are many things that affect when you receive your payments. Your school must submit your enrollment to VA for processing to begin. If it's the first time you are using benefits, it will take longer to process your payment than if you are re-enrolling. In general, it takes about a month to process an original claim, and about a week for a re-enrollment. If VA needs to verify your service, remarks from your certifying official on your enrollment are a couple of examples of things that can make processing longer. Processing times are longer in the fall than during other terms due to the volume of claims VA receives.
If you are receiving benefits under MGIB-AD (Chapter 30) or MGIB-SR (Chapter 1606), you must also verify your enrollment at the end of each month in order to receive payment for that month. Benefits are paid after each month of school is completed.
For instructions on how to verify your enrollment click here
You will generally receive payment within two weeks of verifying your enrollment at the end of the month (or within one week if using Direct Deposit).
To check on the status of an Education benefit payment, please call 888-GIBILL-1 (888-442-4551). You can select the option for an automated update, or speak to a claims specialist.