Advance Payment

Regular Advance Payment

Advance payment is the VA educational assistance allowance paid to the student for the first partial (at a prorated amount) month and the following full month of enrollment.  Since the Post 9/11 GI Bill, Chapter 33 benefit cannot be certified until actual tuition and fee charges are posted to the student account, advance payment is not an option under this benefit.

Advance payment is sent to the University on behalf of the student.  Upon receipt, the APSU Office of Veterans Affairs will send notification to you.  However, the student must be registered for at least half-time prior to receiving this payment and all required forms and documentation must have been submitted.

Advance payment can only be requested by students initially enrolling or those who have been absent from school for a term that is more than 30 calendar days.

Students should be aware that if they elect to receive advance payment, they will not receive another benefit payment until the end of the third month of enrollment.  For example, if you received an advance payment for Fall semester, then you will receive the payments for the months of August and September up front and the next benefit payment will not be issued until the beginning of November.

Each institution sets their own deadline dates for submitting paperwork for advance payment in order to allow the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ample to process payment. For a listing of our deadline dates, please see the main campus and Ft Campbell important date sections. You will need to submit the advance payment request form and any other required documents to the appropriate office.