You can search for "student" in the apps section on the left side of portal and click "Student Homepage". You can also star / favorite for future use.

From the "Student Homepage" , please click "Academic Records" button.

After selecting "Academic Records" section, please click the "Veterans Benefit" button on the bottom left.

After reviewing the information on the Veterans Educational Benefits Certification Request page, please click on "Certification Request" button at the bottom of the page.

Step 1: Please click the "Term" drop-down

Step 2: Click the semester/term you want to certify for VA benefits

Please input your information following the steps below:

1. Veterans Service Branch: Select your branch of service.
   1. For children/spouses of service members or veterans, select their branch of service.
2. VA Education Benefit: Select the VA education benefit you want to use for the selected term.'"Select Cal Vet Fee Waiver"
   1. If you are using a Chapter Benefit and the Cal Vet Fee Waiver, please select the chapter benefit instead of the fee waiver for this system.
3. Relationship to Veteran: Select your relationship to the veteran: "Self", "Dependent" (Child / Step-Child), "Spouse"
4. Select all that apply: If you are still serving in the military, please click the type of service. If you are a veteran or a child/spouse, do not check any boxes.
5. Questions / Instructions: This optional section can be used to enter any questions or specific instructions that you would like the VRC staff to review regarding this certification request.

NOTICE: For students using Dependents Educational Assistance (Chapter 35) only, please include your VA File Number on this page.

Your VA file number is typically the veteran's Social Security Number followed by a pay code. This pay code can be found after the last four digits on your Chapter 35 eligibility letter you received from the VA. If you need to find your VA file number, please call 888-442-4551.

Step 1: After selecting biographical information in Step 7, please click "Initiate Request" button.

NOTICE: THIS DOES NOT COMPLETE YOUR REQUEST, you must click "OK" in the pop-up to move on to Step 9 and select courses. If you receive the "Nothing has changed" error and you are not able to proceed to step 9, please email [email protected] and we will manually override this issue so you can proceed to step 9.

Step 1: Click "Attachments" from the Veterans Educational Benefits Certification Request Page

Step 2: Click "File Type" drop-down

Step 3:  Click "Add Attachment" button

Step 4a: Click "Choose File" and select the file from your computer you want to upload.

Step 4b: Click "Upload" button

Step 5: Click "OK" button

Step 6: Upload additional documents using steps 1 through 5 or Click "Return" button to go back to the certification request.

After initiating your request in Step 8, please click "Select Classes to Certify" at the bottom of the page.

After clicking the button to advance from Step 9, please follow the steps below:

1. Check the acknowledgment box in the "Read and Acknowledge" Section
2. Click the box on the left next to each class you want certified under your VA education benefits
   1. Note for wait-list courses: The system will allow you to select wait-listed courses, but we will not be able to certified those courses until you are officially enrolled. Once officially enrolled, please submit an updated certification request through this system.
3. Click "Submit Request" button at the bottom center of the page.

Click "OK" button.

• This completes your certification request. No further action is required unless you make changes to your schedule/courses after this submission.
• Changes to your schedule that need to be reported via another request in the system include: dropping a course, withdrawing from a course, adding a course, or enrolling in a course from the wait-list. Please refer to the "Changes to Previous Certification Request" instructions.

You can search for "student" in the apps section on the left side of portal and click "Student Homepage". You can also star / favorite for future use.

From the "Student Homepage" , please click "Academic Records" button.

After selecting "Academic Records" section, please click the "Veterans Benefit" button on the bottom left.

After reviewing the information on the Veterans Educational Benefits Certification Request page, please click on "Certification Request" button at the bottom of the page.

After reviewing the information on the Veterans Educational Benefits Certification Request page, please click on "Certification Request" button at the bottom of the page.

Step 1: Please click the "Term" drop-down

Step 2: Click the semester/term you want to certify for VA benefits

Click "OK" button on the error message. This message notifies you that you already have a completed request for the term/semester you selected.

Click "Update Classes to Certify" button at the bottom of the page

Please follow the steps below:

1. Check the acknowledgment box in the "Read and Acknowledge" Section
2. Click the box on the left next to each class you want certified under your VA education benefits
   1. Note for wait-list courses: The system will allow you to select wait-listed courses, but we will not be able to certified those courses until you are officially enrolled. Once officially enrolled, please submit an updated certification request through this system.
3. Click "Submit Request" button at the bottom center of the page.

In this section, you will have two different messages that could pop up based upon your selections on the previous page.

Option 1: Click "OK" - This completes your request. No further action required unless you make additional changes to your schedule/courses after this date.

Option 2: This message indicates you did not make any changes to your selections. If the course selection page has all courses checked that you want certified, no further action is required.