Form 22-6553B Certification of Lessons Completed

OMB Control No. 2900-0353
Respondent Burden: 10 Minutes

CERTIFICATE OF LESSONS
COMPLETED

FOR VA USE ONLY
VA FILE NUMBER

FACILITY CODE

PAYEE

TYPE TRAINING

NUMBER LESSONS AUTHORIZED

IMPORTANT
1. Read all instructions before completing this form.
2. If this form is damaged or lost, ask VA for another form.
(Call 1-888-GI-BILL-1 (1-888-442-4551).) (Call 1-800-829-4833,
if you are hearing impaired.)
NOTE - PLEASE READ THE PRIVACY ACT INFORMATION AND RESPONDENT BURDEN ON THE REVERSE BEFORE COMPLETING THIS FORM.

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENT
IF YOU ARE ENROLLED AND STILL PURSUING YOUR COURSE - COMPLETE THIS FORM ONLY if you are due payment for one or more lessons completed and sent to the school
through the last date shown in Item 2. (We will send you a new form at the end of the next quarter.) To receive payment, check BOX A IN ITEM 1. Then enter in Item 4A the total number of
lessons completed and sent to the school since you started this course. VA bases payments on the number of lessons completed by you and serviced by the school. If you have completed
additional lessons, but your school has not yet serviced these additional lessons, VA will pay for those lessons at the end of the quarter in which your school services those lessons.

IF YOU ARE NO LONGER ENROLLED - Check the applicable box, B or C, in Item 1 if you completed or terminated your course. Then, enter in Item 4A the total number of lessons that you
have completed and sent to the school.
BEFORE SENDING THE FORM TO YOUR SCHOOL - Sign and date this form in Items 8A and 8B. Place your telephone number in Item 8C. If the school has furnished you with an
identification number, place that ID number in Item 4B.
WHERE TO SEND THE FORM - Send the completed form promptly to the school for their certification. Your payment will be issued after receipt of the school’s certification.
ADDRESS CHANGE - If you are changing your address permanently, neatly line out your address and print your new address in the remaining space. Be sure to show your ZIP Code.

INSTRUCTIONS TO SCHOOL
IF STUDENT IS STILL ENROLLED AND PURSUING THE COURSE - Check the "YES" block in Item 3. In Item 6, enter the total number of lessons serviced from the date the student
started this course through the ending date to be certified in Item 2.
IF STUDENT IS NO LONGER ENROLLED - Check "NO" block in Item 3. Enter the date the last lesson was serviced in Item 5. In Item 6, enter the total number of lessons you have
serviced through the date shown in Item 5.
REMARKS - Report any exception to the student’s certification in Item 7, Remarks.
BEFORE SENDING THE FORM TO VA - Sign and date the certification in Items 9A and 9B. Send the completed form to the VA office shown above.
1. COURSE PARTICIPATION (Check applicable box)
A.
B.

2. PERIOD TO BE CERTIFIED

I WAS PURSUING THE COURSE APPROVED BY
VA FOR THE PERIOD SHOWN IN ITEM 2
I COMPLETED
C.
I TERMINATED
MY COURSE
MY COURSE

4A. TOTAL NUMBER OF LESSONS
COMPLETED TO DATE

4B. SCHOOL IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER

3. IS STUDENT STILL ENROLLED?
YES
NO (If "No," complete Item 5)

5. IF TERMINATED OR COMPLETED ENTER
DATE LAST LESSON SERVED

6. TOTAL NUMBER OF LESSONS
SERVICED TO DATE

7. REMARKS

I CERTIFY THAT the above entries are true and, if applicable, the 85-15% ratio requirements were met for this student’s course of study.
PENALTY - Willful false reports concerning benefits payable by VA may result in fines or imprisonment or both.
8A. SIGNATURE OF STUDENT
8B. DATE

8C. TELEPHONE NO. (Including Area Code)

9A. SIGNATURE AND TITLE OF CERTIFYING OFFICIAL

9B. DATE SIGNED

VA FORM
DEC 2008

22-6553b

SUPERSEDES VA FORM 22-6553b, NOV 2005,
WHICH WILL NOT BE USED.

PRIVACY ACT INFORMATION: VA will not disclose information collected on this form to any source other than
what has been authorized under the Privacy Act of 1974 or Title 38, Code of Federal Regulations 1.576 for routine uses
(i.e., VA sends educational forms or letters with a veteran’s identifying information to the veteran’s school or training
establishment to (1) assist the veteran in the completion of claims forms or (2) for VA to obtain further information as
may be necessary from the school for VA to properly process the veteran’s education claim or to monitor his or her
progress during training) as identified in the VA system of records, 58VA21/22/28, Compensation, Pension, Education
and Vocational Rehabilitation Records - VA, and published in the Federal Register. Your obligation to respond is
required to obtain or retain benefits. VA cannot determine your eligibility for further educational benefits and the proper
rate payable unless this form is completed and filed as required by existing law and regulation (38 U.S.C. 3680). While
you are not required to respond, we cannot pay you any further education benefits until we receive this information. Your
responses are confidential (38 U.S.C. 5701). The information you send may be verified through computer matching
programs with other agencies.
RESPONDENT BURDEN: We need this information to reimburse you for those correspondence course lessons you
completed and were serviced by your correspondence school. Title 38, United States Code, allows us to ask for this
information. We estimate that you will need an average of 10 minutes to review the instructions, find the information,
and complete this form. VA cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless a valid OMB control number is
displayed. You are not required to respond to a collection of information if this number is not displayed. Valid OMB
control
numbers
can
be
located
on
the
OMB
Internet
Page
at
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/library/OMBINV.VA.EPA.html#VA.
If desired, you can call 1-888-GI-BILL-1
(1-888-442-4551) to get information on where to send comments or suggestions about this form. (Call 1-800-829-4833 if
you are hearing impaired.)

VA FORM 22-6553b, DEC 2008