VA FORM
OCT 2017
22-1999c
VA WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY AFFIRMATION YOU SIGN BEFORE THE 7TH DAY.
SUPERSEDES VA FORM 22-1999c, JUL 2014,
WHICH WILL NOT BE USED.
VA WILL NOT PAY FOR LESSONS THAT YOU COMPLETE AND THE SCHOOL SERVICES BEFORE
THE PROPER AFFIRMATION DATE.
1. FIRST NAME-MIDDLE INITIAL-LAST NAME OF ELIGIBLE PERSON
3. NAME OF COURSE
4. DATE ENROLLMENT
AGREEMENT SIGNED
2. VA FILE NO.
5. NAME AND ADDRESS OF SCHOOL
6. DATE SIGNED 7. SIGNATURE OF ELIGIBLE PERSON
PURPOSE OF THE AFFIRMATION PROVISION OF LAW
To provide you time (no less than five full days following your signing of an enrollment agreement) during which you can
reflect on your decision to enroll in a correspondence course and determine if such correspondence course is suitable to
your abilities and interests. The Correspondence School Agreement you have signed is not effective unless you complete
this form and return it to the school.
AFFIRMATION PROCEDURE:
TO AFFIRM, READ THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH AND COMPLETE ITEMS 6 AND 7 BELOW:
I have read and I understand the enrollment agreement that I entered into with the above named school on the date
indicated in Item 4. By signing this form, I affirm such enrollment agreement and certify, under penalty of law, that I have
not signed this affirmation certificate until after the expiration of 5 full days after the date I signed the aforesaid
enrollment agreement.
(SUBMIT WITH ENROLLMENT CERTIFICATION)
OMB Control No. 2900-0576
Respondent Burden: 3 Minutes
Expiration Date: 10/31/2020
CERTIFICATE OF AFFIRMATION OF ENROLLMENT
AGREEMENT - CORRESPONDENCE COURSE
A. Decision not to Affirm - If you decide not to affirm the Correspondence School Agreement you have signed, do not
sign this form. Destroy it. Additionally, you may notify the institution, at any time, of your decision not to affirm the
enrollment agreement. The institution, thereupon, without imposing any penalty or fee, shall make full refund of all
amounts paid.
B. Decision to Affirm - If you decide to affirm the Correspondence School Agreement you have signed, you may affirm
only after the expiration of 5 full days after the day on which the agreement was signed. For example, if the contract was
signed on the 1st day of a month, you must sign and date this affirmation certification form on or after the 7th day.
INSTRUCTION TO CLAIMANT: After completion of Items 6 and 7 on or after the 7th day, return VA COPY 1 and
SCHOOL COPY 2 of this form to the school identified in Item 5.
INSTRUCTION TO SCHOOL: Once the student submits VA COPY 1 and SCHOOL COPY 2 of VA Form 22-1999c to
your facility, the school should submit VA COPY 1 of VA Form 22-1999c (Certificate of Affirmation of Enrollment
Agreement - Correspondence Course) and VA Form 22-1999 (Enrollment Certification) to the Department of Veterans
Affairs.
Respondent Burden: We need this information to determine your eligibility for education benefits based on a correspondence course
and the proper amount payable for that correspondence course. Title 38, United States Code, allows us to ask for this information. We
estimate that you will need an average of 3 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.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. If desired, you can call 1-888-GI-BILL-1 (1-800-442-4551) to get information on where to send
comments or suggestions about this form.
Privacy Act Notice: 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 as identified in the VA system of records,
58VA21/22/28, Compensation, Pension, Education, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Records - VA, published in the Federal
Register. An example of a routine use allows VA to send 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. Your obligation to respond is required to obtain or retain benefits. We cannot pay you any education benefits for
taking a correspondence course until we receive this information (38 U.S.C. 3686(b)). Your responses are confidential (38 U.S.C. 5701).
Any information provided by applicants, recipients, and others may be subject to verification through computer matching programs with
other agencies.
VA FORM 22-1999c, OCT 2017