Be eligible for the Post 9/11 GI Bill for the education benefits to be transferable. Members of the Armed Forces--active duty or Selected Reserve, officers or enlisted --must also meet one of the following qualifications in order to transfer their military benefits: he has at least 6 years of service in the Armed Forces and agrees to an additional 4 years from the date of election to transfer the education benefits, or he has at least 10 years of service in the Armed Forces and does not need to commit to an additional 4 years due to standard policy or statue. If he becomes eligible for retirement after completing 20 years of service between the dates of August 1, 2009 and August 1, 2013, he must meet a few other qualifications. Service members eligible for retirement between August 1, 2010 and August 1, 2011 have a requirement of 2 years additional service after the transfer of benefits is approved, and Service Members eligible for retirement between August 1, 2011 and August 1, 2012 must complete an additional 3 years of service after the transfer of benefits is approved.
Ensure your beneficiary is eligible for the education benefit transfer. Your spouse, one or more of your children or any combination of your children and spouse are eligible for a transfer of your education benefits. The family member or members receiving the benefit transfer must be enrolled in the Defense Eligibility Enrollment Reporting System at the time of the transfer in order to receive the transferred education benefits.
Transfer the benefits online. Log on to the Department of Defense Transferability of Education Benefits website and look at the list of your family members eligible to receive benefits. If the name is grayed out, that family member is not eligible for the transfer of benefits. Click on the family member you want to transfer your benefits to and enter a start date, end date and the number of months you wish to transfer to that family member.
Track the status of your education benefit transfer. Check back on the web page to see if your request is approved. If it is approved, you will see the status change from "submitted" to "approved", and the date in the "date of status" section change to the date when the request was submitted. Each family member with transferred benefits will need to submit a VA form 22-1900e online to receive their certificate of eligibility, which they need to use the education benefits.