{"id":19289,"date":"2026-06-22T22:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/do-i-need-to-recertify-each-year-to-keep-my-free-service"},"modified":"2026-06-22T22:42:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:42:46","slug":"do-i-need-to-recertify-each-year-to-keep-my-free-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/do-i-need-to-recertify-each-year-to-keep-my-free-service","title":{"rendered":"Do I need to recertify each year to keep my free service?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes \u2014 Lifeline requires annual recertification to confirm you still qualify. TAG Mobile will notify you when it&#8217;s time.<\/p>\n<h2>Why recertification is required<\/h2>\n<p>Recertification is a federal Lifeline rule. Once a year, you confirm that you still meet the program or income requirements so your free service can continue.<\/p>\n<h2>How to recertify<\/h2>\n<p>Watch for a recertification notice from TAG Mobile and respond before the deadline, providing any requested proof. Missing recertification can suspend your free service.<\/p>\n<p><em>Keep your contact info current so you don&#8217;t miss your recertification notice.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes \u2014 Lifeline requires annual recertification to confirm you still qualify. TAG Mobile will notify you when it&#8217;s time. Why recertification is required Recertification is a federal Lifeline rule. Once a year, you confirm that you still meet the program or income requirements so your free service can continue. How to recertify Watch for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-billing-payments"],"featured_image_src":"","featured_image_src_square":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"khai do","author_link":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/author\/khaido\/"},"rbea_author_info":{"display_name":"khai do","author_link":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/author\/khaido\/"},"rbea_excerpt_info":"Yes \u2014 Lifeline requires annual recertification to confirm you still qualify. TAG Mobile will notify you when it&#8217;s time. Why recertification is required Recertification is a federal Lifeline rule. Once a year, you confirm that you still meet the program or income requirements so your free service can continue. How to recertify Watch for a [&hellip;]","category_list":"<a href=\"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/help-center\/billing-payments\" rel=\"category tag\">Billing &amp; Payments<\/a>","comments_num":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19319,"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19289\/revisions\/19319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}