diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/api.py b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/api.py
index 94bd41442164..7b8310fde030 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/api.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/api.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def update_verification_attempt(
                 'Status must be one of: %(status_list)s',
                 {
                     'status': status,
-                    'status_list': VerificationAttempt.STATUS_CHOICES,
+                    'status_list': VerificationAttempt.STATUS,
                 },
             )
             raise VerificationAttemptInvalidStatus
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/migrations/0017_remove_verificationattempt_created_and_more.py b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/migrations/0017_remove_verificationattempt_created_and_more.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..38f89402ad83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/migrations/0017_remove_verificationattempt_created_and_more.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.15 on 2024-09-26 18:59
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.utils.timezone
+import lms.djangoapps.verify_student.statuses
+import model_utils.fields
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('verify_student', '0016_verificationattempt_status_changed'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='verificationattempt',
+            name='created',
+        ),
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='verificationattempt',
+            name='modified',
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='verificationattempt',
+            name='created_at',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, db_index=True, default=django.utils.timezone.now),
+            preserve_default=False,
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='verificationattempt',
+            name='hide_status_from_user',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=False, null=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='verificationattempt',
+            name='status',
+            field=model_utils.fields.StatusField(choices=[(lms.djangoapps.verify_student.statuses.VerificationAttemptStatus['CREATED'], lms.djangoapps.verify_student.statuses.VerificationAttemptStatus['CREATED']), (lms.djangoapps.verify_student.statuses.VerificationAttemptStatus['PENDING'], lms.djangoapps.verify_student.statuses.VerificationAttemptStatus['PENDING']), (lms.djangoapps.verify_student.statuses.VerificationAttemptStatus['APPROVED'], lms.djangoapps.verify_student.statuses.VerificationAttemptStatus['APPROVED']), (lms.djangoapps.verify_student.statuses.VerificationAttemptStatus['DENIED'], lms.djangoapps.verify_student.statuses.VerificationAttemptStatus['DENIED'])], default=lms.djangoapps.verify_student.statuses.VerificationAttemptStatus['CREATED'], max_length=100, no_check_for_status=True, verbose_name='status'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/models.py b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/models.py
index 2230ea266f66..32f02acd4af5 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/models.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/models.py
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ def __str__(self):
         return str(self.arguments)
 
 
-class VerificationAttempt(TimeStampedModel, StatusModel):
+class VerificationAttempt(StatusModel):
     """
     The model represents impelementation-agnostic information about identity verification (IDV) attempts.
 
@@ -1227,18 +1227,11 @@ class VerificationAttempt(TimeStampedModel, StatusModel):
     user = models.ForeignKey(User, db_index=True, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
     name = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=255)
 
-    STATUS_CHOICES = [
+    STATUS = Choices(
         VerificationAttemptStatus.CREATED,
         VerificationAttemptStatus.PENDING,
         VerificationAttemptStatus.APPROVED,
         VerificationAttemptStatus.DENIED,
-    ]
-
-    status = models.CharField(max_length=64, choices=[(status, status) for status in STATUS_CHOICES])
-
-    status_changed = models.DateTimeField(
-        null=True,
-        blank=True,
     )
 
     expiration_datetime = models.DateTimeField(
@@ -1251,19 +1244,8 @@ class VerificationAttempt(TimeStampedModel, StatusModel):
         null=True,
     )
 
-    def save(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
-        """
-        Overriding the save method in order to make sure that
-        status_changed field is updated whenever the status is
-        updated, even if it is not given as a parameter to the
-        update field argument.
-        """
-        update_fields = kwargs.get('update_fields', None)
-        if update_fields and 'status' in update_fields:
-            self.status_changed = now()
-            kwargs['update_fields'] = set(update_fields).union({'status_changed'})
-
-        super().save(*args, **kwargs)
+    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, db_index=True)
+    updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True, db_index=True)
 
     def should_display_status_to_user(self):
         """When called, returns true or false based on the type of VerificationAttempt"""