diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/views.py b/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
index 616d732bfeadfa7b601cdda989d0c5f8046ba860..559f7e68c829e1b2418e6e9c143ad4458d58b63f 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
@@ -800,6 +800,9 @@ def dashboard(request):
     else:
         redirect_message = ''
 
+    valid_verification_statuses = ['approved', 'must_reverify', 'pending', 'expired']
+    display_sidebar_on_dashboard = len(order_history_list) or verification_status in valid_verification_statuses
+
     context = {
         'enrollment_message': enrollment_message,
         'redirect_message': redirect_message,
@@ -833,6 +836,7 @@ def dashboard(request):
         'show_program_listing': ProgramsApiConfig.current().show_program_listing,
         'disable_courseware_js': True,
         'display_course_modes_on_dashboard': enable_verified_certificates and display_course_modes_on_dashboard,
+        'display_sidebar_on_dashboard': display_sidebar_on_dashboard,
     }
 
     ecommerce_service = EcommerceService()
diff --git a/lms/templates/dashboard.html b/lms/templates/dashboard.html
index 002e12a730c3953f1fe1c007e01b2ee3e1d3488c..cc8daffd4782b8fd34e557158042e218c6228ed8 100644
--- a/lms/templates/dashboard.html
+++ b/lms/templates/dashboard.html
@@ -155,27 +155,29 @@ from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import HTML, Text
         <div id="dashboard-search-results" class="search-results dashboard-search-results"></div>
       % endif
 
-      <div class="profile-sidebar" id="profile-sidebar" role="region" aria-label="Account Status Info">
-        <header class="profile">
-          <h2 class="account-status-title sr">${_("Account Status Info")}: </h2>
-        </header>
-        <div class="user-info">
-          <ul>
-
-            % if len(order_history_list):
-            <li class="order-history">
-              <span class="title">${_("Order History")}</span>
-              % for order_history_item in order_history_list:
-                <span><a href="${order_history_item['receipt_url']}" target="_blank" class="edit-name">${order_history_item['order_date']}</a></span>
-              % endfor
-            </li>
-            % endif
-
-            <%include file="${static.get_template_path('dashboard/_dashboard_status_verification.html')}" />
-
-          </ul>
-            </div>
+      % if display_sidebar_on_dashboard:
+        <div class="profile-sidebar" id="profile-sidebar" role="region" aria-label="Account Status Info">
+          <header class="profile">
+            <h2 class="account-status-title sr">${_("Account Status Info")}: </h2>
+          </header>
+          <div class="user-info">
+            <ul>
+
+              % if len(order_history_list):
+              <li class="order-history">
+                <span class="title">${_("Order History")}</span>
+                % for order_history_item in order_history_list:
+                  <span><a href="${order_history_item['receipt_url']}" target="_blank" class="edit-name">${order_history_item['order_date']}</a></span>
+                % endfor
+              </li>
+              % endif
+
+              <%include file="${static.get_template_path('dashboard/_dashboard_status_verification.html')}" />
+
+            </ul>
+          </div>
         </div>
+      % endif
     </div>
 </main>
 
diff --git a/themes/edx.org/lms/templates/dashboard.html b/themes/edx.org/lms/templates/dashboard.html
index db28f630faf04087d9035f8dc2a9468eea67353c..96376da4254662d259051ddce265a1492241c0f3 100644
--- a/themes/edx.org/lms/templates/dashboard.html
+++ b/themes/edx.org/lms/templates/dashboard.html
@@ -173,27 +173,29 @@ from openedx.core.djangoapps.theming import helpers as theming_helpers
       </div>
   % endif
 
-  <section class="profile-sidebar" id="profile-sidebar" role="region" aria-label="Account Status Info">
-    <header class="profile">
-      <h2 class="account-status-title sr">${_("Account Status Info")}: </h2>
-    </header>
-    <section class="user-info">
-      <ul>
+  % if display_sidebar_on_dashboard:
+    <section class="profile-sidebar" id="profile-sidebar" role="region" aria-label="Account Status Info">
+      <header class="profile">
+        <h2 class="account-status-title sr">${_("Account Status Info")}: </h2>
+      </header>
+      <section class="user-info">
+        <ul>
 
-        % if len(order_history_list):
-        <li class="order-history">
-          <span class="title">${_("Order History")}</span>
-          % for order_history_item in order_history_list:
-            <span><a href="${order_history_item['receipt_url']}" target="_blank" class="edit-name">${order_history_item['order_date']}</a></span>
-          % endfor
-        </li>
-        % endif
+          % if len(order_history_list):
+          <li class="order-history">
+            <span class="title">${_("Order History")}</span>
+            % for order_history_item in order_history_list:
+              <span><a href="${order_history_item['receipt_url']}" target="_blank" class="edit-name">${order_history_item['order_date']}</a></span>
+            % endfor
+          </li>
+          % endif
 
-        <%include file="${theming_helpers.get_template_path('dashboard/_dashboard_status_verification.html')}" />
+          <%include file="${theming_helpers.get_template_path('dashboard/_dashboard_status_verification.html')}" />
 
-      </ul>
+        </ul>
+      </section>
     </section>
-  </section>
+  % endif
 </section>
 
 <section id="email-settings-modal" class="modal" aria-hidden="true">