It depends. According to the IRS, "To be eligible to claim the AOTC or the lifetime learning credit (LLC), the law requires a taxpayer (or a dependent) to have received Form 1098-T, Tuition Statement, from an eligible educational institution, whether domestic or foreign".
Generally, students receive a form 1098 T Tuition Statement, from their school by January 31". So in this case, an uncredited college is not an eligible institution to receive the credit. To verify, look at the link that xmasbaby0 provided in the post above to see if your institution's name is on the list.
You would not receive a request to fill out a Form 8862 from the IRS unless you claimed the credit in a previous tax return and if the credit was claimed in error. Since you have never filed for it, you would not have received the request for that form.
if you are unable to file this year because of the IRS requirement I listed in my opening paragraph, there is no need to amend your previous year's returns.
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