diff --git a/src/registrar/fixtures_users.py b/src/registrar/fixtures_users.py
index a901b83e6..9669ce071 100644
--- a/src/registrar/fixtures_users.py
+++ b/src/registrar/fixtures_users.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from registrar.models import (
     User,
     UserGroup,
 )
-from registrar.models.verified_by_staff import VerifiedByStaff
+
 
 fake = Faker()
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/src/registrar/models/user.py b/src/registrar/models/user.py
index 20a84bec4..adc198d3a 100644
--- a/src/registrar/models/user.py
+++ b/src/registrar/models/user.py
@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@ class User(AbstractUser):
         Users achieve access to our system in a few different ways.
         These choices reflect those pathways.
         """
+
         GRANDFATHERED = "grandfathered", "Legacy user"
         VERIFIED_BY_STAFF = "verified_by_staff", "Verified by staff"
         REGULAR = "regular", "Verified by Login.gov"
         INVITED = "invited", "Invited by a domain manager"
         # We need a type for fixture users (rather than using verified by staff)
-        # because those users still do get "verified" through normal means 
+        # because those users still do get "verified" through normal means
         # after they login.
         FIXTURE_USER = "fixture_user", "Created by fixtures"
 
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ class User(AbstractUser):
     @classmethod
     def get_verification_type_from_email(cls, email, invitation_status=DomainInvitation.DomainInvitationStatus.INVITED):
         """Retrieves the verification type based off of a provided email address"""
-        
+
         verification_type = None
         if TransitionDomain.objects.filter(username=email).exists():
             # A new incoming user who is a domain manager for one of the domains
@@ -164,12 +165,12 @@ class User(AbstractUser):
             # New users flagged by Staff to bypass ial2
             verification_type = cls.VerificationTypeChoices.VERIFIED_BY_STAFF
         elif DomainInvitation.objects.filter(email=email, status=invitation_status).exists():
-                # A new incoming user who is being invited to be a domain manager (that is,
+            # A new incoming user who is being invited to be a domain manager (that is,
             # their email address is in DomainInvitation for an invitation that is not yet "retrieved").
             verification_type = cls.VerificationTypeChoices.INVITED
         else:
             verification_type = cls.VerificationTypeChoices.REGULAR
-        
+
         return verification_type
 
     def check_domain_invitations_on_login(self):
diff --git a/src/registrar/tests/test_admin.py b/src/registrar/tests/test_admin.py
index bca1a94cb..20ada4d14 100644
--- a/src/registrar/tests/test_admin.py
+++ b/src/registrar/tests/test_admin.py
@@ -2820,7 +2820,7 @@ class MyUserAdminTest(TestCase):
             request.user = create_user()
             fieldsets = self.admin.get_fieldsets(request)
             expected_fieldsets = (
-                (None, {"fields": ("password", "status")}),
+                (None, {"fields": ("password", "status", "verification_type")}),
                 ("Personal Info", {"fields": ("first_name", "last_name", "email")}),
                 ("Permissions", {"fields": ("is_active", "groups")}),
                 ("Important dates", {"fields": ("last_login", "date_joined")}),