Opening Dates For Nsfas 2024-2025
Opening Dates For Nsfas 2024-2025
Opening Dates For Nsfas 2024-2025: The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) administrators advise applicants to submit their applications at the appropriate time and throughout the application cycle to avoid having their applications rejected. This year’s NSFAS application cycle will last four months, from August 3 through November 30. Late applications won’t be taken into consideration.
You can submit your application on time by being informed of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) online application opening date. The documents below have been provided by the aforementioned web portal to assist you with your application.
Who qualifies for NSFAS funding?
- All South African citizens
- All SASSA grant recipients qualify for funding
- Applicants whose combined household income is not more than R350 000 per annum
- A person with a disability: Combined household income must not be more than R600 000 per annum
- Students who started studying before 2018 whose household income is not more than R122 000 per annum.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) will require more information from you in order to process your application, so you need to provide the following supporting documents to make sure that your application is successful.
- Provide your own cellphone number and email address
- You must have a copy of your ID or birth certificate
- National ID copies of parents, guardians, or spouse
- The evidence of your income or 1 year’s IRP5 if necessary
- The proof of income of your parents, guardian, or spouse.
- If you are a SASSA grant recipient, you don’t need to provide any evidence of income.
- All Applicants with a disability should provide and submit a completed and signed Disability Annexure A Form
- An applicant who is known as a Vulnerable Child by the Department of Social Development should also provide a completed and signed Vulnerable Child Declaration and Consent Form.
How to Apply for NSFAS Online Application when opened
- Visit the NSFAS Application website: www.nsfas.org.za
- Then, you click on the ‘myNSFAS’ tab
- Create a myNSFAS account. If you don’t know how to create, click HERE
- Click on the ‘APPLY’ tab
- Update your personal information
- Answer the questions you see on the screen
- Upload all the required supporting documents
- Finally, you click on ‘submit
CONTACT NSFAS
For any queries related to this bursary programme, please contact NSFAS directly:
- Tel: 0860 067 327
- Email: info@nsfas.org.za
RELATED LINKS
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