Documents To Apply For NSFAS 2025-2026
Documents To Apply For NSFAS 2025-2026
Making sure you have the required paperwork ready is essential when applying for financial help under the National Student Financial Help Scheme (NSFAS) for the 2025–2026 academic year. Through financial support, NSFAS seeks to enable qualified South African students to pursue higher education.
We will include all of the documentation needed for your NSFAS application in this extensive post, so you can get ready to submit an accurate and thorough application. Here is a thorough guide to the necessary documents you should prepare to hurry up the application process:
Who is Eligible for NSFAS Funding for 2025-2026
If you are a citizen of South Africa, intend to enrol in school in 2025, or are enrolled in a public university or TVET college and match the following criteria, you are eligible for an NSFAS bursary:
- SASSA grant recipients
- South African citizens or permanent residents
- Candidates whose annual gross household income combined is not greater than R350 000
- individuals with disabilities whose annual gross family income is not greater than R600,000.
- Both a cell phone number and email address are required.
Who is not qualified to apply for NSFAS
- Students who have completed a previous qualification.
- Students with a combined household income of more than R350 000 per annum.
- Students who have already applied, qualified, and received funding. They are automatically funded for the duration of their studies provided they pass their modules and meet the academic requirements.
Documents To Apply For NSFAS 2025-2026
You will need the following support for your NSFAS online application 2025:
- You must provide a copy of your student ID / Birth certificate
- A copy of the parent/s or guardian/spouse’s ID
- A Smart card: both sides of the card required
- Proof of income (where applicable)
- Persons living with disability (Disability Annexure A form)
- A vulnerable child must provide a completed Vulnerable Child Declaration form completed by a social worker
- An applicant who has indicated that he/she has no family member details and or abridged birth certificate must complete the Declaration: Non-SASSA
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Other documents that may be required, if applicable
- Retrenchment letter
- Death certificate/s
- Divorce Decree
- Proof of legal guardianship
- Marriage certificate
- other documents may be required for appeal purposes,….eg retrenchment letter
What does the bursary cover?
Amounts indicated for accommodation, living allowance, transport, and learning materials need to be aligned with the approved latest DHET guidelines.
UNIVERSITY
- Accommodation As per the actual costs charged by the university (costs for private
- accommodation must not exceed costs for university residence)
- Transport (up to 40 km from the institution) R7 500 per annum
- Living allowance R15, 000 per annum
- Book allowances R5200 per annum
- Incidental/personal care allowance of R2900 per annum for students in catered residences
TVET
- Accommodation in an urban area is R24,000 per annum
- Accommodation in a peri-urban area is R18,900 per annum
- Accommodation in a rural area is R15,750 per annum
- Transport (up to 40 km from the institution) R7,350 per annum
- Transport R7000 per annum
- Incidental/personal care allowance R2900 per annum
How to apply online for NSFAS
Follow the process below to apply online for the NSFAS bursaries for 2024-2025:
- Create a profile:
Use this link to register for a myNSFAS account: https://my.nsfas.org.za/ or get the NSFAS App from the App Store or Google Play. Your username will be your ID number.
- Apply now:
To amend your personal information and upload the supporting documents for your application, click the “Apply” option.
- Complete:
Submit your application
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Contact Details Of Nsfas
NSFAS Contact Center:
- Phone: 08000 67327 (toll-free)
- Operating hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM – 5 PM (South African Standard Time)
Nsfas Email:
- General inquiries: info@nsfas.org.za
- Application inquiries: apply@nsfas.org.za
Nsfas Postal Address:
- Private Bag X1
- Plumstead
- 7801
- South Africa
Physical Address:
- 10 Brodie Road
- House Vincent, 2nd Floor
- Wynberg2025-2026
- Cape Town
- 7700
- South Afric
For details, go to https://www.nsfas.org.za
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