How To Apply For NSFAS 2025 Online Application Form?

South African students seeking higher education still rely mainly on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). The NSFAS online application process is quicker for students looking for financial aid for the 2025-2026 academic year. The 2025-2026 academic year’s Online Application portal will be available from November 21st, 2024, to January 31st, 2025. For qualifying students enrolled in public universities or technical institutions, NSFAS offers financial aid to lower-income working-class members and those in need. To ensure your application goes smoothly and succeeds, follow these steps.

Requirement needed to apply for NSFAS Online Application form

For NSFAS money to study at a TVET college, you must have completed Grades 9 through 12; for funding to study at a university or TVET college, you must have completed Grade 12. Before receiving any support from NSFAS if your application is accepted, you must fulfill the university’s or TVET college’s academic admission standards.

NSFAS Documents Required for 2025 online Applications form

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 are 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

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

Who Qualifies For Nsfas 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.

How To Apply For NSFAS 2025 Online Application Form?

Completing the NSFAS Application Form

To Apply Online for NSFAS 2025, please follow the step-by-step below:

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

For details, go to https://www.nsfas.org.za

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