Will Nsfas Be Open In January 2024/2025

Will Nsfas Be Open In January 2024/2025

 

For the 2024 academic year, students who are currently enrolled in a public university or public Tvet college as well as those who are applying for financial help for the first time must submit their applications and all completed supporting documentation by January 31st, 2024.

The current academic year will not allow for late registration. On the exact deadline, the NSFAS Bursary Portal is expected to shut down, which means no application forms will be accepted after the deadline.

National Student Financial Aid Scheme is a programme run by the South African government that offers financial aid to undergraduate students to assist in covering the cost of their higher education after they graduate from high school.

Will Nsfas Be Open In January 2024-2025

The NSFAS application date will be open to all applicants beginning on November 21st, 2023, and closing on January 31st, 2024. Therefore, applicants are requested to submit their applications by the deadline.

Who Is Eligible To Apply For The NSFAS Funds 20224

If you fall under this category of people, then you are eligible to apply for the 2024 NSFAS application:

• 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 and whose household income is not more than R122 000 per annum.

Read: Nsfas Deadline 2023

Nsfas Application Requirements 2024-2025

The following supporting documents are required from all applicants to be taken into consideration, so make sure you have them before submitting your application. Applications lacking these materials won’t be accepted:

• South African ID document (this can include any of the following):
• copy of green ID document
• temporary ID from the DHA
• copy of both sides of the Smart ID card
• unbridged birth certificate
• Non-SASSA grant applicants: Parents, guardians, or spouse ID documents (copies only)
• Own, parents, guardians, or spouse proof of income, if a non-SASSA applicant (this can include any of the following):
• latest payslip if employed (not older than 3 months)
• UIF letter
• employment letter
• retrenchment letter, if a non-SASSA applicant
• Students with disabilities: complete and sign the Disability Annexure A Form
• Students who are recognized as Vulnerable Children by the Department of Social Development: complete and sign the Vulnerable Child
• Declaration Form

Nsfas Application Process 2024-2025

For any queries related to this bursary program, please contact NSFAS directly:

• Tel: 0860 067 327
• Email: info@nsfas.org.za

Hope the information given has been helpful to you, leave your comments in the comments section. Better still you can visit the official website of NSFAS for more details.