Apply In-Person:

1. To Apply for Financial Assistance from Nsfas, the applicant has to approach the National Student Financial Aid Scheme link
2. An application form will be provided to the applicant by the concerned officer.
3. The applicant has to fill in all the necessary details in the application form. (Incomplete applications are not accepted)
4. Make sure that the applicant has attached all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. The applicant has to attach the photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting.
6. Submit all the documents with the completed form to the concerned officer.
7. The applicant has to pay the prescribed fee as requested by the authority.
8. After receiving the application, the concerned authority will check the submitted application and document set. If all are in place, the application will be accepted.
9. An acknowledgment receipt will be provided. Please save it for future reference.
10. Then the application will be processed further.
11. Once the process gets completed, the applicant gets a call from the office regarding the application.
12. Wait for a response from NSFAS regarding the status of the application. NSFAS will communicate with through via email or SMS regarding the outcome of the application.
13. If the application is successful, the applicant will receive an offer of funding from NSFAS.
14. The applicant will need to accept the offer and provide any additional information requested by NSFAS
15. This entire process can be completed within 30 days or as per the timeline advised by the respective department authority.

• Completed form
• ID proof (Birth Certificate, driving license, etc)
• Address proof – (Driving license, passbook, utility bill, etc)
• Proof of household income
• Academic transcripts
• Any other documents (If required)

National Student Financial Aid Scheme
Physical Address
The Halyard, 4 Christiaan Barnard St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8001
Tel No.: 08000 67327
Email: info@nsfas.org.za
Contact details link

• To be eligible for financial assistance from NSFAS, a student must be a South African citizen or permanent resident, enrolled in an accredited public university or TVET college, and demonstrate financial need.

• The applicant has to pay the prescribed fee as requested by the authority.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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• This entire process can be completed within 30 days or as per the timeline advised by the respective department authority.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• Applicants must complete the application form before submitting it. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicants must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.

• Name
• Address
• Contact number
• Age
• Gender
• Nationality
• Identity number
• Banks details
• Email ID
• Date
• Signature

• The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is a South African government agency that provides financial assistance to eligible students in need of financial support to attend public universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges.

• For more information link

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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