Contact NSFAS: Facebook message Tel No.: 0860 067 327 Email: info@nsfas.org.za
Contact Khetha for online help: https://www.careerhelp.org.za/ or SMS “phone me” to 0722045056
Recently a young person contacted me saying “Can you help me apply for NSFAS? Make it simple. What do I need to do?” I responded:
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It’s best to be up front about that. However, there are some things you can do to make it less painful.
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1. Open an email account. Make sure you save your user name and password in a safe place. Your phone is not a safe place.
2. Download the consent form
3. Print the consent form and fill it out. Parents/guardians in your house must sign.
4. Make a copy of you ID and the ID of your parent(s) and guardians(s) living with you.
5. Get a recent pay advice letter or salary slip or pension advice letter for each parent or guardian living with you. SASSA is not required and is not counted as income. If your parent(s) or guardian(s) are unemployed, you do not need to provide any income information.
6. Scan all paperwork and save in your email account or on a flash drive
7. You are now ready to apply online. Go to
www.nsfas.org.za Do not apply via paper application. NSFAS has a limited budget. They do get more applications than they can fund. They process online applications before paper applications.
8. You will need to register. Make sure you write down the username and password you use so that you can check your status later.
9. Your name can be your username as long as no one else has the same name
10. Your password must contain UPPER CASE LETTERS, lower case letters, numbers1234567890 and a special character !@#$%^&*() And it must be at least 8 characters long. Examples: SiyaG291! deWet98$ fun@Sun9
11. Once you are registered you can just follow the instructions on the NSFAS page. Sometimes it takes a while for NSFAS to process your registration so you might need to come back another day. Sometimes the website doesn’t work.
12. You need to be patient. :) Breath in, breath out. If it doesn’t work one day, try again another day.
Applications are open from September – November online at the NSFAS website or through your NYDA office. NSFAS also has a second semester application period for TVET Colleges only, apply through your college.
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Contact NSFAS Share Call: 0860 067372 / info@nsfas.org.za /NSFAS website
Go to your nearest NYDA office for help. If you are applying for a TVET College, you can also get assistance there.
Want to know more about NSFAS applications? Read this blog.
