What Are The NSFAS Requirements 2025/2026?

What Are The NSFAS Requirements 2025/2026?

Are you a student from South Africa who wants to pursue higher education but is concerned about the cost? To assist you in realizing your goals, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is available. To help qualifying students with the costs of educational expenses, living expenses, and other necessary study-related expenses, NSFAS offers financial aid.

It is important to comprehend the NSFAS requirements for the 2025–2026 academic year to make sure you don’t lose out on this chance. NSFAS requirements are the rules that students must follow to get financial help from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). These rules are in place to make sure the money goes to students who need it to afford higher education in South Africa.

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NSFAS Eligibility Requirements 2025/2026?

Higher education is a desire for many South African students, but it often seems out of reach owing to financial limitations. The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) tries to close this gap by providing financial help to qualified students. However, to be eligible for NSFAS funding, you must meet the following requirements;

• South African citizens or permanent residents
• SASSA grant recipients
• Applicants whose combined gross household income is not more than R350 000 per year
• Persons with disabilities whose combined gross household income is not more than R600 000 per year.
• Must have an email account and cell phone number.

Required Documents To Apply for NSFAS 2025/2026

Certified copies of the following documents are required to apply for NSFAS;

Students with disabilities must provide:

• A completed and signed Disability Annexure Form, please ensure that the medical report is merged with this disability annexure when you create a file to submit with your application.

The Students must download the NSFAS 2025 Consent form:

• NSFAS reserves the right to validate all information and details provided by the applicant and parent/guardian/spouse against independent third-party data sources.

Students must download the NSFAS Orphan or Vulnerable Child Declaration form:

• This form is only to be completed by applicants who are under the age of 18 and who are orphans OR, who are vulnerable children in that they have been exposed to abuse, neglect, exploitation, risk of violence and substance abuse.

The Students must download the NSFAS Declaration form:

• This form only applies to applicants who are 34 years old or younger. This form is used to verify parental/guardian details.

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

How To Apply For NSFAS 2025/2026

Follow the steps below to apply for NSFAS;

• Go to www.nsfas.org.za,NSFAS official website and click on the ‘myNSFAS’ tab.
• Create a myNSFAS account.
• Click on the ‘APPLY’ tab and complete the sections on the screen.
• Click on ‘Submit’.

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Contact NSFAS

NSFAS Virtual Contact Centre

We are available to assist through the following channels:

• Email: info@nsfas.org.za
• Facebook: National Student Financial Aid Scheme
• Twitter: @myNSFAS
• Instagram: @myNSFAS
• WhatsApp: +27 78 519 8006
• USSD:*120*67327#

For general, student and NSFAS Wallet enquiries

• For all other queries regarding students:
• Tel No.: 08000 67327
• Email: info@nsfas.org.za

Physical Address

• The Halyard, 4 Christiaan Barnard St,
• Cape Town City Centre,
• Cape Town, 8001

Visit the official website of NSFAS for more information. I hope the provided information is helpful, share your thoughts below in the comment section.

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