NSFAS 2025 Applications
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NSFAS BURSARY
The NSFAS bursary is open to all South African citizens and permanent residents with a combined
household income of not more than R350 000 per annum.
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We strongly advise all applicants and beneficiaries to always safeguard their personal information.
Report any fraud or suspicious activity to the Vuvuzela hotline at 0860 247 653, visit www.thehotline.co.za, or request a callback by SMSing 30916.
NSFAS 2025 Supporting documents
Required Supporting documents during the application process
If you have applied for #NSFAS2025 funding and received a request to submit supporting documents, log into your myNSFAS account to upload the required documents:
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.
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 source.
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.
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
Based on the application type, the system will generate a list of required documents for upload.