{"id":1033,"date":"2024-07-25T18:13:46","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T18:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/?page_id=1033"},"modified":"2026-09-17T08:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:52:06","slug":"who-appeals-for-nsfas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/who-appeals-for-nsfas\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Appeals For NSFAS?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The student appeals, not the college or a parent. If NSFAS rejects your application or stops your funding, you lodge the appeal yourself on <a href=\"https:\/\/my.nsfas.org.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">myNSFAS<\/a>, within 30 working days, with supporting documents. Rules are on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsfas.org.za\/content\/appeals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NSFAS&#8217;s appeals page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who does what in an appeal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Person<\/th><th>Role<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>You (the student)<\/td><td>Lodge the appeal and upload documents; you get two chances to upload<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Your institution<\/td><td>Provides a propensity letter for academic appeals, and corrects registration data problems<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A social worker<\/td><td>Supports appeals for child-headed households or vulnerable students where needed<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NSFAS<\/td><td>Decides the appeal<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accepted grounds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Household income: changed circumstances, income below the threshold, a breadwinner who died or cannot work, or court-declared independence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Academic: illness of two months or more, a death in the immediate family, a violent crime or a disability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When you cannot appeal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The qualification is not funded by NSFAS.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You have used up your maximum funded time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your parents&#8217; details differ from your application.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your college or university has not submitted correct registration data; ask the institution to fix it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For income appeals, NSFAS accepts a SARS ITA34 as proof of income, and affidavits can be rejected.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/why-am-i-not-funded-by-nsfas\/\">why NSFAS applications fail<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list \">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1790400001033\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Can my parent appeal for me on NSFAS?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>The appeal is lodged by the student on myNSFAS, although parents may need to supply documents.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1790400001034\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">How long do I have to appeal to NSFAS?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>30 working days from the outcome, under the 2026 criteria.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The student appeals, not the college or a parent. If NSFAS rejects your application or stops your funding, you lodge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_ba_keyfacts":"","_ba_provider_contact":"","_ba_provider_name":"","_ba_provider_type":"","_ba_provider_cat":"","_ba_writer":"thabo-mokoena","_ba_reviewer":"naledi-khumalo","iawp_total_views":11,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1033","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1691,"href":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1033\/revisions\/1691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}