Sassa Grant-in-Aid Application,Requirements,Status check and Payment date

Sassa Grant-in-Aid Application,Requirements,Status check and Payment date The SASSA Grant-In-Aid, also known as the South African Social Security Agency Grant-In-Aid, is a program that offers additional financial support to individuals who currently receive social grants but face challenges in managing all their needs independently.

Grant-in-Aid  Eligibility Criteria

You need to make sure that you are fulfilling particular requirements to get qualified for grant in-aid support from SASSA. If you think that you are eligible for getting the grant, then you can apply for the grant to get the help of R 460 per month. What you have to make sure of before applying for a grant is,

• Ensure that you are a permanent citizen of South Africa.
• You should have an ID card from South Africa with you.
• If you are not a permanent citizen or resident of South Africa, then you must be a refugee. Otherwise, you cannot get the grant.
• The age of the applicant should be no below 18 years.
• There should be some medical record or some valid reason that will work as proof for you that you have a certain permanent condition due to which you cannot take care of yourself on your own.
• You should meet the means test requirement to be eligible for getting the grant.
• You should not be receiving any type of care or aid from any other institute.

Required Documents  to Apply for a Grant-In-Aid?

• ID documents.
• A signed affidavit by you.
• Your medical report confirms that you can not take care of yourself.
• If you are married then provide the document of marriage proof.
• If your spouse is deceased then provide the death certificate of your spouse.

How to Apply for the SASSA Grant-In-Aid?

There are two valid ways of applying for a grant-in-aid from SASSA.

• Online
• Via visiting their office

Online

• To apply online, you have to visit their official website by clicking on, Grantsenquiries@SASSA.gov.za.
• Now register yourself as a new user first, in case you do not have the account previously.
• You can register by clicking on the “Register” button that is mentioned in the yellow color on the home page of the SASSA website.
• They will ask you to provide the personal information.
• The personal details they will ask for include your citizenship, ID number, ID document type, surname, full name, email address, password, confirmation of the password, and cell phone number.
• Now click on the button to get your OTP.
• They will send the OTP to your mobile phone number via which you are applying.
• Now enter the OTP to confirm the registration and log into the SASSA’s official website. This is how you can register as a new user.
• Now that you have logged into your account, you can click on the “apply for a grant button” and select the type of grant that you want to get.
• Click on “grant-in-aid.”
• Fill in the application form and make sure that you have provided the correct information.
• Now click on submit and wait until you get a response.
• Make sure to upload all the documents with your application form.
• All of these certificates should be in PDF format.

Via Visiting The Office

• Find out the nearest SASSA office close to you.
• Ask for the application form and make sure to fill it out correctly.
• It should be completed in front of a SASSA officer. You can ask for help from the official SASSA officer there if you have not understood any point.
• SASSA officers will help you in fulfilling the application form correctly.
• In case you cannot visit the SASSA office on your own, you can simply send a friend or a family member to the office with your power of attorney.
• That person should be the person that you trust the most because he is the one who can receive your social grant on your behalf.
• Now attach a valid medical report and other necessary documents with the application and hand it over to the officer.
• The officer will take your interview and will also take your fingerprints.
• After submitting the application form and necessary documents, the SASSA officer will give you a stamped receipt with the date written on it. The date on the receipt is the one on which you applied.
• It is free of cost application procedure, and you don’t have to give any money to the officer.

Procedure Of Application Verification

Applications are generally assessed within 3 months, but the applications for grant-in-aid are assessed within 30 working days. After this verification time, you will be informed whether your application is accepted or has been rejected. You will get the response in written form.

What Is Grant-in-aid Suspension?

There are chances that your grant-in-aid may be suspended. And the underlying causes of the suspension of your grant-in-aid grant from SASSA include a change in the applicant’s circumstances and financial or medical improvement. Moreover, the grant-in-aid can also be suspended if you have provided incorrect and fake information in your application or in case you have not cooperated with the officials when the grant was reviewed.

Furthermore, in case the grant was approved mistakenly when it should not be, there is a high chance that it will be suspended on its own. If your grant suspends, there is no need to worry. You can also apply again for the grant restoration within 3 months of the suspension.

What Are The Reasons For The Grant-in-aid Lapse?

The grant-in-aid may lapse due to any of the following mentioned reasons.

• In case the grant holder has died or if he is admitted to the hospital or a state-funded institution.
• It can lapse if the grant holder is no longer receiving 24/7 care from someone else.
• Lastly, in case the grant holder has not claimed the grant for consecutively 3 months, his grant will lapse.