Sassa SRD Info: Why SRD Applications Are Declined? | Reasons and Solutions
There are several reasons why SRD Grant applications are declined. Sassa has some criterion to assess applications for the R350 grant. We go through some of the reasons why these applications are declines and what to do.
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Meeting the criteria
For you to be approved for the SRD Grant, you have to meet certain criteria that Sassa has outlined. Find all the details on the SRD website before making your application.
Income
Income in relation to the SRD R350 grant means, any source of income as defined in regulation 19 of the Social Assistance Regulations, 2008 and includes any form of donation or other financial support or financial assistance received by the applicant of not more than R350 as per the food poverty line threshold.
What happens if you are declined?
The client has the right to apply for reconsideration or appeal should they be in disagreement with the declined outcome. The client can apply for reconsideration via the SRD Website at this link https://srd.sassa.gov.za/reconsideration should the client wish to dispute the outcome.
Since this grant is validated monthly, the request for reconsideration must be submitted for each month that the application is declined, even if the reason for the decline and the reason for disputing this decision is the same each month.
Reasons for SRD Grant Decline
Reason for decline | What it means |
Alternative income source identified | The applicant has been employed and is indicated as contributing towards income tax |
Identity verification failed | The personal information provided does not match the Department of Home Affairs details. |
Existing Sassa grant | The applicant is a current recipient of a Social grant other than a child grant |
Nsfas registered | The applicant is receiving a benefit from National Student Fund Aid Scheme |
Uif registered | The applicant is eligible for UIF benefits based on TERS OR Contributions to UIF OR is currently receiving the Unemployment Insurance Fund benefit |
Gov payroll registered | The applicant is in employment in a government institution |
Age outside range(>60) | The applicant does not qualify for the grant due to not meeting the age requirement ( Over 60) |
Suspended (Deceased Record on DHA) | The client is registered as deceased on the Department of Home Affairs database |
Debtor | The client was paid R350 once or more where the client did not qualify. The error was picked and the money is withheld to correct the error. Payments will resume if the client still qualifies, once all the outstanding R350s recovered. |
What can I do when my application is declined?
The client can apply for reconsideration via the SRD Website at this link https://srd.sassa.gov.za/reconsideration should the client wish to dispute the outcome. You can appeal every month as applications are reviewed on a monthly basis. Each rejection is for that particular month, you may still appeal for the upcoming month if declined again.
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Am from a family of 8(am the 1st born) and am unemployed even my mom is unemployed… I was depending on this R350 so that I could buy cosmetics n help where I can at home but things seems to be hard since my application is declined(alternative income source identified)
I was declined
Reason says debtor meaning I don’t qualify for sassa nd sassa was paying me R350 so it means I owe sassa I hv to pay them back all R350 they were giving me like this is a joke guys bcos I am not working I don’t even get any sassa money or any pay from anyone my last born she is 20yrs meaning I don’t even get any grants for a child but sassa says I owe them I hv to pay them back how nd where am I going to get that money bcos I am not working or maybe is bcos of my niece is using my bank account for customers guys no this is unfair sassa hv to stop what they r doing
Hi my name is natasha solomons i have receivef since last year the 350 but know when i reapply i was decline but april and may is still pending
Don’t know where you get I’m getting an alternative income the money I get is to pay for the internet my family use that’s on my name lost my job when covid started
My appeal for reconsideration since August 2021 to march 2022 is pending applied in April 2022 for new grant June declined stating uif registered April and may pending
Received payments for August 2021 to November 2021 from dec to march 2022 still pending.no payments received please assist need this grant desperately please explain why declined again stating uif registered when I’m unemployed since end of April ,2021
This this just say ‘failed ‘ if I go for appeal ,WHY
I don’t have job sometimes my friend she put a salary in my account for her mother
I only receive sassa grant for only 2 kids i am unemployed yet it declined me due to UIF which I don’t know of because i never worked
I was declined it says alternative income source identified please help me I need this 350
I am unemployed I have no income what so ever
The same with me. I worked for 3 days then i got fired, the system said that i am registered for uif in 2020 i went to labour department fill in the form then they said they cant give me uif for 3 days. The same this year march i got declined again. I sold my playstation the money was paid into my account now srd says there was a source of income. Since 2020 they dont check if and when was there an income an how they dont know. They just decline us. Why dont they pay all our unclaimed funds.
How do we appeal.
I am.unemeployed since 2010. I get help from family members for daily expenses. My SRD grant 350 was declined. Reason is alternative income which I don’t have
I have no any sorce of income but sassa declined my application…. we are really struggling and the 350 was helping a lot.
Sassa has declined my application they say I have a alternative income which I don’t know anything. I have been unemployed for 6 to 7 years now.
I was decline because my kids were depositing money for building the house that was damage by the rain and they thought I have income pls im not work8ng its been long now and this R350 grant was helping me can you please approve it
I don’t get any income that u say I get money send in my bank is money from someone who send me to pay her funeral covers, because she relocated for a new job. People who have husbands that support them get the money and the people who need the money more do not receive it.
I was declined it says alternative income source identified
I sandani mavhungu am not getting my 350 it’s declined am not working since it was me
JUN DECLINE WHY BECAUSE IM NOT WORKING
I have been unemployed for 3 years Nw. ND I really need that 350. ND I see no reason for being declined
From the time the covid grant was stopped a family member was helping me get by until it was reinststed… I was being helped until then… Please help reinstate my grant… Cause i have no income…. The grant was stopped thats why i was being helped for a short while… Thank u
I’ve been declined since last year telling I have uif that I dnt even know about and I re-apply its decline again saying I have alternative source of income which I dnt know of
I’ve been declined since last year telling me I have uif that I dnt even know about and I re-apply its decline again saying I have alternative source of income which I dnt know of
Hi. Im facing the exact same problem as you and if you check very well , most has been declined due to alternative income. If they are looking at the little that’s been deposited in our accounts , it’s so wrong because it maybe money we borrow. Also to appeal this is not easy, we have to wait very long before we really get a reply. It’s so unfair. I hope and pray we get what is due to us.
I was declined by sassa, reason is they say I have a sauce of income,I have been jobless since 2012 its not fair
Good day iam unemployed i don’t get any salary
I was declined too and I’m not employed and my account doesn’t receive huge amounts of money. I’m not employed
I have been declined since the start of the srd 350 because of the uif but because I resigned on my last job I’m not eligible to get the uif
Am declined they said have alternative income am unemployed since 2018
My is declined and i don’t have money income i jast got child grant for one
I don’t have any Source of income may u please help me with this R350 we a suffering really. I hav been appealing bt still the same
I have been unemployed for three years now and the last time I received the UIF was in November 2020
with no income since then but they keep on telling me that I am UIF registered and what must I do ?
My 350 is declined but I’m not working
My 350 it’s was showing the pay day and following day when I check its say decline n I. Not working
The only income that I have is R480 for my grandson. But I am declined. What is the meaning of this?? This is not fair
The only income that I am getting is R480 for my grandson. But I am declined. What is the meaning of this??
I am not working but my application is declined why I only received the child support grant
My is been declined starting from last year on September
Sassa Please help me i really need this R350 to buy myself cosmetic since well I’m not working I’m jobless and yes I do receive money for my 9 months old child to add on the R480 child grant since well things are too expensive… I really need this R350 so that I can be able to buy myself cosmetic
I was working for Heinenann Publishrs in 2010 as a Freelancer and it ends in October 2010 I don’t understand why my outcome for SRD350 is declined and it states that I am having an alternative income. I am unemployed and inneed of this money.
My sassa April and may is still pending June in decline say alternative income source iam nt wkin I have a plm with my hands I have carpal tunnel a bleeding plm plz sassa approve me in 2020 December u approved me bt never receive my money January, February March, April may June July I was declined now again decline plz iam desperately need it things are gone so expensive we can’t nt manage any more. Iam a diabetic plz give us our money.
My sassa April and may is still pending June in decline say alternative income source iam nt wkin I have a plm with my hands I have carpal tunnel a bleeding plm plz sassa approve me in 2020 December u approved me bt never receive my money January, February March, April may June July I was declined now again decline plz iam desperately need it things are gone so expensive we can’t nt manage any more.
Am a volunteer at school,as a food handler/cooking food for children.they give us a stipend of 1500.honestly am a volunteer am not working.they declined me ,so I don’t get the 350 Sadda grant why??cz it’s less than 3500.pls help I need the money as in yesterday.
I do small jobs for people and they put on they material money into my account it’s not my money and it’s not a steady job get it once in 5 months but they declined my application it’s not right they just want to steal the money for themselves and pay us looking for excuses it’s very wrong out of all the money I get about R1200 for 3 month and I’m renting and have 2 kids and a wife how do I make ends meet with that money but because it’s going in my account they declined my application our government is up to shit
My 350 declined because of my younger brother is getting money from his father in my account
I was declined because my husband helps out my brother with his work and at that time my husband had problems with his bank card and i had to give my banking details and that is the reason why money gets paid into my account which is not my money and i am unemployed for more than 9 years now.
Mine says self exclusionary response found but i dont get any payment i only help my parents with the 350 and sir or mam i answered the wrong question I’m sorry for that.
Hi dear I also received that exclusionary respond but I am unemployed for 5years now. I don’t know maybe I answered the wrong question as well I do get a grant for my two boys but that’s all. So I don’t know what happening in our country. All the wrong people get this money. People using drugs but is also unemployed gets this money. So I don’t know what to do now. I think I must get a job. But that’s also so hard to find.Im helpless.
My application has been declined for the month of June for reasons that there’s an alternative income. The thing is I have been unemployed for the past 4years and I’ve never been employed ever since.
Their is no income can I get
My husband died 3 months ago on 13 March 2020 .He was unemployed due to illness I have been getting srd until 16 March Then the new rule of re applying
I am 57 years old and since my husband died no income Absolutely I want to re apply bit they keep declining
I am saving money for my poor mother ,thr money that her husband my Stepfather send to her ,I am not working ari never had a job before ,I depend on my 3kids grant money ,I need this 350 to save and build for my kids because we don’t have a place to stay
I was declined for June 2022 for my Sassa SRD grant …they say another income source identified…I am unemployed still attending school and receiving child grant for my 2 children. I dont have any other income.
I don’t work ..no job my account is used by family members to send n receive money….declined….source of income
Same here. Recieved help to get my husband to doctor. And get his chronic medication.
Get declined.this is not right.
I know people with husbands who earn big salary but they get approved. Thats is not right. I use srd grant to buy veggies and cook soup. Now nothing.
I got declined we as a family trying to save money to perform our father and mother’s wedding.my father passed on and they didn’t perform their traditional wedding because it’s closing everything for us.so I opened wedding uner my account as we failed to open combined account as it was costing us another money that we don’t have.I’m not working never in my life but not loosing hope still looking.no one is working in my family were living with social grants.
Um still a student and I don’t have a job and I don’t even have nsfas but my SRD grant got declined saying I have a job, and I don’t have a job, only my mom sends me money every month for rent, groceries and etc.
I was declined because my sister is using my bank account for her income and I’ve been unemployed for almost 12 years. I don’t have any source of income
I was declined because I was working on 2017 then on 2018 I stopped working. I found onother job on 2021 It was on contract of 3 months then the reason for sassa it said UIF Registered
Hi. The reason given for my rejection is” alternative source of income”. That is really surprising because my bank account has had no income since forever! How does SASSA work out that an individual is getting an income into their bank account when clearly there is no income as per my bank statement. Weird, really!
I was declined because of alternative source of income was found but I don’t even work it was just a learnership and it ended long time ago
I’m no longer working and its been a while
My application declined
My 350 are dicline because of an income yes I get an income from family members to pay a funeral cover this 350 help me a lot 2 provide my self
I was declined because my husband my capitac account. His workers and children uses my account because he haven’t capitac account. His children uses my to give him money because I am the second wife I am not working, I only get money from my grandchild sassa.
i have been unemployed since 2018 and i have recieved R350 srd money in the beginning of covid,but only for four months than it declined until now and i havent had a monthly income since 2018
Ek het geld vir kersfees ontvang en daarna het ek geld vir my ontvang. Sonder die hulp sou ek nooit my bril kon betaal nie
How is it possible to be declined if i havent been working and i am not paying any tax as they are stating as my reason for being declined. I have no income whatsoever for myself. I havent been able to apply for a child grant either. I have a 13 month old baby. What am i suppossed to do now that they are declining me?
I am declined and dont have money, I have only received birthday money in my account, so I am declined and I have 2 kids to support
I don’t get any income amount
I was declined because my sister income is been put into my account,an account she’s been using she’s getting money from her my family but into my account I have no job
Looks like if someone helps us to live we don’t qualify for R350 grant very unfair!!
Was declined of a source of income
I don’t have job sometimes my friend she put a salary in my account for her mother
I’m SRD Decline Application so should I apply again or mare wen I apply they saying I already applied
I don’t have income
I’m the one of decline
I was declined because my mother’s income is been put into my account, an account she’s been using, she’s getting money from her family but into my account, I have no job, no income nothing for the last 10 year’s
I lost my phone and soema my srd was as they say self excluded which I never did Also the person responsible for picking up my phone is sure to have done that Now I am without any income as I just lost my husband and March 16 was my last payment
I can’t help thinking seeing I am owed 3 months they are excluding me and 1000s more Low blow
My brother income its paid through my account that is why always the account shows as if the is an income into my account.I totally don’t work and I’ll really appreciate if my application can be reconsidered
just lost my work last pay ment reserved yesterday have to get a PLACE to stay an turning 53 this year can’t fined new Work at my age been saving for food but need to pay key deposit and have to have a deposit need to buy elcrtisity and then need to live aswell so please tell us WITH people how we supposed to make a living if we can’t even have a roof over my head have to get a small room to live in pls understand thank you kindly Ruby !
The goverment gives the grant to poorer then poor people, but make ot so difficult for these people to get the grant. I did alot of applications for people staying in the street, they cant afford a phone. Now that they must collect by stores its aproblem they want the person to which the phone number belongs to. I dont even know so e of the people just did them a favour so that they can also apply. 2nd I know of a girl 18years old who always received child grant, but she is doing her matric now and just because she is 18 she doesnt get child grant, she did get the R350 last year but now with the new applications she is declined. Her granny used to looked after her but she passed away, and her mom do get grant for thebone daughter who stays by her aunt and she gets the grant for transport to school. The mom dont work she only recieives R350, so how will this child finish her matric
I don’t know y mine declined because am not working am surviving with grant money for my children
My 350 declined because of my younger brother is getting money from his father in my account
I was declined because i receive money for my 9 months child from her dad to add on the child grant R480 that I’m receiving since well things are too expensive, I’m currently not working and from that money I also have to buy cosmetics so I was managing to buy my cosmetic with the R350, so since well sassa declined me i don’t know what to do anymore.
I have no job
No income
I have been retrenchment with the lockdown I did not ask for this to happen I have worked 23 years for a College.My daughter now gives me money for my bond and insurance policies.They can get a statement drop the bank and see that I don’t have any money left when debit orders gets deducted from that R1000.So how must I live no 3xtra money to buy food.Having worked and paid Taxes to this government this is how honest citizens get treated in this country like animals .
The honest people get nowhere inbthis country if I could find a job I will gladly work I am not lazy to work .