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Who Can Appeal for NSFAS 2026
If you have applied for NSFAS and you were declined and you want to make an appeal, read this first because there are those who can appeal for NSFAS and those who cannot appeal for NSFAS in 2026.
NSFAS guidelines for appeal just got updated and this is what you need to know about NSFAS appeals.
First let’s start by outlining some reasons why people have to apply for NSFAS appeal.
If one feels that they meet all the NSFAS requirements to apply for the funding and have sent their application to NSFAS but their application has been declined, they have a good reason to appeal the decision. But one may feel that they satisfy all the NSFAS requirements but NSFAS does not see it that way. So before you send your application for appeal, make sure that you have the supporting documents to substantiate your reasons why you feel you qualify to get funding from NSFAS.
Who can appeal for NSFAS?
NSFAS: New applicants are allowed to appeal if their application was declined for the following reasons:
- Insufficient information provided
- Financial ineligibility
- Academic ineligibility
Read more from their poster below.
Check out this poster to find out who can submit an Appeal.#NSFAS2002 #Appeals2022 pic.twitter.com/ga58zJQfYe
— NSFAS (@myNSFAS) February 17, 2022
Who should not appeal for NSFAS
You cannot send NSFAS appeal if:
You have registered for a course that NSFAS does not fund.
Your institution has not submitted your registration details to NSFAS or has submitted incorrect details. See more on the poster below.
No appeal button on myNSFAS account
Question: My Application was unsuccessful, yet there is no Appeal tab available on the myNSFAS account, what should I do?
Answer: If the Appeal tab is not visible it means that a student cannot appeal the funding decision. pic.twitter.com/M9bsqtCY0t
— NSFAS (@myNSFAS) February 22, 2022
You may be asking yourself “My Application was unsuccessful, yet there is no Appeal tab available on the myNSFAS account, what should I do?” Here is the answer from NSFAS. “If the Appeal tab is not visible it means that a student cannot appeal the funding decision.”
NSFAS has recently posted an announcement on their Twitter page labelled “who should not appeal”
Good morning Mzansi
Not sure if you should submit an appeal?
Check out this poster to find out which students are not permitted to appeal.#NSFAS2022 #Appeals2022 pic.twitter.com/LEQWqAS4VY— NSFAS (@myNSFAS) February 18, 2022
Closing date for NSFAS appeals
You may be asking yourself this question “When is the closing date for NSFAS Appeals?” Here is the answer from NSFAS. “A student must appeal within 30 days of receiving an unsuccessful funding status”. That is, you have to submit your appeal before the end of 30 days from the first day the “unsuccessful status” has been displayed on your myNSFAS.
Question time
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Greetings, I am a returning student and last week my status was unsuccessful. I appealed and the appeal was approved and it moved from ‘filtering’ to ‘funding eligibility’. The next day it was unsuccessful. Am I going to be funded or not?
I was rejected for funding and the reason is N1+ rule but I only got NSFAS for 3 years and I haven’t exceeded the extra time.that is given. How can that be a reason for rejection. I got NSFAS in 2013 and 2014 and then 2021.How can I not be able to appeal?