Updated 2026-11-14
Check your funding application in your myNSFAS profile. As at 14 November 2026, the 2027 application closing date of 31 October 2026 has passed, so this guide is for people who have already applied. Your portal status tells you which check NSFAS is doing, whether it needs data, or whether it has received your registration.
Never pay anyone to check, submit or influence an NSFAS application or funding outcome.
Go to the official myNSFAS portal and sign in to the profile you used for your application. Check the status shown there and any request for information or documents.
Do not treat a status message from a social-media account, agent or WhatsApp contact as an official funding decision. NSFAS's October 2026 notice warns applicants not to pay people or organisations claiming they can facilitate or guarantee an application or outcome.
| Status on myNSFAS | Official meaning and what to do |
|---|---|
| Application Submitted | NSFAS has received the application and is checking it. Monitor the portal. |
| Verification | NSFAS is checking that your information and documents are correct. |
| Requesting Financial and/or Academic Data | NSFAS is waiting for family-income and/or academic information before the application can proceed. |
| Assessing Financial Eligibility | NSFAS is checking whether you meet the financial requirements. |
| Awaiting Academic Results | NSFAS is waiting for academic results before it continues. |
| Assessing Academic Eligibility | NSFAS is checking whether you meet the academic requirements. |
| Duplicate | More than one application was submitted for the same funding year. Check your profile rather than submitting another application. |
| Funding Eligible for Bursary | You are pre-approved for a bursary after completing the required checks and meeting funding requirements. This is not yet final funding. |
| Funding Eligible for Loan | You are pre-approved for a student loan after completing the required checks and meeting funding requirements. This is not yet final funding. |
| Registration Received Bursary | You meet the funding requirements and NSFAS has received your registration information from your institution. |
| Registration Received Loan | You meet the funding requirements and NSFAS has received your registration information from your institution. |
| Cancelled Application | Your submitted application was cancelled. |
| Rejected | The application did not meet NSFAS funding requirements and conditions. Check whether you can appeal. |
Funding Eligible for Bursary and Funding Eligible for Loan mean pre-approval. NSFAS says funding is not final until it receives a valid registration.
Only a Rejected status can be appealed. Submit the appeal through your myNSFAS profile and include proof that supports your circumstances. NSFAS says first-time entering students have 15 days and senior or continuing students have 30 days, counted from the day they receive their result.
NSFAS says you cannot appeal if, among other exclusions, you are registered for a qualification it does not fund, have reached the N+2 limit - or N+3 for a student living with a disability - are a gap-year student previously declined for academic criteria, are an NSFAS loan defaulter, or your institution has not sent or has sent an incorrect registration record.
For student queries, use the official NSFAS contact channels: 08000 67327 or info@nsfas.org.za. You can report suspected fraud or corruption to speakup@nsfas.org.za.
Keep your portal login and personal information private. NSFAS has warned about fraudulent accounts and unauthorised people demanding payment or promising guaranteed funding.
No. NSFAS describes Funding Eligible for Bursary and Funding Eligible for Loan as pre-approval. Funding is not final until NSFAS receives a valid registration.
No. NSFAS says only a Rejected status can be appealed. Submit the appeal on myNSFAS with proof of your circumstances.
First-time entering students have 15 days. Senior and continuing students have 30 days. NSFAS counts both periods from the day you receive the result.
For either bursary or loan, it means you meet the funding requirements and NSFAS has received your registration information from your institution.
No. NSFAS warns applicants never to pay people or organisations that claim they can facilitate or guarantee an application or funding outcome.