SASSA R350 GRANT APPLICATION ONLINE 2024

One can easily apply for SRD SASSA R350 grant online to receive prompt payments if he needs financial support. South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is providing grants to about 28 million citizens nationwide that includes unemployed, immigrants, old age pensioners and those with no other source of income.

About 15% of national budget is being spent on Social Relief of Distress (SRD) annually. You could easily be one of the beneficiaries if you are eligible for SASSA R350 Grant application.

Eligibility for SRD SASSA R350 grant application

To lodge successful SASSA R350 (now R370) grant application for SRD, one should meet the eligibility criteria announced by South African Social Security Agency. Confirm your eligibility by cross checking the following SASSA requirements:

  • Your age is from 18 to 60
  • You are resident of South Africa
  • You have never received any grants from SASSA before
  • You are unemployed
  • You should not be receiving any stipends from NSFAS
  • You are not receiving any funds from UIF payments.
  • You meet the requirements of means test

After confirming your eligibility, now get ready to apply for SASSA SRD application.

SASSA Online Application for R370 Requirements

Before visiting the official sassa website srd.sassa.gov.za. Just check the list below and confirm you have all the required information with you to apply SASSA r350 grant in one-go

  • Registered mobile number 
  • If you are local citizen—->South African Identification Number
  • If you are immigrant —–> Asylum Permit
  • Or Special Residency permit with valid Passport number

Complete steps to SASSA R350 Grant application

Now that you have checked all the requirements, let’s complete our remaining steps to complete the SASSA online application. Here is how to apply for R370 grant

To apply for SRD grant online, visit their SASSA official portal

2. Enter your registered cell phone and click ‘sent message. Receive the 6-digit OTP code to proceed further.

3. Enter this secret SASSA OTP and hover to click “verify pin”.

4. Add your 13-digit National ID number if you are South African citizen. Others would add their Special permit File number.

5. Now add your required information including your correct name, correct postal address and other personal details.

6. Carefully add updated banking details (name, account number, bank name, branch code, branch address, IBAN ) or simply select “Send Cash “ option if you don’t have bank account.

7. At last just click to Agree their Terms & Conditions and congratulations! You are done.

sassa r350 grant application online

Now SASSA Department of Home Affairs will go through verification and validation process to cross check that your provided information is correct. 

SASSA will take about 2 to 3 weeks approximately to send you the current SASSA SRD application status on your mobile phone. After confirmation of your r350 SRD application approval, SASSA status check is possible for current month and payment dates 2024.

SASSA Application for R350 Ways

One can apply for SASSA SRD R350 grant through various ways including

  • Official SRD SASSA GOV website
  • WhatsApp
  • USSD
  • SASSA Chatbot
  • Call SRD SASSA Customer Support
  • Moya App
  • By visiting the regional offices of SASSA

Check SASSA SRD R350 Grant Application Status Online

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  1. Visit sassacheck.org to check SRD R350 SASSA status online.
  2. Click on SASSA STATUS CHECK.
  3. Enter your Identification number and registered cell number
  4. Just submit the details and in 2 seconds, pop up will show your current status of SRD R350 SASSA application

SASSA News

This SASSA status will show the status of current month only and you have to recheck your status again on monthly basis.

Your SASSA Application status may show approved, failed or pending notification on pop up message.

SASSA Verification and validation process

After changing the bank details, SASSA undergoes various methods to confirm the no-fraud risk for the applicant. The process takes about 7-10 working days to verify and cross-check the provided information and validation process of updated bank details of beneficiary.

Important Notice for SASSA Beneficiaries

According to SRD SASSA Banking details verification update 2024 ,srd.sassa.gov.za has introduced  a new feature of Face recognition of beneficiary is introduced to validate the identity of SRD R350 beneficiary. So, one must have active camera on their phones or laptops before applying for

srd.sassa.gov.za SASSA Banking details update

 Following information can be updated on the portal. Make sure you enter correct information with no spelling mistake and no wrong hyphen or number added

  • Beneficiary’s First name, Last name and Identification number (ID) are verified and confirmed from Department of Home Affairs.
  • SASSA status check beneficiary’s ID number is also validated against UIF, NSFAS, SARS approved data bases that are used to confirm identity verification of client.
  • Provide correct SASSA SRD registered mobile number while updating srd sassa banking details and linking it. Client’s phone number is also cross-referenced with provided mobile phone number on approved data bases.
  • Beneficiary will receive the update about SASSA SRD status check, changing bank details based on validation and scoring of authentication. Updated bank details SRD 350 would be approved or declined.

Be careful while submitting your SASSA R350 Grant application online for first time 

Make sure that all the provided information is correct and updated, especially South African Identification number, banking details, mobile number and correct spellings of your first and last name. Changing banking details could be difficult and incorrect banking information can lead to declining SASSA application.

If your SRD application is declined anyway, you can opt for SASSA Reapplication. You can appeal for reconsideration with few simple steps here

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