SASSA Grant In-Aid | Check In-Aid Grant Status

Q: How much is the SASSA grant in-Aid per month?

The SASSA under Grant In-Aid pays R510 on a monthly basis to the national applicants deserving. These aren't permanent and can vary accordingly in the future.

In case you are already a beneficiary of the SASSA social grant, but not in a position or not able to take care of or look after yourself, then in the case you are eligible to have this other specialized form of SASSA grant in aid designed specifically for you and your type of people that are nationals and citizens of South Africa.

If you are a recipient of this grant, you can perform SASSA status check grant-in-aid program that is real-time updating from the database. Please make sure that before entering your details you must be a grant holder and all details should be put perfectly.

What is SASSA Grant In Aid

Grant in aid meaning an additional aid with a grant, the in-aid grant by SASSA is designed for people who are in need of grant money to run their monthly circle, but they are alone not enough to look after themselves, so here comes the help of grant-in-aid.

SASSA provides this as a supporting grant for people to hire someone to take care of, If you qualify for a SASSA grant but are physically unable to manage it yourself to use that grant money to take care of yourself, then you need this grant to pay someone for your care.

Different types of people with different disability types can have this grant by fulfilling the requirements and criteria of this grant, to know more about everything related to this grant, keep reading.

The grant in aid is an exlusively and stand alone offer by SASSA to support people deliberately unable to take care of themeselves, this is to make them able to hire a support.

Types of people who are eligible for grant in-aid

Before you know further details about the people category allowed for this grant, make sure no other than these types are allowed to have this grant as a support, their application will be rejected straight away.

People who are of old age and do have not enough energy to take care of themselves.
DIfferently disabled people who are born with an irreparable disability.
Disabled people who are disabled due to certain reasons like accidents or any catastrophic events.
War veterans who have survived in a war fighting for the country.

NOTE: Only All these people are legally eligible to receive an extra monthly official grant from the agency which is Grant-In-Aid.

Steps to Check SASSA Grant In-Aid

It’s a very simple and easy process to check your Grant In-Aid status online like other statuses you check by entering your personal details, follow the points given below in order to check your status:

First, visit https://sassacheck.net.za/ and keep your National details including your ID card and registered phone number in your hand.
Enter your ID card number issued by the government of South Africa in the first field. Then enter the sim card/phone number you have provided for SASSA Grant registration.
Click on the ‘Submit’ submit button given below these two fields.
All your details will be shown on the screen in a matter of a second.

All the steps involved in this are case-sensitive, so it is advised to put all details perfectly without any mistake, otherwise your details might not be shown at the screen.

Eligibility Criteria for SASSA Grant in-Aid

Following are the eligibility criteria points for an in-Aid grant that must be fulfilled if you want successful approval of this grant. A single missing criterion from the list might put you in rejection.

sassa grant in aid eligibility criteria — sassa grant in aid eligibility

The guardian must have proved that he/she is a guardian of the person who needs aid with the help of documentation.
The person on behalf of you applying for this grant must report through documentation that he/she is unable to care for himself.
A monthly income of R8070 must not be crossed, in the case of a married couple, the income must not be crossed more than 193680 annually.
Last but not least, you and the applicant must be South African national residents.
If relationship documents are provided, it will be a plus point.

You’re only eligible to apply for this aid if you meet these eligibility criteria points, anything missing at your end from these may cause unsuccessfull application processing.

Apply for Grant In-Aid

Grant in-Aid application works the same way as for other grants, here is a brief guide on application for this, for a detailed guide, you can check SASSA online application page.

Open the official SASSA portal and become a member by making an account using your ID number.
Look for ‘Apply for a grant’ button within your account and click it.
Now download the application form and fill it out using your correct details. You can either fill it in on your computer or physically print it out.
Fill out the affidavit and consent form as you filled application form.
Upload all your forms into your portal account and press ‘submit’ button.
If you have any supporting document that proves your deservingness of grant in-aid, you can also upload that form into your account.
After submitting your application is done, now you can see the status of your application using SASSA status check tool, keep in mind that your application response may take 1-2 weeks.
After following all this, if your application gets rejected and you think it was a mistake or due to any other unknown reason, you may use the SASSA appeal process to insist SASSA to accept and approve your application.

Apply on your own or take help from someone you trust following these steps exactly, avoid hiring any agent.

FAQs

How much is the SASSA grant in-Aid per month?

The SASSA under Grant In-Aid pays R510 on a monthly basis to the national applicants deserving. These aren’t permanent and can vary accordingly in the future.

Why has SASSA grant approval been terminated or canceled?

There can be certain reasons why the Sassa grant is declined, it can be due to suspicious activity authorities have noticed from your application, or it can be you are not complying with the deserving criteria for this grant simply.

How long after approval will I receive my Grant and payment?

After completing your application and approval process from the authorities at SASSA, they will do a final cross-check to verify the authenticity of your documents. Right after these, you will start receiving your grants very next month.

Can one get two grants in-aid for two different persons of the same family?

Yes if they are deserving, they will start receiving this aid but after undergoing a complete verification and check process from the authorities sitting at SASSA. There is no chance of fraud SASSA, so keep this in mind before doing any suspicious activity while doing the application process.

Other SASSA Grants:

Care Dependency Grant.
Child Support Grant
Old Age Grant.
Old Age Homes for Pensioners.
Disability Grant
Foster Child Grant
War Veterans Grant

For more information:

Email: grantEnquiries@sassa.gov.za
Call: 0800 60 10 11