What to Expect During a SASSA Grant Review

As per the rule, Sassa conducts regular reviews to check the eligibility criteria in 90 days. Their officials evaluate the whole process to check whether the beneficiaries are eligible for the Grant. SASSA will have the right to select, reject, or restore your grant during the review process. I will explain the review process and its requirements in this article.

There are several reasons for reviewing the SASSA grant request because SASSA has the right to check and evaluate the transparency and authenticity and the right to deliver the grant to deserving people.

Here are the  objectives and reasons for the SASSA grant:

As we know the SASSA gives financial aid to deserving people through an organized system. To ensure the validity of the grant, SASSA reviews, checks, and monitors the financial status of beneficiaries at any time. The SASSA will review the grant holder’s status according to their Grant type. Some grants are reviewed every month while some are yearly analysed.

SRD grant holder’s status is reviewed by the team every month, however, on the other hand, other grant recipient’s status is reviewed every year.

You should have to provide the following documents to SASSA for grant review

The SASSA Grant has a 90-day review process. You should follow these steps to review the notification of Grant Review Process:

Before 3 months the SASSA will inform you through a notification for a grant review process. In this written notification the SASSA will guide you about all documentation which are necessary for the grant review and guide you for the review process.

Go to the Post Office

You must have to visit the selected post office with all your required documents within a month of receiving notification.

After reviewing your financial status, the SASSA will possibly have these decisions.

Reject Grant After Review 

If you don’t meet the eligibility criteria after the review process, the SASSA has the right to cancel/reject your grant. You have the right to appeal against the rejection within the 3-month review decision.

Reconciliation of Grant 

In the review process, if the SASSA observes that you received more grants than you deserve. The SASSA will reduce the amount of grants.

Appeal for the Grant after Rejection

As we know the SASSA gives grants to deserving people. For this purpose, the SASSA starts to check and balance payment transformations and eligibility criteria. The SASSA reviews the grant process according to SASSA schedule. 

If your grant is rejected you have the right to appeal to an Independent Tribunal for Social Assistance appeals. ITSAA handles the appeals from the Grant Rejected Applicants. ITSAA has the power to reverse the SASSA rejection decision.

The following are the reasons for grant rejection:

If you face rejection in any grant and you want to appeal against the rejection, you need the following documents for appeal:

The SASSA does not review all the grants likewise, temporary disability grants. This grant recipient can re-apply if the grant expires. The receiver’s medical statement determines the grant approval. 

On the other side, the SASSA will review the permanent disability grant. This grant is reviewed once every year or the SASSA will review it at any time. The SASSA has the right to check a grant at any time. The SASSA will extend the grant after checking the medical condition of the candidate or to see its financial circumstances.

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