How Long Does SASSA Take To Approve SRD Grant?

By Klnam Kurt •  Updated: 10/03/24 •  6 min read

For many years now, The South African social security agency has served many vulnerable people in society. As their mission and visions states, their hallmark of giving the best customer approach through democracy, confidentially, and transparency will continue to grow. 

Are you looking to learn more about the SASSA application and process? You have found the right article to feed you with all the information about SASSA. We will share information about how long it takes to get SRD approval

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How long does it take to get SRD approved?

If you must know, SASSA prides itself on serving eligible people and also on time. Each year SASSA receives over 50,000 applications. And as part of the process to ensure applicants are putting in the right information for approval, all applications must be thoroughly checked. The period to get SRD approval can depend on when your application was put in and the authenticity of your application. The approval for the SRD application can take a maximum of 90 days. 

SASSA Validate Your Information From Department of Home Affairs

Understanding the objectives of SASSA can ease your pressure when you put in your application – why is this so? SASSA serves many people in South Africa, and they must do it better as they do. Their core role is to provide grants to individuals who legitimately qualify. All these go into an account and as part of their operational procedures. One of their processes is to validate your information from the Department of Home Affairs. For many years, the Department of Home Affairs and SASSA have worked hand-in-hand. These two organisations have served many people in South Africa. 

When we talk about validating your information with the Department of Home Affairs, it is all about background checks on the information you provided during your SASSA application. As a reputable organisation, the validation process must be followed. These measures are put in place to double-check all information provided. And it is the duty of SASSA to do all these checks while you wait for your application status. What SASSA does is address and confirm your details collected by the department of home affairs since the time memorial.

This is why every piece of information you give to these governmental organisations must coincide with each other at all times. In response to SASSA, the Department of Home Affairs must give a clear substance of truth to your application and all information put across. This is an analytical method to confirm and provide proof of your details or information provided to SASSA and, thus; a background check with the Department of Home Affairs to 100% confirm your details. 

SASSA Cross-check Your Information With Various Grants

The various grants include the unemployment insurance benefit, The National Student Financial Aid scheme, and the South African Revenue Service. All these institutions provided grants, loans, or financial supposed to their applicants. The process for these institutions may differ, but the ultimate cross-check is all about the authenticity of your information.

The information you provide, such as your name, date of birth, phone number, the ID number, will be used to cross-check across all these financial institutions. These unique details are combined and confirmed at various grants giving centres like UIF. 

SASSA does not want to discover that the information provided impedes their process and proceedings. This is usually done to confirm that you have no other monetary sources from these institutions. And this can take a long time in the SASSA application. 

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SASSA Process Your Information Via Fraud Risk Scoring

Fraudulent activities in our modern world may never end, which is why measures are put in place to ensure perpetrators are caught. SASSA processes your information through fraud risk scoring to ensure there are no impersonations or fraudulent activities on your application. People who do not understand this process often become vulnerable to scams and lose it all in the end.

As a reputable institution like SASSA, all aspects of your information will be checked against fraud or scam while submitting your details. To ensure these checks, SASSA runs all applicants’ Identification numbers and mobile phone numbers through a system to check all suspicious activities or detect any activity regarded as fraud. And these are institutions that assist SASSA with these background checks. 

SASSA Makes Decision On Your SRD Grant

The ultimate goal is to get your SRD grant approval. Many applicants looking to receive SRD grants may wonder what it takes for a decision to be made. The South African Social Security Agency process goes through validation, cross-checks, and a fraud check system to ensure all details provided are genuine. Once the application has gone through the procedure, SASSA, with its requirements, report, and discretion, makes a final decision on your SRD grant. This is the moment when your grant has been approved and waiting for payment. 

Why is my SASSA R350 still pending transactions?

As you know, the SASSA application goes through rigorous checks at all points. This is to ensure all information provided is genuine and there is no fraudulent activity on that application. If you see your R350 says pending transaction, it means SASSA has not yet approved your grant. At this point, the agency is still in the process of double-checking information and must have complete verification before payments.

What To Do If Your SRD Grant Application Is Not Approved

This could be a distressing point to wait for your SRD grant only to find out it has not been approved. The application process needs proper verification for approval to be granted; as such, it may take months and weeks to get approval. There are a few things to do if your SRD grant application is not approved. These are a few suggestions that will give you great insight.

If you find out your SRD grant application is not approved, you can wait for the payment period to be over, Sometimes, the payment system can delay, and therefore applicants should be tolerant. Another way is to go through the application again to confirm all information provided is genuine and valid.

Upon seeing your SRD grant application status, you can also appeal on the official website, which is www.srd.sassa.gov.za. This will allow you to correct all errors that might have occurred during the first time of applying. Once a notification regarding a decline on your application has been sent, you can lodge that appeal and verify all the details. 

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