SASSA: Grant appointments can be made through the Govchat App
SASSA has made the application process easier for first-time applicants. Now, it can be done through the Govchat app.
The South African Security Agency (SASSA) has made the application process easier for first-time applicants.
If you are applying for your SASSA disability grant for the first time, applications must go with a medical assessment appointment.
A medical assessment confirms temporary or permanent disability.
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Appointments for a medical assessment used to take weeks or months, and require an appointment at a SASSA office
Now, appointments can be made through the Govchat app.
SOME OF SASSA’S DISABILITY GRANT REQUIREMENTS
A SASSA disability grant is for anyone who is physically and permanently disabled for a period of 6 months or more.
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If you are not receiving any other social grants and you are not being cared for in a facility or state institution, you may apply for your disability grant according to their website.
All applicants must submit a medical assessment, which states their physical condition.
The medical assessment needs to be booked with a Goverment institution, usually the one closest to where the applicant resides.
SASSA: MEDICAL ASSESSMENT APPOINTMENTS ONLINE
Grant applicants do not have to visit a SASSA or government office to make a medical appointment anymore.
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The Govchat website allows you to communicate with the right SA Government department. Online appointments can now be made here, which means that applicants only have to travel to the appointment — and no longer have to travel to make the appointment.
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The system is intended to ease the pressure on the SASSA system, and may also make it easier for eligible users to apply.
If you are approved, you will receive your grant within 3 months of approval.
DISABILITY GRANTS: WHAT MORE TO KNOW
Disability grant applicants may be assessed again if their income no longer passes the means test, or when the status of their disability has changed to include sustainable self-support.
Applicants are also notified and their status checked to ensure that they remain compliant with grant requirements.