If you have served in South Africa as a soldier and have fought in either the Korean war between 1950 to 1953 or during the second world war in 1939 to 1945 but now you are unable to support yourself financially SASSA offers a war veteran grant for you. In order to get the grant, you have to be eligible for the grant and have to make sure that you fulfill some basic requirements.
Then you have to apply for the grant, arrange all the necessary documents and have to submit an application. Here in this article we will look at the details related to the SASSA war veteran grant, how you can apply the eligibility requirements and documents yet you have to fulfill.
SASSA War Veterans Grant R1400 2024
No doubt SASSA war veteran grant is one of the fabulous ways by which the government of Africa tributes to brave soldiers who have fought in different wars. SASSA has introduced war veteran grants particularly for those individuals who were former soldiers in South Africa and served in the Korean war or World War II but now they are unable to earn for themselves.
If you are among those you don’t need to worry as you can apply for SASSA war veteran grants from the organization to get financial assistance in order to make your living stable and peaceful. One thing you have to keep in mind is to make sure you are eligible for the grant. To give you an idea about the eligibility requirement here is the list of minimum eligibility criteria that is set by the agency itself that you must have to follow to apply for the grant.
Eligibility Requirements
Following details tell you about the eligibility requirements you have to follow to apply for the grant. Those who have served in world war II and Korean war and are unable to provide for themselves and their families can now apply for war veterans grants only, if they fulfill the eligibility requirements. Make sure to understand the eligibility criteria as mentioned below. The list includes,
You must have to make sure that you are a South African citizen in order to get the grant.
You should also be a South African resident. This is because those who are living outside South Africa but they are South African nationals or not eligible for the grant.
Then you have to make sure that your age is either 60 or above than 60. In case your age is not 60, you must have to be mentally or physically disabled to get the grant.
Moreover, you also have to make sure that you have either served in World War I, World War II, Border war or Korean war to be eligible for the grant from SASSA.
You have to make sure to meet the requirements of the means test. Not only you but also your spouse if you are married.
You and your spouse’s income should be less than the minimum set limit by the agency to be eligible for receiving the grant.
You should be financially unstable and should be truly in need of financial help.
You also have to make sure that you are not receiving any help or financial support from any of the state institutions in South Africa. This is important to receive SASSA grants.
You also have to make sure that you are not receiving any other type of social grant. If you have submitted an application for war veteran grant from SASSA but during the assessment of your application and documents it has been proved that you are receiving the grant in South Africa, your application would be canceled out and you will not receive any kind of financial assistance from the organization.
If you think you fulfill the eligibility criteria as mentioned above, make sure to pay attention to the following mentioned step by step procedure in order to apply for a war veteran grant.
Step-By-Step Procedure To Apply For SASSA Or Veteran Grant
Here is the step-by-step process that you have to follow as it is to apply for the war veteran grant successfully. To get the grant, you have to follow the procedure by paying proper attention and attaching all the essential documents. The list of documents is also mentioned below. The steps you have to follow to apply for war veteran grant includes,
You have to locate the nearest SASSA office around you.
After finding the nearest SASSA office you have to then visit the office to apply for war veteran grants. Make sure to take all the necessary documents with you as mentioned below.
After visiting the SASSA office you have to ask the officials or sitting person that you are here to apply for a war veteran grant. They will guide you through the process.
They will give you the application form. You have to fill in the application form.
Here you have to provide the information about yourself, your contact details, your income, assets, your marital status and your disability, in case you have any.
Make sure to take along all the necessary documents so that you can apply for the grant successfully.
After fulfilling the application form, you have to recheck the information and attach the necessary documents.
Then you have to submit the application to the sitting person.
The office where you are applying will arrange an interview for you.
You have to visit on the interview date and in case you are unable to visit either due to disability or certain illness, make sure to write an application and attach a note from the doctor that should confirm that you are unable to visit the office on the interview date.
You can give your all the required documents and this application with the doctor’s note to any of your family members or a close friend, so they can visit on your behalf and can provide the interviewer with the answers they need.
The whole process hardly takes two hours and not more than that.
Documents You Need To Apply
Here is the list of documents that you have to attach along with the application form. Make sure to attach all the legal and genuine documents with the application form the documents you have to attach includes,
You and your spouse’s identity document. It should be bar coded and should prove that you are a South African National.
You have to provide proof that you have served in the wars in the form of a medal or war service certificate.
You also have to submit proof in the form of an affidavit, if you are single.
You have to submit your marriage certificate, if you are married and your divorce order if you are divorced.
Moreover, you also have to submit the death certificate of your spouse in case you are a widow.
You have to submit your wage certificate if you are employed.
You have to submit private pension proof, if you have received any pension from the government.
Moreover, you also have to submit a bank statement of three consecutive months that should be recent and should be stamped.
You also have to submit the proof of investments if you have made any and must provide the information about interests and dividends to SASSA, when applying for a war veteran grant.
FAQs
Your war veteran grant can be suspended if you do not cooperate with the agency during the review or if your situation changes or if you have provided any false information. Moreover, it can also get suspended due to situation changes in case you didn’t respond to the review check of your data and documents.
The South African Social Security Agency SASSA war veteran grants application approximately takes 30 days to process. You will receive the status of approved or disapproved from the officials within 30 working days. In case you have not received any response from the agency within 30 working days of applying for a war veteran grant, you should definitely contact the organization on their toll-free number or through WhatsApp or by visiting the SASSA office to take information about your application status.
Conclusion
Hopefully, you have gone through the above article that tells you about war veteran grants R 1400 and everything else about the grant. We have elaborated right from the eligibility requirements to the application procedure to the step-by-step process that you have to follow and documents you need to attach. Make sure to pay attention to the above article before initiating with the application procedure so that you can get the grant as soon as possible and without any interruptions or problems.
