There are very specific conditions under which an elderly person approved to receive this pension may lose the right to receive it. To find out the reasons for suspension of payment, consult the following list: when you no longer meet the income or equity criteria, if you do not collaborate in the review of the situation, when fraud or irregularity in the information provided is proven, death, elderly person is hospitalized in State institution, senior citizen or authorized person does not require payment for three consecutive months and change of country.

After the request, you must wait for a period of up to three months to receive a definitive answer. If it is not approved, you will be informed by SASSA of what happened. In addition, you will have access to a justification of the result. If you do not agree with the decision, you can appeal to the Minister of Social Development of the National Secretariat for Social Development. After receiving the result, you have up to 90 days to question it.

Regardless of whether your approval was granted through the normal process or through an appeal, you will receive your first payment the same month your application is accepted (this can be up to three months after application). You will receive the return values from the month you made your application.