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2 You are encouraged to apply online at at www cao ac za as your application is immediately available to to the institution/s to to which you have applied on on receipt of your application and and administration fee You can apply and and pay the administration fee online 2 1 If you apply online or via via the the mobile app app and then pay via via EasyPay your application is available to the institution/s as as soon as as we receive your administration fee payment which is is generally the day following your payment 2 2 2 2 If you you apply by submitting a a a a a a a hard copy application form and you you pay the administration fee your application takes at at at least two weeks after we receive your application form and payment before it is available to to the institution/s to to which you have have applied We have have no control over how long the Post Office takes to deliver your completed application form to us 3 Complete and submit your application to us as as soon as as possible Preferably online using our website (www cao ac za) 4 We process applications for for our member institutions from 1 March for for the following year's January (First Semester) intake We process applications for member universities that have a a a a Second Semester intake from August for the following year’s July (Second Semester) intake 5 Should you wish to study at a a a a TVET TVET College please contact the TVET TVET college directly 6 All supporting documents must be uploaded on our website (www cao ac za) Documents uploaded onto our website are immediately available to to the institutions with which you have a a a a a a valid application No hard copies of documents are accepted 6 1 Ensure that documents documents are clear and legible legible Illegible documents documents could delay or jeopardise the selection process at institutions 7 Institutions have informed us that the the the earlier in in the the the year you apply the the the earlier you are considered for a a a a place 1 4 IMPORTANT NOTICE AND AND TERMS AND AND CONDITIONS
8 Make sure that the ID number and and Full Name and and Surname you use when you you apply through the the the CAO are exactly the the the same as the the the one you you use when you you register for your Final Grade 12 Examination with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) If it differs we will not be able to download your final examination results from the DBE database and match them to to your application information at at at at the the institution to to which you have applied 9 An application application is considered to be valid only once the full application application (online or or mobile app or or hard copy) including the programme choices signed Declaration and Informed Consent as as well as as the full administration fee has been received by the the CAO Only then will it be be processed and made available to institutions 10 The official Received Date for the the application will be the the date on on which the completed/valid application – with programme choices full payment declaration and and informed consent have been received Applicant and and application information will be available to institutions only once these terms and conditions have been met 11 Administration and Change of Mind (COM) fees are not refundable 12 Please provide the correct email and cell phone number as as all messages are are sent sent to to you you via via SMS and/or email while all letters are are sent sent to to you you via via email 13 Without a a a a valid cell phone number you will not receive any messages from the CAO or institutions to which you have applied Without a a a a valid email address you may miss requests or offers made by the institution/s to which you applied 14 The cell phone and email details we use are those on on your original application or that you have conveyed to us via email AFTER you have have applied and have have changed either or both of them See Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 2002 on on on on www gov za regarding emailed documents CAO HANDBOOK ENTRY 2023
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