CAO HANDBOOK ENTRY 2017
          
        
        
          
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          Make sure your application fee is paid in full on or before the published
        
        
          closing dates of the programme/s you apply for. Don’t hand cash to
        
        
          someone who promises to pay us on your behalf, as your application will
        
        
          be late if the payment does not reach us in time.
        
        
          To contact us about payment queries or to send proof of payment when
        
        
          requested, fax 086 622 8817 or email 
        
        
        
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          International applicants should ensure that the amount paid covers bank
        
        
          charges. International cheques are acceptable only if drawn on a South
        
        
          African clearing bank. British postal orders are also accepted.
        
        
          Applicants with refugee and asylum seeker status recognised by the
        
        
          Department of Home Affairs pay the fee for South African citizens. Non-
        
        
          SA citizens must pay the international fee.
        
        
          
            Ways of paying the fee
          
        
        
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            EasyPay.
          
        
        
          You can pay your application fee at Checkers, Pep,
        
        
          Pick 'n Pay or any outlet with the EasyPay sign.This number is printed
        
        
          on the tear-off slip on the back of your application form or you can
        
        
          contact our Call Centre for the number. The number is made up from
        
        
          your 12-digit CAO number.
        
        
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            Credit card payment byVisa or Mastercard.
          
        
        
          You can make a credit
        
        
          card payment online at 
        
        
        
           by clicking on PAY NOW.
        
        
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            Crossed cheque or bank draft made payable to the CAO and NOT
          
        
        
          
            to an institution.
          
        
        
          Be sure to keep a note of the cheque number
        
        
          in case of queries. Please write your CAO number on the back of
        
        
          the cheque. Please do not send or deposit post-dated cheques. Bank
        
        
          charges for referred cheques and a CAO handling charge will be
        
        
          added to your account.
        
        
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            Postal order.
          
        
        
          Request the post office to make it payable to the CAO
        
        
          and NOT to an institution. Please write your CAO number on the front
        
        
          of the postal order in the notes box. Please post your original postal
        
        
          order and keep your receipt as proof of payment.
        
        
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            Bank card.
          
        
        
          If you come into the CAO in person, we will only accept
        
        
          payment by debit or credit card.
        
        
          Any queries about payments can be faxed to 086 622 8817 or emailed to
        
        
        
          . The CAO does NOT accept CASH payments at
        
        
          our offices. You must pay using any one of the methods listed and NOT
        
        
          to a third party.
        
        
          
            Send off your form
          
        
        
          
            Send the completed form, payment or proof of payment and
          
        
        
          
            documentation to:
          
        
        
          CAO, Private Bag X06, Dalbridge, 4014
        
        
          Email to 
        
        
        
          OR fax to 086 622 8818
        
        
          
            OR deliver in person to:
          
        
        
          CAO, Gate 11, MaryThiphe Street (previously Cato Manor Road), Durban
        
        
          Office hours: 08h00-16h30, Monday-Friday.
        
        
          
            3. Application Fees
          
        
        
          
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