How To Pay SANC Registration Fees (2024)

How to pay SANC registration fees. As the South African Nursing Council requires, all nurses and midwives must pay the annual registration fee to either start, resume, or restore their names to qualify to practice their profession as healthcare workers in the Republic of South Africa.

This article is going to show you how to make payment for your SANC registration.

Therefore, we should get straight to answer the question of how I pay the South African Nursing Council.

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How To Pay SANC Registration Fees

The South African Nursing Council (SANC) has made payments of the annual registration fee straightforward for nurses and midwives.

Below is how to complete SANC registration payment.

Fill and sign an Account Deposit Slip (Use the SANC’s bank details)
Write your SANC’s reference number (8-digit number starting with a “1”) in the reference block on the form followed immediately (no space) by the annual fees payment code ‘ANLFEES’
Hand both copies of the deposit slip plus your payment (cash) to the Teller
Keep your copy of the deposit slip safe in case of queries.

SANC will post your Annual Practising Certificate to you 4 weeks after you make your SANC registration fee payment.

How to pay SANC registration fees at First National Bank (FNB)

The South African Nursing Council (SANC) highly recommends all clients pay their SANC Annual Practising Certificate Registration fees through the First National Bank (FNB).

Below are the South African Nursing Council (SANC) bank details for making annual registration payments.

SANC Bank Details	First National Bank(FNB)
Branch name	Corporate Core Banking – Pretoria
Branch code	253145
Account name	SA Nursing Council No 2 Account
Account number	514 211 86 193

Caution: Please refer to the official SANC website to confirm the banking details. This helps you to avoid any mistakes in making payments to a different bank account other than SANC’s own.

Important things to do when paying SANC registration fees

Nurses and midwives paying their SANC annual practicing fees are to consider these things to complete their payments.

Indicate your SANC Reference Number, payment type code ‘ANLFEES’, and full name when making payment to the Council
Pay the correct amount in full depending on your category, unless you have been requested to pay only half of the amount, don’t pay less or more of the required amount.
Make sure all electronic payments are made to the South African Nursing Council bank account
Keep your bank deposit slip in case of queries
Do not fax or post your proof of payment to the Council unless you’re requested to do so.
Don’t pay at the bank if your details or address must be changed – in this case, post your remittance to the Council

How to pay SANC registration fees by post

The South African Nursing Council recommends clients use this method if they need to change personal details or postal address.

Post your payment (bank-guaranteed cheque) to the Council together with a short note indicating who the payment is from.
You should indicate your SANC Reference Number and full name, SA Identity Number if possible, and your telephone number where you can be contacted in case of inquiries.

NOTE: Do not send cash through post. The Council will not accept any responsibility for cash that goes missing in the postal system.

Moreover, do not send payment by Postal Orders. SANC no longer accepts payment using Postal Orders.

You can also download the remittance advice from the SANC’s website which will make sure that you do not leave out any important information.

Allow 6 weeks for your SANC Annual Practising Certificate be sent to you by post.

How to pay SANC registration fees electronically

Clients can pay their SANC Annual Practising Certificate registration fees by Internet or telephone banking. However, they are to make sure they pay to the Council’s bank account.

Use SANC banking details as shown above
Make sure that the details that will be printed in the Council’s bank statement contain your 8-digit Council reference number followed immediately by the annual fees payment type code “ANLFEES“.
Check that the information on the statement is correct! It is not necessary to add any other information such as “Ref.”,

Allow 6 weeks for your SANC Annual Practising Certificate to be sent to you by post.

Moreover, SANC staff cannot help you with issues regarding your bank’s electronic system. In case of any issues, you will have to contact your bank

How to pay SANC Registration Fees At Standard Bank

Clients can pay their SANC Annual Practising Certificate Registration fees using the Standard Bank Internet Banking system.

To pay SANC fees using Standard Bank Internet banking,

First, define S A Nursing Council as the beneficiary

Go to internet banking
Click on payment
Click on Add New Company beneficiary
Enter the OTP sent to your cellphone or e-mail address
Choose the company from the list
The screen will allow you to search by company
Type ‘S’ (space) ‘A’ in the company name and click search
Select ‘S A NURSING COUNCIL’ from the drop-down list and click on Select.
The company number for the Council (42280051885) will be filled in by the system. (This is a number used by Standard Bank to refer to the Council bank account – it is not SANC’s bank account number and you should not be worried that it is different from the Council bank account number.)
Enter something like ‘SANC FEES’ in the My Reference section – this information will appear on YOUR bank statement.
Enter your SANC Reference Number in the Beneficiary Reference section
Click on continue
Check the details on the confirmation screen.
If you are satisfied that everything is correct, click on Confirm.
S A Nursing Council will now be set up as a beneficiary on your account.

Once you have completed setting up the SANC beneficiary profile you can make payment to SANC anytime.

How to pay SANC Registration Fees at SANC Office

Nurses can also pay their SANC Annual Practising Certificate registration fees at the Council’s Office.

However, SANC recommends that nurses use this method only if they need their certificate in a hurry as queues can sometimes be long.

Hand your old Annual Practising Certificate (or other document bearing your Council reference number) or your identity documents together with your payment (bank-guaranteed cheque or credit card) to the cashier.
If your registration is up-to-date, your Annual Practising Certificate will be handed to you immediately.
Please note that the Council will NOT ACCEPT CASH as a method of payment at the counter. You will be asked to pay the cash into FNB (First National Bank) instead.

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How to pay SANC Registration Fees by Debit Order

Unfortunately, the South African Nursing Council (SANC) no longer accepts payment for Annual Practising Certificate using payment order.

SANC canceled this method because very few nurses were using it to make payments with which, there was a high rate of rejected debit orders.

You can make further inquiries from SANC website