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Information on how to find your National Insurance number and how to get a letter with your National Insurance number on.
Apply for your first National Insurance number - you must have the right to live and work in the UK.
You can apply for a National Insurance number if you: live in the UK have…
To get a National Insurance number you need to apply online. You’ll need…
Use form CA5403 to request a copy of your National Insurance number by post.
National Insurance - your National Insurance number, how much you pay, National Insurance rates and classes, check your contributions record.
Guidance for National Insurance. Including how to apply for a National Insurance number and check your record. As well as rates, paying, refunds, voluntary contributions and pensions.
Find out if you've paid enough National Insurance to qualify for the full State Pension - check gaps, contributions and credits, get a National Insurance statement, call the helpline.
Screening equality impact assessment for HMRC's 'Find my National Insurance Number (NINO)' service .
How to get a national insurance number if you are working or are claiming benefits.
Voluntary contributions and credits, numbers, rates and classes
How to download and access the HMRC app on a mobile device to get information about your tax, National Insurance, tax credits and benefits.
Contact HMRC for changes of details, rates, credits, Statutory Payments, online statements and for help with gaps in your National Insurance contributions
How to get a National Insurance number for a child who is in the care of a local authority.
Summary of the methodology used to produce statistics on National Insurance number allocations to adult overseas nationals.
How to pay your voluntary Class 3 National Insurance contributions - Direct Debit, bank, cheque, payslips.
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