2006-11-24 05:35:29 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Insurance
You must be looking forward to something else too...;-)
2006-11-24 05:41:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It'll be a nice birthday present for you as the card and number are issued automatically by the inland revenue. They do sometimes come through early i remember when i got mine it came when i was 15 1/2. If it doesn't arrive a few months after your 16th birthday give the IR a call, i am SURE they'll be more than happy to help
2006-11-25 12:25:47 · answer #2 · answered by CW 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The only people who are automatically registered are those under 16 years old, who live in Great Britain and for whom Child Benefit is in payment. They are automatically registered and a National Insurance number card sent to them just before their 16th birthday.
If these young people do not receive a card they will have to apply for a number in the same way as everyone else (see When do I apply for a National Insurance number). This means they must both be working or claiming benefit and satisfy the criteria shown above.
The National Insurance number card
A plastic National Insurance number card is issued automatically when you first apply for a number or if you change your name on marriage.
It is meant to be a reminder of your number and nothing else. It does not provide proof of your identity and should not be used as such.
If you live abroad a card will not be sent to you. If you live in the United Kingdom but have no permanent address you will be able to collect your card from the Social Security office about 8 weeks after your application is made.
If you live in Wales, you may ask for your card to be printed in both English and Welsh. Tell the office where you apply for your National Insurance number that you would like a bilingual card.
Take good care of your card. You will only be sent one replacement if you lose it.
When do I apply for a National Insurance number?
No one has a legal right to a National Insurance number but there are circumstances you are legally obliged to formally apply for one and to register for National Insurance purposes.
Criteria for applying for a National Insurance number
If you do not already have a National Insurance number you must apply for one as soon as you start work or you or your partner claims benefit.
You must be over 16 years old and resident in Great Britain.
If you satisfy all the above conditions except for being resident in GB, and you still want to apply for a number, you must be liable to pay National Insurance contributions or want to pay voluntary contributions and would benefit from doing so.
Providing you satisfy these conditions, you should contact your nearest Social Security office (This is a link to the DWP (formerly DSS) website) and ask for an appointment to be interviewed for a National Insurance number.
At the interview you will need to be able to prove your identity.
You can find out information about the types of documents you should provide to help establish your identity in leaflet GL25 available from any Social Security office
2006-11-24 13:42:59 · answer #3 · answered by Still Waters 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Everyone is assigned an NI number once they turn 16, you probably just haven't received your NI card yet - they'll probably send it just before or just after your 16th birthday. If you're in paid employment, I don't think you pay national insurance until you turn 16 anyway, and if you're in full time education they you pay none or very little anyway. Call your local NI office if you don't receive it shortly.
2006-11-24 13:53:17 · answer #4 · answered by AngelWings 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should get your NI number just after the christmas period. If you dont hear anything then you have to phone your Inland Revenue office they will send you out your card with your number on. If like my son they say they have already sent it and you havent received it then they will send you a piece of paper with your number on.Do not loose this because they dont send replacements out. Hope it helps x
2006-11-24 13:38:37 · answer #5 · answered by spensmum 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they are meant to send it out automatically. Although, they can be unreliable sometimes. If you do not have it when you've already turned 16, you should call up your council, and howl them for it. It happened to me, and i went without one for half a year after i turned 16 It was only until i applied for a job, that i realised that i was meant to have it, and realised they messed up by not sending it auntomatically. Good thing you know about it though.
2006-11-24 13:45:39 · answer #6 · answered by joyous 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You get it in the post when you're 16. I'm not sure if you can apply for it before then, but foreign workers apply at the Job Centre. Try there.
2006-11-24 13:40:16 · answer #7 · answered by * * Princess * * 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should get it through the post in a couple of months they arrive just before your 16 birthdays got a bit of time left yet
2006-11-24 13:38:04 · answer #8 · answered by mintycakeyfroggy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they send it out automatically usually 2months b4 u r 16 so u should recieve it within a month or just after that
2006-11-24 13:40:35 · answer #9 · answered by christopher_hughes5 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are a UK citizen, you don't apply; It automaticcally gets despatched to you, any time from now
G!!; Business Recruitment Consultant
2006-11-24 19:20:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
When I left school it was given to us in our last weeks at school. But I left school 20 years ago, things may have changed.
2006-11-24 13:38:42 · answer #11 · answered by Bobby 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋