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How to get a national insurance number if you are working or are claiming benefits.
Apply for a certificate to confirm that you only need to pay UK National Insurance contributions if you're a self-employed individual working temporarily in an EU country, Gibraltar, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
FCDO travel advice for USA. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
How to get state healthcare if you live, work or study in Germany.
How to pay, how to claim, renew a policy and changes you need to report.
FCDO travel advice for Ghana. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Tell HMRC if you're an offshore worker, seafarer or mariner and get advice about your National Insurance contributions.
Use form CA5403 to request a copy of your National Insurance number by post.
National Insurance contributions you can choose to pay when you have a gap in your National Insurance record.
FCDO travel advice for the Dominican Republic. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Suriname. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Haiti. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Guatemala. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Home Responsibilities Protection ran between 1978 and 2010 to help protect your State Pension - National Insurance credits, what you'll get, eligibility and applying.
FCDO travel advice for Guyana. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for British Indian Ocean Territory. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Official information British people moving to and living in the United States of America (USA) need to know, including residency, healthcare and driving.
Check what safety requirements and insurance are needed to use a boat on UK rivers, canals, or at sea - boat safety certificates, safety regulations and equipment, disposing of old flares
FCDO travel advice for Kenya. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Venezuela. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
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