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What to do if you lose your National Insurance number, information about where to find it and who to contact.
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…
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.
Use your personal tax account to view and save your National Insurance number, download a letter confirming it, or use form CA5403 to get your number by post.
National Insurance - your National Insurance number, how much you pay, National Insurance rates and classes, check your contributions record.
How to get a national insurance number if you are working or are claiming benefits.
Statistics on National Insurance number allocations.
How to get a National Insurance number for a child who is in the care of a local authority.
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.
How to pay Class 2 self-employed National Insurance contributions - bank, cheque, payslips
How to pay tax on your income if you come to live in the UK - tax returns, paying National Insurance, Portable Document A1, E101 or E102, claiming relief if you're taxed twice, claiming a refund (form R43)
Find out about updated guidance on end of year templates and changes to the share options limit and share class restrictions from April 2023.
How to pay your voluntary Class 3 National Insurance contributions - Direct Debit, bank, cheque, payslips.
How to download and access the HMRC app on a mobile device to get information about your tax, National Insurance, tax credits and benefits.
Summary of the methodology used to produce statistics on National Insurance number allocations to adult overseas nationals.
Voluntary contributions and credits, numbers, rates and classes
Checks you must make before you open an ISA for an investor.
You can provide evidence of your UK residence using your National Insurance number when you apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.
Research into a Juvenile National Insurance (NI) Number ‘call to action’ communication to encourage use of a digital service to set up a young person’s digital account.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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