Spacecake799

Im assuming the answer is no but my daughter was not living in the UK to get a NI number. She is home on the 17th dec. Can she not apply for one until the 18th?
Anyone know how long it takes to arrive?
Many thanks

SanDiegogirl

Correct .... she applied for one once she is resident in the UK

Spacecake799

As I thought, thank you

BritInParis

If you claimed child benefit for your daughter then she will already have one. She'll need to find out what it is.

scot47

I think the DWP insist on an interview, even in cases where a NiNo has already been allocated.

Spacecake799

I read that was up to them. She can phone up the day after she arrives.

Spacecake799

It doesnt seem to work like that. All my children have had to phone for one. Our youngest was 13 when we came back and at 16 was not sent one.

scot47

Concern over fraud has led to more secure procedures in issuing NiNos. A face-to-face interview is required at a Jobcentre specified by the DWP. This may be some distance away.

durham_lad

Our son went through this process last month and had to travel 50 miles to the nearest Jobcentre that does the interviews. The first part of the interview was a search to see if he did have a NINO. I attended as well to be able to better answer the questions on if we ever applied for child benefit.

The interview was scheduled about 10 days after he phoned. When he left he had a letter to show to possible employers to prove he was allowed to work. His NINO arrived in the post about 10 days later.

Sailing

You do not need to go to the job centre, just go to hmrc website and print of a form they will send a letter with it on. I completly forgot mine and had to do this when I moved back to the UK. Its quite an easy process.

durham_lad

When was this? I thought this was how it was, until my son returned end of September and I couldn’t find any such form on HMRC website, just instructions that a call to them was necessary. If such a form was available it would have shortened the interview significantly.

BritInParis

https://www.gov.uk/lost-national-insurance-number

durham_lad

Yes, that is for a lost NI number rather than never having had one. On that page you linked to is another link.

BritInParis

You mentioned your son 'returned' to the UK. Did you ever claim child benefit on his behalf?

durham_lad

No, we left in 1987 when he was 4, and although there was a benefit paid called “family allowance” which was paid to the mother of every child it did not require said child to have a NINO. I have a nephew here who was born in 1998 and he didn’t get a NINO until he was 16, and that was when a letter to him arrived in the post with his NINO.

When my son called for his NINO last month all his details were taken including date and place of birth which was why I was surprised that when he turned up for his interview the background check and search for his NINO was done there and then.

I understand the need to appear in person with passport in hand and proof of address to prevent fraud. He had also been told to bring a letter signed by us to say that he was living with us and also for us to provide a utility bill to prove we lived at that address. (He also had to have that letter and utility bill when opening his bank account.)