No longer being issued as of yesterday. New applicants or those switching over a temporary SIN (beginning with a 9) will just get a paper based letter/printout of the number.

Existing cards obviously remain valid and temporary cards will remain valid until their expiry date.

They got rid of NI cards ages ago in UK and transferred to print outs (still have mine though)

Must be a cost thing

There was an NI card? I'Ve never had one.

You must be a young 'un then

I have one

Hah, far from it.

Really? I have an NI card too. Made out of stiff paper (aka cardboard). Do you younger folk have laminate?

I had one like yours Novo - young spark has a credit card type one

I suspected so. It's back to the future, but, err, backwards.

I fear though that today's youth will put them behind their ears and then they'll get all soggy.

Wow novo, I'm surprised cardboard was around in those days. The things you must have witnessed being invented,

Plastic......
Cardboard........


Paper........



The wheel........









Fire?...........

Yep. The one I have is credit card sized. Says National Insurance Numbercard on it. Issued by "Department of Social Security" which is long gone. It's blue and red with NI number and (nearly) my full name on it.

Yep, I got a card one too, when I turned 16, I still have it in my purse. Memorised the number when I first got it and have never forgotten it.

I have never been asked for one, don't have one, never had one, never needed one. What do you do with it?

You'll never need the card, but when that distant time comes when you want to get your state pension from the UK, you'll need the number.

Well nothing really. All you actually need is the number. Presumably why it was got rid of. I'd guess Canada is getting rid of the SIN card for a similar reason.

You always have the number though, it's on pay slips and letters from the taxman.

Bloody state pension, it is distant too. I wuz robbed.