Do we use our old UK N.I. number when we move back?
Apr 19th 2012, 9:34 am
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Do we use our old UK N.I. number when we move back?
That's it really! Do we need to apply for brand new national insurance numbers when we get back, or do we just use the ones we had when we left england?
Thanks for any replies! :-)
Thanks for any replies! :-)
Apr 19th 2012, 9:35 am
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Re: Do we use our old UK N.I. number when we move back?
The one you had.
Apr 19th 2012, 9:38 am
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Re: Do we use our old UK N.I. number when we move back?
Whoosh! Just like that! 
Thank you so much for such a swift reply!
Thank you so much for such a swift reply!
Apr 19th 2012, 10:23 am
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Re: Do we use our old UK N.I. number when we move back?
How do we obtain NI numbers when we move to the UK? I want to move in August.
Apr 19th 2012, 10:34 am
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Re: Do we use our old UK N.I. number when we move back?
This is the official government website, click through for NI details. (not sure if you are a returning uk citizen or not...
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Advanced...surance+number
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Advanced...surance+number
Apr 19th 2012, 10:37 am
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Re: Do we use our old UK N.I. number when we move back?
You keep the same NINO (Nat Insurance No.) from when it is issued (usually at age 16) for the rest of your life.
Apr 21st 2012, 8:58 am
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Re: Do we use our old UK N.I. number when we move back?
Apr 21st 2012, 11:02 am
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Re: Do we use our old UK N.I. number when we move back?
No, NHS numbers all changed a few years ago, so you will have been allocated a new one. They changed it because, now, all children born in the UK are given on at birth, which wasn't the case before, you only got a NHS number when you were first treated. When you go to the GP/Health centre then they should sort that out for you. NHS numbers are, more and more, being used instead on Hospital numbers as well, because of the increased computerisation of the NHS records, with Hospital numbers it would have been common for several individuals to have the same number as all hospitals issued their own, the NHS number is unique. I worked in a Pathology department that amalgamated with the departments of 5 hospitals to make one huge department, BUT, we had a single computer system, so under the name and hopsital number system it was theoretically possible for two people to get confused on the system, so we moved to a NHS number led system which solved the problems. Originally the whole NHS was going to have a central system, BUT, the beaurocratic nonsense that get involved meant that the system the NHS decided on just didn't deliver, wasting many millions.
