I applied for a National Insurance number

I just went the other day..i recently started a new job on the 28th of april and my appointment was on the 9th...i had to bring, passport, letters from the home office, utility bills and a contract and letter of employment from my job...

the one thing i didnt know that they needed to know was the exact date and return date of all my trips to the us/uk...eek i had to think hard....could not remember the exact dates...

they asked me more then what the home office did about how i met tj, how long we dated, all my trips back and forth...

almost an "official" worker now..yipee

Thanks for the heads up! I hope to start working in England next month so I just found my dates to remember.

Seems the scrutiny never ends on either side which makes us overly paranoid at times. Funny-when my husband and I went to take my boxes to the shipping (container) company we even contimplated taking our passports and marriage certificate...yes a crazy thought considering everything we have been through! Of course we realized we were nuts and didn't take them. Got there and it went so smoothly...we wondered why?

Glad to hear that you are well on your way!  

Jules

I have my appointment on the 20th of this month. I was bad and have been using a temporary number so far.  I've heard horror stories about getting a NIN.

I have no doubt they'll give me one, however. Working here for 5 months, I'm totally legit. It'd be silly to deny me paying the proper taxes.

I had no problems at all. I was in and out in under 20 minutes.

I just had my interview today. Went as smooth as silk.

Although, I won't get my number for 3-4 months!

Is it just me, or is that a bit excessive?

Hi there!
When I had my interview, it took over 4 hours. It didn't help probably that I had moved alot in the past 5 years.They didn't even bother to offer me a glass of water the whole time

my NI interview was very short, about 20 minutes and I had my card in a few weeks after that. Except Inland Revenue used my temporary one on a PAYE coding notice and I sent it back, asking them to correct it but thats about it.
I thought the interview would be much longer and detailed and I brought my passport, bank statement, marriage certificate, all the letters from agencies I had signed up with as proof I was looking for work but they didnt need to see most of it. I had to fill out this 12 page application but apart from that, that was it, really.