Evidence of your NI number

Evidence of your National Insurance number can be any one of the following:

• P45 or P60.

• Letter from HM Revenue and Customs about tax or tax credit.

• Bank statements showing payments by direct debit for class-2 National Insurance contributions, or benefit payments received showing your National Insurance number on the statement, for example, Incapacity Benefit or State Pension.

• Payslips, salary statement or works pension statement (as long as it shows your National Insurance number).

• Letter that the Pension Service or Jobcentre Plus has sent to you (not handwritten).

• National Insurance number card (not handwritten).

Note: This list is not exhaustive.

We need one document to confirm your National Insurance number and one to confirm your partner's National Insurance number, if you have a partner.

To find out more...

For more information about National Insurance, or how to apply for a National Insurance number if you don't already have one, visit GOV.UK - National Insurance.