Where can my son get an HMRC letter showing his NI number?

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19 year old ds1 just messaged me from uni saying his new job needs a letter from hmrc with his NI number on so they can pay him. I can't find anything. I've got loads from the dwp but none from HMRC. Google tells me letters from HMRC are rare because they are mostly paperless. Does anyone know what HMRC would write to him about as it might give me ideas of where to find something from them.

Surely they just need the number. Do they still give out cards? If not it'll be on his p45/p60 tax forms

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

Everything you need to get an NI number or find the number is there.

why do they need a letter? Surely they need the NI number?

Goodness knows. I have sent him a copy of a letter from DWP which has his name, address and NI number on it. Hopefully they will accept that.

You can just go on the HMRC and download it

I was thinking the same, ive still got my card somewhere, possibly in an old purse 😆

Did he get a letter from HMRC with his number on just before his 16th birthday?

I hope your son keeps the letter in a safe place. A flat mate took my NI number many moons ago and gave it to her employer :( She didn't tell me for many years.

Yeah that happens more often than you think.

I don't think HMRC will provide OP with details, it'll have to be the son who asks.

He needs to make a tax account and he can download and print the letter.

This is for him to sort, not his parents.

What was the point in using yours rather than her own?

I was given a plastic card with my NI number on it, not sure when it got sent but it was in a drawer in my dad's bedroom for years before I started looking for a job. Probably early 2000s or late 90s

She likely wasn't allowed to work or have an NI number.

that'll be fine, he just needs the number.

HMRC say that they send out the NINO in the approach to their 16th birthday, but DD never got hers. I had to fill in a form to request it for her.

HMRC have an app. to use it you need to set up a government gateway account, then log in. Once on the app, you can download an NI letter.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/download-the-hmrc-app

Check your NI records

https://www.gov.uk/check-national-insurance-record

You don’t want any discrepancies to be found in the future once you are due for your pension

My two 16 an 17 have actually got a physical letter showing NI number. They don’t do cards like when I was young. I’m sure you can ask them to resend it or print out online.

NI number is usually sent around 16th birthday. As we were living abroad at that point neither of my children got theirs. Oldest was able to get a copy sent out but by the time youngest needed his they had stopped doing that and it was a bit of a palava to get his number. He has never had a “this is your NI number” letter but knows what it is as it’s now on various other letters. It has never been a problem and he’s now 37.

Has he got a passport (current or expired)? If he doesn't have a passport then a document from is one of the additional documents he might need to provide for a right to work check.

Otherwise he only needs his NI number, not a letter.

They stopped giving those out in 2011. Everyone replying is out of date it’s very simple now.

OP he needs to sign up for a government gateway ID on the app, sign in and you can then print the page where NI is shown or the confirmation letter on the account.

Your youngest is 7 years older than me and I got both a letter and a plastic NI card.

HMRC app, or he can call them.

You can download the letter from HMRC app

Im quite sad to tell you I committed it to memory years ago.