How To Get Nin National Insurance Number For An European Union Citizen

What is the validity of the National Insurance Number if you are an EU citizen?

I am an EU national who came to the UK in 1994. Since then I have a national insurance number, I pay taxes, I bought a house, I pay into a pension scheme and one would think that I have been registered somewhere centrally and that I would not have to do any paperwork at all to prove I have been here since 24 years.But no, the national insurance number means nothing, I still need household bills as proof of address, or bank statements, the UK doesn't have a register of its population the way other countries do, for some reason they don't like identity cards either and think it would cost billions to implement it, when an identity card is not more than a credit card from a bank. When it comes to the home office its a complete shambles. "Not being in control of immigration" is a totally UK home-made DIY shambles and not the fault of the EU.

How do you apply for a National Insurance number in England?

There are several steps to obtaining a National Insurance Number in the UK. I have listed them below:STEP 1: You will need to telephone Jobcentre Plus on 0845 600 0643 and register your details.STEP 2: If you are an EU National, Jobcentre Plus will arrange an Evidence of Identity (EOI) interview for you. They will confirm the date, time and location of the interview and will tell you what documentation you will need to bring with you on the day.However, if you are a non-EU National, you will not need to attend an interview. Instead, Jobcentre Plus will send you a postal application (pictured below). Once you have completed the relevant sections, you will need to return it to the address listed in the pack.STEP 3: Attend your Evidence of Identity interview (if applicable).STEP 4: You should receive your National Insurance number and National Insurance number card about 4-6 weeks from the date you attended the interview/returned the paperwork. Your NI number will be made up of letters and numbers and will never change.It is important to keep your National Insurance number safe as you will need it when applying for jobs, paying taxes or setting up a UK pension.If you are moving to the UK from abroad you may wish to enlist in settling-in assistance. There’s an example of such a service here which should give you an idea of what to expect.I hope you found this answer useful. If you have any other questions, please let me know.

I'm a EU citizen with a British NIN. Could I still go to work in the UK after a Brexit?

As it stands, you can. If you’ve got a National Insurance number that means you have at some point worked in the UK, or possibly are now — but by itself that doesn’t give you any rights.It is impossible to predict at this point in time what the criteria will be for work permits in the future — there is talk of an Australian style point system, which means that if you work in a “chosen profession” that the UK has shortages in (say, nursing, medicine, engineering) you could still be able to get a permit, at significant cost. If you’re not in the chosen professions, you may not be able to get a permit at all. Working permits for non-EU citizens currently cost up to about £700 a year/person and you need to sign a waiver waiving your rights to benefits.EU citizens may be a “special class” and pay a different amount — there is no rules as of yet, so this is a worst case scenario.If you’ve lived continuously as an EU citizen in the UK for 5 years and are otherwise of good behaviour / not been convicted of a crime, you can either:- apply for UK citizenship (at around £1300 and a lengthy process)- get indefinite leave to remain (at around £65)Either of those should give you full rights to work / live in the UK. Applying for a UK citizenship may mean that your country of origin expects you to drop your current citizenship — dual nationality is sometimes possible, but the rules vary per country. A UK passport may, in future, give you more limited rights to live/work in the EU than an EU passport does.The budget option at this point that will give you the most rights is the indefinite leave to remain.

How do I get a national identity card in Nigeria?

The government agency responsible for capturing data, production and distribution of the Nigerian National ID card is called: National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). They have offices in all the local governments of the country so that would be an ideal place to go. Alternatively, you can go to the state secretariat of NIMC in the state where you reside to get your details and biometrics captured. Trust me, the efficiency of the staff at the state secretariats supersedes the local governments.After you capturing is concluded, you'll be given a verification slip while you wait for your ID card to be ready. I have completed my data capture for more than three years and I'm still waiting to get my ID. My guess is that they sent the details to Mars via Morse codes since the aliens don't use Internet. Maybe in another forever, the machines to produce the cards will be ready and then the data will be sent to Venus from Mars for processing.

In the event of Brexit, what would be the consequence for EU citizens in the UK, and for UK citizens in the EU?

It would depend on the country in question. I'd imagine British immigration policy would be changed so citizens of Romania are not treated the same, with the same visa waivers, as a person from Sweden or Belgium. This is true outside of Europe. For example, the US visa waiver program does not apply to all EU citizens:It is given to countries individually.  In Australia they give the US, Canada, and all EU countries the right to apply for electronic visas (citizens of the US, Japan, Canada, Brunei, Malaysia get ETAs, while EU citizens get eVisitor visas. They are basically the same). But reject 25.5% of visas from Romania, 19.2% of visas from Bulgaria, 19.2% of visas from Croatia, 8.1% of visas from Latvia, and 5.7% of visas from Lithuania. All other countries have acceptance rates of 95%+ (see http://www.border.gov.au/Reports...).In other words, on paper Australia treats a Romanian the same as a Swede for electronic visas, but in practice the treatment is much different.  This would be true for the UK if they left the EU.It would probably be harder for EU citizens from poorer countries to visit or immigrate to the UK. I don't know how it would affect citizens from the UK in the EU, but it would probably affect them much less. UK passport holders are already among the most accepted in terms of applying for visas. So if they left the EU, then they would probably still be granted visas.

Do EU countries have open borders with non-EU countries?

Just with the ones that are in Schengen, even not being part of EU (Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Switzerland) . Of course, being Iceland an Island the only “open border” with rest of Schengen is not having passport control in flight arriving and departing between those places (Airlines can ask for documentation).The European microstates (Monaco, San Marino, Andorra and Vaticano) are not oficially part of Schengen, but they are all surrounded by Schengen countries and don't control the borders with them nor the neighboor countries with those States, so they are de facto Schengen membersWith other non Schengen States, part of EU (Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia)or not (Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Belarus) all borbers are controled