Depends on where in the process you are. If you've got the gig wrapped up subject to compliance checks, they may need it.
If you're getting a Scottish Disclosure done (and it doesn't just apply to jobs in Scotland, most banks use them now), then they will need your NI number for that. Likewise some of the other criminal conviction checks that they do.
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When I had this a month ago, I gave them Osama Bin Ladins NI number as a laugh. A couple of days later the Seals blew on my head gasket, and bits of the compound went everywhere
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Originally posted by Churchill View PostIt was only an agent who asked, surely we can trust agents.
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You could always just ask why he needs it, you shouldn't give this information out to just anyone on account of identity theft risks. Yes, it really happens.
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Agree with Churchill - asking for an NI number is a way to verify that you are not about to take on an illegal or someone with no right to work in the UK; the penalties for getting it wrong are pretty horrific
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Originally posted by Punter View PostHe probably has a system that needs to assign you with a unique reference number. He doesn't need it for any payroll purpose. Give him a random number in the format AB123456C.
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostAgents do have tricks, but this aint one of them. I can't imagine he's angling for leads here. Probably the reason he wants it is becuase a local government body you'll be working for requires it.
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Originally posted by itsuse View PostShud i name the agency which asked my NI or should i confront him. reason was he said it was for a local government body i will be working for
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Originally posted by itsuse View PostShud i name the agency which asked my NI or should i confront him. reason was he said it was for a local government body i will be working for
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Shud i name the agency which asked my NI or should i confront him. reason was he said it was for a local government body i will be working for
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Originally posted by itsuse View PostHi
I am new to this forum and been doing contract for a while. I had a particular agent asking my NI number details and my Ltd company information. I said i will send it across later in the day. Is it a common practice to ask NI numbers.
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Agent asked my NI number
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I am new to this forum and been doing contract for a while. I had a particular agent asking my NI number details and my Ltd company information. I said i will send it across later in the day. Is it a common practice to ask NI numbers.Tags: None
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