No record of a previous employment on my National Insurance contributions (2 ID cards)

Hello, There is no record of a previous employment on my National Insurance contributions in the tax year 2000-01, when I worked in a hotel. My current NINO was given in 2012 with an EU ID card, with one surname. When I was in London in 2000, I was using another EU ID card, with two surnames (I have two nationalities), but I didn’t have any NINO as far as now. It could explain it. Should I: Request for statement of National Insurance account online: https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/shortforms/form/NIStatement Or write to: Individuals Caseworker National Insurance Contributions and Employers Office HM Revenue & Customs BX9 1AN United Kingdom I don’t have a payslip or P45 from 2000, and the employer closed the hotel in 2008. I think the timescale for an answer is about 40 weeks. Because if my record from 2000 were to appear, I would be able to make voluntary NI payments from 2006 to 2012 (six years), but the deadline is 5th April 2025. Thank you for your help. Regards

Hi,

You have to have an active National Insurance number in order to be charged National Insurance and for it to count towards your State Pension. If you did not have one to give to your employer in 2000 to 2001 then your employer could not of charged National Insurance that would count towards your State pension but more than likely used a Temporary Reference Number (TRN). A TRN will not allow a tax payer to access benefits and other services which use the National Insurance Number.

If your National Insurance number was created in 2012, the earliest year you could potentially voluntary pay for would be the tax year 2011 to 2012, if the number was created before 5th April 2012, or the 2012 to 2013 tax year, if the number was created after 6th of April 2012.

Thank you.