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Aren't National Insurance numbers purely for state pension contributions? I don't think it's like what the USA SSN has been butchered as. When I was at college
by sys_64738 3y ago
Aren't National Insurance numbers purely for state pension contributions? I don't think it's like what the USA SSN has been butchered as. When I was at college in the USA the SSN was used as your student ID and the prof printed them on attendance sheets each lecture and passed it around the room.
- davchana 3y agoAnd then many of my employers use or used it as employee number (or last 4), and same passed an attendance sheet with my full name n last 4 of social around.
- midasuni 3y agoIt’s used for various government and tax purposes. You can seemingly use it to apply for state benefits and then have them paid elsewhere, then get threaded with being arrested for fraud. Same with student loans. One person on a radio phone in a couple of days ago had had both happen