Jessica Booker
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You’ll still need an NI number as you are employed by a UK entity and therefore you and your employer are subject to UK tax. You can apply for a NI number online - use your university address or family address. You would be living at one if it wasn’t for Covid.Hi again, @Jessica Booker and thanks so much for all the answers! They've been extremely helpful!
I just have two onboarding-related questions if that's all right!
First of all, the firm I have a vac scheme with is asking me to apply for a national insurance number, as I've stated I don't have one on their onboarding portal. The thing is, I'm not resident in the UK at present and am doing remote study due to COVID. I would assume this means I can't apply for a NIN since a prerequisite is that you "live in England & Wales". I have family who live in England and I always stayed with them when I went there (except of course while I was staying at halls during my first year of uni) so could I use that address to apply? I'll likely be staying with them while doing my vac scheme in June too. Note that my permanent residence is in a foreign country.
Second, I'm a bit confused as to the DBS section on the Vero Screening platform. I previously obtained a DBS certificate for volunteer work. On the certificate, there are some digits that constitute my "certificate number". However, Vero is asking for my "profile number". I don't have a DBS profile since my certificate application went via a third party (if I understand correctly). Are the two numbers the same? The screening form is also asking about "position held or applied for". Is that referring to the position I'm being onboarded for now (i.e. the vac scheme) or the one I originally got the DBS certificate for?
Finally, in the "activity history" section, do I list insight schemes as well? Some of these only lasted 2-3 days and I'm unsure what I could categorise them as (Work experience? Internship?) and what I could fill in where it says "reasons for leaving". Would I also have to include a student consulting project I worked on for a company?
Thanks so much!
Your employer is likely to get a new DBS certificate, so just leave I blank. You should use your job title on your contract/offer letter. When you fill in the form this time, tick the box that means you receive all the application details.
List any employment. If you received a payment for the insight schemes include it. If you didn't, don't.
It was four questions 😉