PAYE55030 - Employer returns: RTI submissions: NVR: NINO verification request

Following a review, HMRC has withdrawn the NINO Verification Request service from 3 February 2025 until further notice. It is not known if or when the service will restart.

From April 2012, an employer who is within RTI will have the ability for new employees only to submit a NINO Verification Request (NVR) to allow them to either verify a NINO, or to obtain a NINO for the Employee Designatory Details supplied on the NVR.

Note: The use of the NVR is not mandatory.

The request should only be submitted when an employer has taken on a new employee and is required to verify or obtain the employee鈥檚 NINO. The submission will include employee data to enable verification of the NINO as follows

  • Surname or family name
  • Forename or given name
  • Initials
  • Second forename
  • Date of birth
  • Current gender
  • Address

NVR can be submitted using the following filing methods

  • EDI Channel
  • Internet Channel - using commercial payroll software or HMRC free software

An FPS must be processed before an employer can submit an NVR.

Note: A submission can contain between one and a hundred employee NINO requests.