Well 7 days after i sent the request my form to fill arrived through the post. I filled it and it comes with a pre paid envelope to send back to them. now all I have to do is keep on waiting o get the number sorted in order to be able to work in the uk.
I have also found out that my colombian drivers licence is good for 12 months to drive over here but i recommend to get a few lessons from a driving school in order to get used to drive on the other side of the road!!!
jueves, 13 de enero de 2011
martes, 4 de enero de 2011
Newly wed, New year, New Life
So, I just moved to the uk 4 days ago, i had been here before, but either on holiday or for a 6 month placement. My loving husband is away and the procedures are kind f complicated so i seem to be at this by myself. In the journey of finding a Job in the Uk, getting a National Insurance Number (NINO) and sorting myself out in a country so different to mine.
So I start off today, 4th of January waking up at 5 am to find out that there is snow! oh! how wonderful! since we do not have any back home, but as you soon will learn, be careful, the roads turn into ice skating rinks and a fall may be just around the corner....
But anyway, as i read on an official website, i went to the closest JOB CENTRE PLUS to get my national insurance number application. Big mistake. They send you off with the NINO starting work number 08456000643 do not try to call from your mobile from the Jobcentre since they do not allow it, sending me to the freezing cold to call. Never mind, not their fault i guess. but it would have been nice to know that you should have a PEN at hand to copy the reference number, your passport, address in the uk, postcode. As the form is sent via regular mail to your home and you fill it out and re-send it back to them to get a reply with the number. You need this number to apply to any job in the uk and for tax purposes. To get the form delivered it could takeup to 10 days the NINO lady said.
Looking at the snow outside.... hope it does not take forever. In the meanwhile Iwill have a look around the different job websites to get an idea of what is out there for me...
So I start off today, 4th of January waking up at 5 am to find out that there is snow! oh! how wonderful! since we do not have any back home, but as you soon will learn, be careful, the roads turn into ice skating rinks and a fall may be just around the corner....
But anyway, as i read on an official website, i went to the closest JOB CENTRE PLUS to get my national insurance number application. Big mistake. They send you off with the NINO starting work number 08456000643 do not try to call from your mobile from the Jobcentre since they do not allow it, sending me to the freezing cold to call. Never mind, not their fault i guess. but it would have been nice to know that you should have a PEN at hand to copy the reference number, your passport, address in the uk, postcode. As the form is sent via regular mail to your home and you fill it out and re-send it back to them to get a reply with the number. You need this number to apply to any job in the uk and for tax purposes. To get the form delivered it could takeup to 10 days the NINO lady said.
Looking at the snow outside.... hope it does not take forever. In the meanwhile Iwill have a look around the different job websites to get an idea of what is out there for me...
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