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Apply for National Insurance credits if you바카라 사이트™re a parent or carer

Claim or transfer Class 3 National Insurance credits using form CF411A.

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If you바카라 사이트™re a parent or carer of a child under 12

You should automatically get credits if you claim Child Benefit.

If you or your partner are registered for Child Benefit you can:

  • apply for credits missing from your National Insurance record
  • transfer credits from a spouse or partner

If you바카라 사이트™re a foster or kinship carer

You can apply for National Insurance credits. You바카라 사이트™ll need to provide supporting evidence with your form.

How to complete the form

Use the online service

To apply online you need a 바카라 사이트 Gateway account.  You can read about how to register and sign in.

If you바카라 사이트™re submitting a letter of confirmation or supporting evidence, the attachment should be no more than 5MB in PDF or JPEG format.

You will get a reference number that you can use to track the progress of your form.

Send the postal form

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You바카라 사이트™ll need to fill in the form fully before you can print it. You cannot save a partly completed form so we suggest you gather all your information together before you begin to fill it in. You바카라 사이트™ll need to post any supporting evidence with the form.

Where to send the form

PT Operations North East England
HM Revenue and Customs
BX9 1AN

Updates to this page

Published 28 February 2012
Last updated 13 December 2022 show all updates
  1. Carers of a child under 12 and kinship carers can apply for National Insurance credits.

  2. Foster and kinship carers can apply online or by post for NICs. Address for postal application has been updated.

  3. New English and Welsh PDF versions of the CF411A form have been added.

  4. The Welsh version of the CF411A notes have been updated with information on the Data Protection Act and time limits for applications.

  5. The English version of 'Notes on how to apply or transfer credits for parents and carers' has been updated with information on the Data Protection Act and time limits for applications.

  6. The English and Welsh versions for the print and post iForms and notes have been updated.

  7. An online forms service is now available.

  8. Welsh version of the form CF411A has been added to this page.

  9. First published.

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