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Foreigner registering as self-employed in the UK: help!
Thread poster: Maaike van Vlijmen
Tom in London
Tom in London
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Not true Jan 8, 2019

Silvija Matijascic wrote:

---- I was told that I would need a business account to receive payments from invoices...


Not true. I have been using my ordinary account for many years, to receive payments from invoices, and nobody has ever queried it.


Kaspars Melkis
 
francois_
francois_
United Kingdom
revolut Jan 9, 2019

Max Hellwig wrote:

Hi everyone!
has anyone been in this situation recently? I'm just going through it and Santander now requires a business to be registered to open a business bank account, for which you need to register which HMRC, for which you need a NINo... Feels a bit kafkaesque.


I guess it's too late, but It seems doable to create a revolut business account without a NIN


 
crobrazilac
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Insanity Feb 21, 2019

This thread has been the most helpful thing on the internet.
I wanted to register as self employed. I needed a NIN. Went for the interview, a horrible experience. The lady there was practically illiterate (she wrote studyed in the description of my status) and didn't want to take any of my invoices, even with the UK address. She even told me I don't need NIN to register as self employed.

So now I'm stuck. I'm waiting for the NIN - it takes up to 8 weeks.
It's just crazy,
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This thread has been the most helpful thing on the internet.
I wanted to register as self employed. I needed a NIN. Went for the interview, a horrible experience. The lady there was practically illiterate (she wrote studyed in the description of my status) and didn't want to take any of my invoices, even with the UK address. She even told me I don't need NIN to register as self employed.

So now I'm stuck. I'm waiting for the NIN - it takes up to 8 weeks.
It's just crazy, I want to start a business here, I want to pay taxes, but they're making it impossible.
I have a Santander personal bank account.
Not sure what to do, to be honest.
Especially if they don't give me the NIN number.

We'll keep you posted.
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nabbestemmia
 
nabbestemmia
nabbestemmia
Italy
I am in the same situation today Mar 7, 2019

I am a living in Italy, about to move to London to start a new life there with my girlfriend; I'll be moving to London the next month. The company I currenlty work for asked me to keep working for them, and made me a very good economical offer, which I gladly accepted. Therefore I decided to start working as self employed in UK, and pay taxes in UK since I'll be living there. I opened a Revolut bank account from here to start.
I was told that I should register as self employed to start my
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I am a living in Italy, about to move to London to start a new life there with my girlfriend; I'll be moving to London the next month. The company I currenlty work for asked me to keep working for them, and made me a very good economical offer, which I gladly accepted. Therefore I decided to start working as self employed in UK, and pay taxes in UK since I'll be living there. I opened a Revolut bank account from here to start.
I was told that I should register as self employed to start my activity, but in order to do that I need a National Insurance Number.
I don't have a NIN yet, and I'll be living in an Airbnb to begin with, so I don't think they'll just assign me a NIN because I need it to register as a self employed.
So my questions are:
How can I start issue invoices to my clients if I don't have a NIN and I'm not registered as self employed?
What should I put on the contract I will sign with my customer? Can I put my arbnb address to bill my customers while searching for a new house?
Thank you
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Helen Shiner
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Applying for a National Insurance Number in the UK Mar 7, 2019

You might find this useful: https://www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number
It gives details of how to apply if you are coming from abroad.
Best of luck!


 
nabbestemmia
nabbestemmia
Italy
I've been there Mar 7, 2019

Helen Shiner wrote:

You might find this useful: https://www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number
It gives details of how to apply if you are coming from abroad.
Best of luck!


Thank you. I already checked the governative site, but It didn't really clear my mind about what I asked above. I even downloaded the gov app and started to register as self employed, but at some point it asked me to provide a NI number, so I got stuck. And I don't think I can obtain a NI number without having paid bills or having a job in UK, but since I'm in an Airbnb I don't have bills to pay, a rental contract, so I doubt I can obtain my NI number so easily


 
Richard Purdom
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cost of living in London Mar 7, 2019

....is no joke, I as a Londoner was priced out decades ago, and things have only got worse.
Budget 800 to 1000 GDP for a mediocre room in a draughty house; if you think that's excessive, you need to think very carefully about going anywhere near the place.


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