Useful Documents To Have In The Uk (?), Plus Ni Number/nhs Number Query

[samuzza]

Useful documents to have in the UK (??), plus NI number/NHS number query

Me and my unmarried partner (settlement visa) are moving to the UK in July and thinking about what documents are going to be useful.

Should we get my partner’s birth certificate translated before going to settle in the UK? In what situations would a translated copy of their birth certificate be a handy thing to have?

And could we translate it ourselves? Does it need to be notarised? And who can notarise it in BKK?

Here’s the list of original documents we plan on taking: passport (obviously), Thai ID card, degree certificate and qualifications from the UK, birth certificate ... (any other suggestions?).

Plus, my partner studied at university in London for one year in 2005, and worked part-time. So they had an NI number at the time – and had to visit the hospital, so possibly have an NHS card too). Question: can they still use these numbers or will they have expired? And who should I contact to find out what they are (forgotten NI number)? (HMRC? Local tax office? NHS direct?).

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.

[Eff1n2ret]

In answer to your last query, I would expect your partner's NI and NHS numbers to be still current, as there seems to be little or no system for cancelling them. If she wants to be sure, go to her local Jobcentre, show them the settlement visa and ask them to confirm that her NIno is still there. And then to whoever is your local doctor get her registered and show them the existing NHS card.

[7by7]

Her birth certificate may be handy to have, although we have never needed it as my wife's passport and our marriage certificate have always sufficed. Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it, in my opinion.

Any Thai documents should be translated and the translation certified. We had Thai documents translated by an agency in Bangkok and they certified the translation, which has always sufficed when ever needed in the UK. No need to have her ID card translated, of course, as she will not need to use it in the UK.

Once issued both NI and NHS numbers are for life. I'm not sure how she can find out what they are, and suggest you contact your local DWP and Primary Care Trust once in the UK.

[samuzza]

Found some useful info on the Thai consulate vancouver website - a Thai birth certifcate (already translated into English) template in word.doc format. Seems you can translate it yourself, just type in the info. and get it legalised at the consulate or embassy by providing the original, your translated copy and a legalisation application form (in English or Thai).

http://www.thaicongenvancouver.org/TranSampleENG.html

Legalisation in the UK - English to Thai, but also (I'm guessing) Thai to English. £10 per document. But I will try to get the local town hall (whoever) in BKK to do it for less.

http://www.thaiembassyuk.org.uk/newversion...al_main_en.html

Thai UK embassy downloads has a Thai birth certificate in Thai (pdf), but can't find an English translation.

You can also download translations of marriage, divorce, driving licence etc...

Edited May 17, 2010 by samuzza