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I am a Croatian national. I have set up a limited company in October 2015 and I consider myself a self-employed.

I have been refused the NINO (now 4 times), apparently I have not provided sufficient evidence to proof that I am a self-employed. They were not satisfied with the following:

Financil Risk
Control over the work I do and how I do it
Investment in my business
An obligation to provide the service

At my latest interview at the jobcentre I have provided the following documents:

2 contracts confirming services
3 Invoices from client A
3 Invoices from Client B
1 Invoice from client C
Letter of reference from two of my clients
Qualifications (MBA certificate) to provide the service
Letter form my accountant certifying he is responsible of my tax affairs
Limited Company registration documents
Proof of my professional and liability insurances

I have also brought with me on that day business account statement and personal account statements for the last 3 months but they didmt want to keep them as they said it was not necessary

I ned to reister with HMRC but I can not do it without the NINO

Anyone in the same situation please. I am very happy to contact a lawyer with experience on this sort of cases.

Your help is very much appreciatted

You aren't self employed if you are the director and/or employee of a limited company, even if the sole director/employee is you.

Your limited co. needs to register for PAYE, employ you, then you purely as an employee apply for NINO as any other employee would.

In UK self-employment is in the form of sole-trader or partnership, i.e. you trade as you in person(s) with no protection with regard to liability.

A limited company is a separate legal person, limited by shares (in most cases) completely separate from you as a person, even if you own all the shares - it's liability ends there (subject to lifting the veil and directors duties etc being abused, etc)