Verify your child for childcare services
Use form CVF1 to verify your child for the childcare service.
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To verify your child you鈥檒l need your National Insurance number. If you鈥檝e never had a National Insurance number before you should contact one of the following:
- if you鈥檙e a UK citizen contact the National Insurance Registrations Helpline on telephone: 0300 200 3502
- if you鈥檙e not a UK citizen contact Jobcentre Plus on telephone: 0845 600 0643
Read Apply for a National Insurance number for further information.
Email HMRC to ask for this form in Welsh (Cymraeg).
Documents you need to send
You鈥檒l need to send the following documents with this form:
- the birth certificate or adoption certificate for any child born in the UK
- the child鈥檚 birth certificate and passport or travel documents used to enter the UK, if born elsewhere
Do not send photocopies.
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