How To Get NIN For JAMB Registration (2021 Guide)
JAMB Starting Date for 2021 is close and Jamb announced in 2020 that Students who wish to register Jamb 2020 must first register for NIN with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
A few days into Registration for Jamb 2020, the Use of NIN was Suspended. What if Jamb makes NIN Enrolment Compulsory for Jamb 2021 Candidates? Hence this article to guide you on how to get NIN For Jamb.
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After a successful NIN registration, You will be given 11 digits National Identification number. This is what you need to register Jamb if required. If Jamb enforces the use of NIN, Direct Entry candidates will also need NIN For Jamb.
The National Identification Number (NIN) is very important. Apart from Jamb registration, you need NIN for scholarships, to keep your Sim Cards active and for important bank transactions. Make sure you have your National Identification Number ready.
You Can Register Your NIN At either any Enrolment Centre in Nigeria or at the Bank.
How To Register NIN At the Bank
- Visit any UBA or Zenith Bank Branch
- Tell them you want to enrol NIN for Jamb
- You will be given a form to fill your personal details
- Enter the country, state, local government and town of your father
- Enter the country, state, local government and town of your mother
- There is field in the form to enter your National Identification Number, ignore it.
- You can open an account with the Bank if they insist.
- Submit the form
- Ask when to come back for your NIN Slip
- Done
How To Register NIN At Approved Centres
To avoid the queue at the Banks and for convenience, you may want to register NIN at a centre close to you. Where Else can I register NIN? Click here to access the NIN registration centres in all 36 States in Nigeria
Follow the guide below to obtain your NIN for 2020 Jamb Registration:
- Walk into the enrolment Centre with a supporting document (see documents below).
- You will be issued an enrolment form to fill
- Applicant’s forms will be vetted by a NIMC Official to crosscheck the information filled on the form against the supporting document provided and to check for errors/mistake filled on the form.
- Your pre-filled information will be inputted on the NIMC Software by a NIMC enrolment officer or the Barcode slip will be scanned by the NIMC enrolment officer to populate all the required field.
- The enrolment officer will ask the Jamb candidate to double-check his/her information for errors using the applicant monitor.
- If the applicant is satisfied with his/her demographic information, the biometrics (ten fingerprints and facial image) of the applicant will be captured subsequently.
- A National Identification Number (NIN) Slip is issued to you after processing.
- This is what you need to apply for Jamb 2020.
How To I find Your JAMB NIN?
You will be given a slip containing your National Identification Number after registering NIN for Jamb 2020. You can also check your NIN by dealing *346# on your Mobile phone. The service costs just N20.
Documents Required For NIN Registration
If you have any of the following documents (just one), then you are good to go. If you don’t have any, then it is easy for you to get a Birth certificate or local government of origin. You can do that within two days.
- Driver’s License
- Voter’s card (Temporary or Permanent)
- Nigerian International passport
- Certificate of Local Government of Origin
- Attestation letter from a prominent ruler in your community
- Birth certificate
- Declaration of age
- Attestation letter from religious/traditional leader
- NHIS ID card
- Government staff ID card
- Registered/recognized private organization staff ID card
- School ID Card (private/public)
- Tax Clearance certificate
- Valid immigration documents
You will find the following information in the NIN Slip
- Title: National Identity Management System, Federal Republic of Nigeria, National Identification Number Slip (NINS).
- Tracking ID
- NIN: 11 digits number
- Issue Date: N/A
- Surname
- First Name
- Middle Name
- Gender
- Address
- NIN Website, email and call line.
Note: The National Identification Number (NIN) is your identity. It is confidential and may only be released for legitimate transactions. You will be notified when your National Identity Card is ready.
You have less than three months to prepare for Jamb. Click here to meet up.
Reasons You Must Register For NIN
- Obtaining Jamb Form (when required)
- obtaining your National e-ID card
- travel (international passport application & acquisition)
- opening personal bank accounts
- getting your driver’s license
- obtaining your Permanent Voters’ Card
- participating in the National Health Insurance Scheme
- payment of your taxes
- transactions related to your contributory pension scheme
- access to welfare and other relevant services from the Nigerian Government
- transactions with social security implications
- land transactions subject to the Land Use Act
- any other transactions NIMC may so prescribe and list in the Federal Government Gazette
Facts About NIN
- NIN consists of 11 Numbers randomly chosen and assigned to an individual at the completion of enrolment into the National Identity Database (NIDB).
- Once a NIN is assigned to an individual, it can never be reassigned, given or used by another person ”“ that makes it unique in nature.
- In the case of the dealth of an individual, his/her NIN is retired once a death certificate is presented to the Commission and the individual’s death is established.
- The NIN is used to tie all records about an individual in the database and is also used to establish or verify his/her identity.
- All citizens and legal residents in Nigeria, from age zero (birth) and above are eligible to enrol for their NINs.
- The NIN should be closely guarded by individuals and not revealed to all and sundry except to relevant authorities when requested.
Deadline To Enrol NIN For Jamb 2020
Is there a deadline for NiN registration for Jamb 2020? NIN Enrolment itself doesn’t have a deadline but there is a deadline use National Identification Number for Jamb Registration. The deadline for NIN usage for Jamb is Jamb registration closing date. After Jamb deadline, you can no longer use the NIN to register the current Jamb until the next Jamb.
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Sir pls i scored E8 in my English and d7 in my literaturein waec …can i still study History and international relations with the result?
Can one register for jamb with NIN
can’t I use a different phone number from the one registered for NIN to get the profile code
Did NIN have a website we can check in
I’m banking with u.b.a already
Can it easily been done without any problems or is there any other charges for registration on nin at the bank
the order of name which I used in the nin is different from the one I want to use in jamb any problem
Order is not an issue
Sir I lose the number I use to registered for my NIN. Can I use another phone to registered jamb 2020
Retrieve the line
Hello please my date of birth for NIN registration is not the same with the date I want to use for 2020 jamb registration. Is there any problem with that.
There is a big problem. Simpy correct your details in NIN
I am really grateful for this information…i pray more wisdom locate u…
i don’t have any of this how can I do this
Find out the one you can get within one week
i don’t have any of this how can I do this
Can I use my temporary voter’s card to register for jamb…..but is not bearing the same age with my weac result …. instead of 25 February I wrote 27 February…. hope there be no problem with it
Ya,may be it can serve
I’m having similar problem too, PLS someone should help..
I registered for my nin since 2015, and the surname I used is different from the one on my o level result which am going to use to register for my jamb, please what do I do??? Can I use it
Take another NIN registration.
Buh y is it dat de NIN agents shw tribalism in terms of carrying out dere duties
Can it be registered in first bank.
my bro will b sixteen by june can he register 4 nin without my parent
Yes, he can go ahead
thanks you very much for this information,
please I have a national identity card long ago do I need to do another one for the jamb registeration?
Thanks a lot these information is of great help