Your National Identification Number (NIN) is used to tie together all records about you; your fingerprints, demographic data, facial picture, biometric data and also your digital signature. In the national identity database making it relatively easy to confirm and verify your identity when you engage in travels and transactions.
The vital feature of the NIN makes it important for all citizens (home and abroad) as well as legal residents of Nigeria to endeavor to obtain the unique NINs as they can. While your data is captured in the NIN, be sure you provide the right information about yourself, because those information will be legally identifying you for life.
So did you make a mistake with your date of birth when registering your NIN? most people have become regular customers at NIMC office just to correct their date of birth. But there’s a more easier way for you to correct your date of birth by yourself.
Keep reading on, because in this article I will tell you how you can correct your NIN date of birth by yourself.
Importance Of Your NIN.
To Individuals:
- Your information on your NIN can verify that you are who you say you are.
- It is used for retrieving your captured information from the National Identity Database.
To The Society:
- The NIN helps provide accurate records about living/ dead persons in the every region of the country.
- Helps confirm which individuals are actual need of particular government services.
- Help keep track of actual transactions as well as movement of people within and out of the country.
Documents Required For NIN Data Correction.
- Change Of Address:
- Tenancy agreement.
- Utility bill.
- Community leader attestation letter.
- Phone Number:
- Police report.
- Change Of Name:
- Court affidavit.
- Marriage certificate in the case of marital status.
- Newspaper extract.
- Other government ID.
- Date Of Birth:
- Digitalized NPC birth certificate for those born after 1992.
- Digitalized NPC attestation certificate for those born before 1992.
How To Correct Your NIN Date Of Birth By Yourself.
- Visit the NIMC self-service modification website.
- Verify your NIN and login.
- Go to your dashboard and select the date of birth modification option.
- Complete the payment for the modification.
- And after the payment, input your NPC certificate number and validate it. Your date of birth will automatically be fill and non editable.
- If you’ve misplaced your birth certificate, perform a birth attestation online at National Population website.
- Upload your NPC cetificate along with any required supporting document.
- Submit your modification request and preview the adjustments.
- Ensure you check the attestation box before submitting your request.
- Receive your modification transaction slip promptly on the mdification table.
- and when approved, receive a notification, and your NIN slip will be dispatched to your email. And you can also print the slip out directly from your dashboard.
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