Thank you for taking the time to explain this so clearly, I am much more in the picture now. I will apply for the EORI number then I guess I don’t need to do much else until middle of year when this VAT no. thing comes in, assume Folksy will tell us of the number to put on parcels etc!
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have you received yours yet? I am still waiting
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Yes, I received mine just a couple of days after I asked. They emailed me with the number
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thank you I received an email to say it was coming but still waiting
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Hopefully it will arrive soon, fingers crossed 
so I have my eori numbers, one for overseas and one for northern ireland
On the customs label the number is printed as I use online postage.
But I dont’ need a customs label for Northern Ireland so do I just write it on the postal label? I asked my local post office and they havent a clue, they just said I don’t need a custom label
Funny, because today I have been told I do need a customs label for northern Ireland, but they hadn’t got a clue what an EORI number was!
Has anyone sent stuff to NI recently, and if so can you advise, please
Suzzie xx
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I sold to NI last week, I looked it up online and it said that if you are sending via Royal Mail, you don’t have to do anything different at the moment. So I purchased as usual by Click and Drop, everything still the same, no customs form or anything. I tried an address in Belgium to see if that had changed, and yes, extra paperwork needed. So nothing different needed yet for NI with Royal Mail.
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Thank you Amanda, going back to the post office tomorrow, wish me luck!!
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This is the page where I found the info. Sending parcels to and from Northern Ireland - GOV.UK
Good luck, please report back! xxx
Soooo! The postie yesterday quoted me a price and gave me a CN22 to fill out. I applied for a NI EORI number. Today a different postie quoted a different price, and said I didn’t need a CN22!! I showed her the links to the government site. The post office site doesn’t have anything about it. So the outcome is she is going to look into it, and I sent my parcel off using regular post costs and a CN22 stuck to the back for good measure. Hope my Customer gets it.
All a bit of a middle really
Suzzie xx
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Wow, that’s crazy. I realise that it’s all a work in progress, but you’d think that the post office would be consistent. I haven’t heard anything from my sale to NI last week, I hope that no news is good news.
That is always the worry, that it doesnt get there! xx
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I have just received a reply from EORIgovt saying they want my VAT number, but I don’t have one.
I must be patient, but they don’t make it easy. Tea, I’ll drink my tea first!
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I have recently sent cards to NI and didn’t put a cn 22 label on but put my eori number on address label for good luck. they arrived ok . but I am going to put a cn22 label from now on as there seems to be a difference of opinion , you would think the post office staff would know!
Apparently the post office is the agent for Royal mail! Not the same company!!
Did you have a vat number for your EORI?
no I dont earn enough for vat