Guidelines for completing Vetting Invitation Form (NVB 1)
The NVB 1 form can be typed, printed and signed. If hand-written, it should be completed in ball point
pen, using block capitals. It needs to be clear and legible.
Key points:
• email address must be provided
• current address is the address where you
reside now, please provide your full address
including eircode
• Northern Ireland addresses must include a
postcode
• If you are under 18, please complete the
Under18 Vetting Invitation form and your
parent/ guardian must complete the parent/
guardian consent form
• Role Being Vetted for must be a Relevant Work
Activity that involves having regular contact
with children or vulnerable adults under
the National Vetting Bureau (Children and
Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012-2016
• Declaration of Application Section 2 must be
completed in full. Please read the statement in
full, then tick the box, sign and date the form to
give your consent to be vetted.
All applicants will have to provide documents to their employer to prove their identity, both photo iden-
tication and proof of address. If you are the registered provider/ owner please have another senior
member of staff verify your identication documents.
Documents that can be used for
Photo Identication:
Documents that can be used to verify address:
• Irish Driving Licence or learner permit (new
credit card format with photo)
• Irish Medical Card (with photograph)
• Passport
• Irish certicate of naturalisation
• Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB)
card
• National Identity Card for EU/ EEA/ Swiss
• citizens
• National age card issued by An Garda
Siochana
• Employment ID card issued by employer
(name and photograph)
• Membership card from a Union or Trade,
Professional body or Educational Institution
(with photo)
• Driving Licence
• P60, P45 or Payslip (with home address)
• Bank/Building Society/Credit Union statement
• Utility bill e.g. gas, electricity, television,
broadband (must not be more than 6 months
old. Mobile phone bills are not acceptable).
• Bank /Building Society/ Credit Card statement
• Letter from employer (within last two years)
conrming name and address
• Correspondence from any of the following:
- an educational institution
- an insurance company regarding an active
policy
- a bank/credit union or government body
or state agency
Types of documents that can be used to verify both photo id and address:
• Irish Driving Licence (new credit card format)
• Employment ID card issued by employer (name, address and photo)