The Annual Retention Fee (ARF) of €100 is due for payment by the 31st December 2018.
It is your legal and professional responsibility to ensure that your name is on the Register of Nurses and Midwives if you practice nursing or midwifery in Ireland.
It is an offence to practice nursing/midwifery if your name is not on the Register of Nurses and Midwives. This includes clinical practice, nursing /midwifery management, education or research.
A fee notice will be sent to each nurse and midwife whose name is on the Register of Nurses and Midwives from the NMBI from 1st November 2018.
Making it easier to pay with ‘My Account’
We encourage all nurses and midwives to set up an online account My Account to pay the ARF.
Please ensure you provide the correct postal address for your certificate to be posted to and the correct email address.
For more information about using My Account please see our information page.
The Options for ARF Payment are:
If this is your first time setting up an online account with NMBI please visit our website and click into the My Account tab. When logging in for the first time, you will need to use your Personal Identification Number and the Personal Security Number previously issued to you by the NMBI. If you have forgotten or lost this number please contact our registration department using the online form and it will be reissued to you.
You can contact our dedicated payments line on 1890 200 116 to make your payment by debit or credit card. This line is open from 9.00am – 5.30pm Monday to Friday.
If you previously set up a Direct Debit with the NMBI please ensure that your address, bank details and P.I.N. are correct. Your Annual Retention Fee (ARF) for 2019 will be collected by Direct Debit on or after the 6th December 2018. Please note we are no longer setting up Direct Debits.
The ARF may be paid by using one of the three payment options above. Payments received by post will not be accepted.
Following payment of your ARF, your Annual Certificate will issue to you within 7 working days.
