Can you use the social security card you got in a foreign country to go back to your hometown?

Legal analysis: it can be used. Within 15 working days after receiving the Contact Letter, the social security agency of the original place of participation will clear whether the applicant's participation contributions are in arrears and handle the transfer of the pension insurance fund, terminate the applicant's participation relationship in the local area, and issue the Basic Pension Insurance Relationship Transfer and Continuation Information Form to the new place of participation.

Legal basis: The Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China Article 2 The State establishes a social insurance system for basic pension insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance and other social insurance, and guarantees the right of citizens to obtain material assistance from the State and society in accordance with the law in the event of old age, sickness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.