Do social security cards in both places need to be cancelled?

Need. Two social security cards in different regions can be merged under certain conditions, otherwise only one social security card can be cancelled.

If there are two social security cards in the same city, you can stop using the one that is no longer used, or go to the local social security bureau to merge the social security cards that are no longer used into the current social security.

If you have two social security cards from different cities, you can't apply for social security merger, and you can only stop using the unused social security cards. If the unused social security card has not been paid in full, it will automatically stop.

According to the new policy of transferring and continuing the basic old-age insurance for employees of state-owned enterprises, if the insured person is employed in two or more places at the same time, when handling the transfer and continuation of the basic old-age insurance relationship, the social insurance agency will negotiate with me to determine to keep one of the basic old-age insurance relationship and the personal account, and the other relationships will be cleaned up at the same time, and the amount stored in the personal account will be returned to me, and the corresponding individual payment period will not be counted again.

If one account continues to want to pay fees, another account chooses to cancel (the amount of the cancelled account will be refunded), and one account will be kept as the social security and endowment insurance collection account.

legal ground

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Article 4 Employers and individuals in People's Republic of China (PRC) shall pay social insurance premiums according to law, and have the right to inquire about payment records and personal rights and interests records, and ask social insurance agencies to provide social insurance consultation and other related services. Individuals enjoy social insurance benefits according to law and have the right to supervise the payment of their own units.

Article 58 An employing unit shall, within 30 days from the date of employment, apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration for its employees. If the social insurance has not been registered, the social insurance agency shall verify the social insurance premium it should pay. Employees-free individual industrial and commercial households who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time employees who do not participate in social insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees shall apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration. The state establishes a national unified personal social security number. Personal social security number is a citizen's identity number.