Can social security cards be handled in different places?

Social security cards can be handled in different places.

However, certain conditions need to be met. Those who participate in social security in different places can apply for social security cards at the local social security bureau. If you don't participate in social security in different places, you can apply at the social security bureau where your household registration is located or where you pay.

Social security includes the following types:

1. Basic old-age insurance is a social insurance system established and implemented by the state according to the provisions of laws and regulations. Under this system, employers and workers must pay endowment insurance premiums according to law. After workers reach the retirement age stipulated by the state or quit their jobs for other reasons, social insurance agencies shall pay them pensions and other benefits according to law to ensure their basic livelihood.

2. Basic medical insurance is a social insurance system established to compensate workers for economic losses caused by disease risks. The medical insurance fund is established through the contributions of employers and individuals. After the insured person has medical expenses, the medical insurance institution will give certain economic compensation.

3. Work-related injury insurance refers to a social insurance system in which workers or their survivors suffer from accidental injuries or occupational diseases at work, or under specified special circumstances, resulting in temporary or permanent loss of working ability and death, and the state and society provide material assistance;

4. Unemployment insurance refers to a system that is enforced by the state through legislation, and is jointly funded by employers, individual employees and state financial subsidies to establish an unemployment insurance fund to provide material help to workers who have temporarily suspended their lives due to unemployment, to ensure their basic livelihood, and to create conditions for their re-employment through vocational training and employment introduction;

5. Maternity insurance. It is a social insurance system in which the state provides medical services, maternity allowance and maternity leave to pregnant women through legislation, and the state or society provides necessary economic compensation and medical care to pregnant workers.

To sum up, to apply for unlocking or decoupling social security cards, you need to submit relevant certification materials, and the specific operation procedures and precautions need to be operated in accordance with local regulations. If you have any questions or need help, you can go to the local social security bureau or social security card service center for consultation.

Legal basis:

Article 2 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law

The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance, so as to guarantee citizens' right to receive material assistance from the state and society in accordance with the law when they are old, sick, injured, unemployed and have children.

Article 8

Social insurance agencies provide social insurance services, responsible for social insurance registration, personal rights and interests records, social insurance benefits payment and other work.

Article 72

Set up social insurance agencies in the overall planning area. According to the needs of the work, with the approval of the local social insurance administrative department and the organization management organ, the social insurance agency may set up branches and service outlets in this overall planning area. The personnel expenses of social insurance agencies and the basic operating expenses and management expenses incurred in handling social insurance shall be guaranteed by the finance at the same level in accordance with state regulations.