How to get Shanghai social security card

The process of receiving the Shanghai social security card are: the public carry the household register, ID card to the application outlets to fill in the application form; then in the payment of fees, take pictures, collect fingerprints for archiving; after the online store audit information, meet the requirements, the issuance of social security card. Social security card role is very broad, cardholders can not only use the card for medical treatment for medical insurance personal account real-time settlement, but also for pension insurance affairs, job search registration and unemployment registration procedures, as well as apply for unemployment insurance benefits.

Article 58 of the Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China*** and the State of China states that employers shall apply for social insurance registration for their employees with the social insurance agency within 30 days from the date of employment. If it fails to register for social insurance, the social insurance agency shall approve the social insurance premiums it shall pay. Individual entrepreneurs without employees who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time workers who do not participate in social insurance with their employers, and other flexibly employed persons shall apply for social insurance registration with the social insurance administration organization. The State establishes a nationally unified individual social security number. Individual social security numbers are citizens' identity numbers.