Can individuals pay social security?

Yes, if the conditions are met. If the parties are individual industrial and commercial households without employees or flexible employees, they can participate in the basic old-age insurance and medical insurance of social security in their own name, and individuals cannot participate in the other three insurances; When participating in insurance, you should bring your ID card, household registration book, business license of individual industrial and commercial households, residence permit and other documents to the social security department where your household registration is located (where your business premises are located), apply for insurance in writing, and go through the relevant procedures according to the tips of the staff.

Personal social security processing flow:

1. For employees in the company, the social security payment business is usually handled in the name of the company. The relevant insured personnel of this unit will follow the established social security handling process. Individuals need to fill in the social security application form, my ID card and two recent bareheaded one-inch photos. The unit pays the premium for you according to a certain proportion according to the personal salary income;

2. For individuals, if they want to pay premiums, they can only pay pension and medical insurance. The specific process of payment is as follows: go directly to the social security management department where the household registration is located, and generally apply for social security in the community neighborhood Committee or county social security bureau of the township social security department;

3. What if the unit fails to pay social security? You need to provide your personal ID card and photocopy, two recent bareheaded one-inch photos, insurance premium and application form, and go through the formalities of paying old-age insurance in the social security agency.

4. After completing the old-age insurance procedures, pay medical insurance to the local medical insurance center with the old-age insurance procedures and the above-mentioned relevant documents;

To sum up, to apply for a social security card, it is mainly necessary to bring the party's ID card and household registration book. If the parties are collected by the unit, they can directly go to the unit to receive the social security card; If you entrust someone else to collect it, you need someone else's ID card and power of attorney.

Legal basis:

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

Article 10

Employees shall participate in the basic old-age insurance, and the employer and employees shall jointly pay the basic old-age insurance premium.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic old-age insurance in the employer and other flexible employees can participate in the basic old-age insurance, and individuals pay the basic old-age insurance premium.

Individual industrial and commercial households business license, residence permit and other documents, to the social security department where the account is located (where the business premises are located), apply for insurance in writing, and go through relevant procedures according to the staff's tips.