Can foreigners pay social security in Shanghai? Flexible employment

Yes, foreigners who apply for temporary residence permits and other documents can pay social security in Shanghai as flexible employees. Shanghai has introduced policies. From May 1 2023, flexible employees from other provinces and cities with local household registration can participate in employee pension and medical insurance according to the same rules as those with Shanghai household registration. Tourism, take-out and freight transportation in the same city can all participate, and their rights and interests can also be guaranteed accordingly.

Can foreign medical insurance be used in Shanghai?

Foreign medical insurance can be used in Shanghai. The reimbursement method is as follows:

1, before hospitalization or within 3 days after hospitalization, call the consultation number of the new rural cooperative medical system in my hometown to register the hospitalization situation;

2. After discharge, the residence certificate must be issued by the neighborhood office or neighborhood committee. If you work outside, you need a work certificate issued by your work unit;

3, after discharge with a copy of medical records, summary list, hospitalization bills, discharge certificate, and then take the ID card back to the insured place for reimbursement;

4. The reimbursement rate outside the province is the lowest, accounting for 45% of the reasonable expenses. The lower the hospital level, the higher the reimbursement ratio.

To sum up, foreign flexible employees can pay social security in Shanghai.

Legal basis:

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

Article 58

The 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.

Article 60

The employing unit shall declare itself and pay social insurance premiums in full and on time, and shall not postpone or reduce the payment except for legal reasons such as force majeure. The social insurance premiums that employees should pay shall be withheld and remitted by the employer, and the employer shall inform me of the details of paying social insurance premiums on a monthly basis.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in social insurance in the employing units and other flexible employees can pay social insurance premiums directly to the social insurance premium collection agencies.