Is the provident fund card a social security card?

Provident fund card is not a social security card.

Details are as follows:

1, social security card and provident fund card are not the same card. Social security cards are mainly used to pay pensions, buy medicines and see a doctor and be used as bank cards. Provident fund card can be used to receive housing provident fund;

2. The social security card is issued by the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of the insured place, and the housing provident fund card is issued by the local housing provident fund management center. Because social security cards and provident fund cards are issued by two different institutions, the issuing banks may also be different.

The process of handling social security cards is as follows:

1. Take my original valid ID card to the processing place to get the social security card declaration registration form and fill it out;

2. Submit copies of ID cards, photos and other materials to the social security reporting agency;

If the application is successful, you will get a new social security card after receiving the notice.

The social security card is used for the following purposes:

1, personal social security related information records, electronic certificates and information inquiry, etc. ;

2. Record the insured's name, ID number, date of birth, gender, nationality, household registration and other basic medical information;

3, query my pension, unemployment, medical care, work injury and maternity insurance payment;

4. You can take the card to the hospital and go to the pharmacy to buy medicine;

5 for medical care, unemployment, pension, work injury, maternity and other social security affairs;

6. Query the total amount of endowment insurance and medical insurance;

7. Handle social security affairs such as receiving pensions, job hunting, unemployment registration, and even participate in vocational training.

To sum up, provident fund cards and social security cards may have different rules and operating procedures in different regions and different units, subject to relevant local policies.

Legal basis:

Article 58 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law

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.

The state establishes a national unified personal social security number. Personal social security number is a citizen's identity number.

Article 59

The people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen the collection of social insurance premiums.

Social insurance premiums shall be uniformly collected, and the implementation steps and specific measures shall be stipulated by the State Council.