Do I have to go to the bank to apply for a social security card and pay social security?

To pay social security yourself, you must first go to the bank to get a social security card.

Social security cards can be handled by banks themselves or by employees of employers. Social security is paid by institutions or working enterprises, and social security cards are directly and uniformly issued by employers. If you do it yourself, you just need to bring your ID card to the local social security bureau. After processing, the user needs to pick it up at the processing point one month later. After receiving the social security card, you must take good care of your social security card to avoid inconvenience caused by loss.

There are two ways to apply for a social security card. The first is that individuals pay social security by themselves, and the second is that units handle and pay social security for employees.

When an individual applies for social security, he/she needs to bring his/her original valid ID card to the place where he/she applies for social security card, check and fill it out. Here, he/she needs to submit some personal materials, such as a copy of ID card, ID card photo, etc. The processing process is relatively fast. After the application is completed, the applicant needs to bring his original valid ID card to the processing place where the application is accepted to get a new social security card, so that he has a social security card.

To sum up: after processing, users need to pick it up at the processing point one month later. After receiving the social security card, you must take good care of your social security card, because the social security card is very important, as important as the ID card, so the cardholder must take good care of it.

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.