I have applied for a social security card. Can I apply for it again?

Whether it is cancellation or loss of social security card, it can be re-processed.

To cancel and reissue social security, you need to bring your ID card to the Social Security Bureau to re-open an account. If the social security card is lost, you need to bring your ID card to the Social Security Bureau to report the loss and reissue it.

Social insurance refers to a non-profit social security system with the function of income redistribution. It is a system that forces most members of society to participate in order to prevent and share social risks such as old age, unemployment, illness and death and realize social security.

The main items of social insurance include endowment insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injury insurance and maternity insurance.

To apply for a social security card, I or my agent shall go through the application procedures at the comprehensive service window of the social security card or the social security card business processing window of the social insurance agency.

When applying for a social security card, it is necessary to provide the original valid ID card of the insured person, photos or photo electronic files that meet the photo standard of the second-generation ID card and relevant insurance certificates, and the processing time is 30 working days.

To sum up, people who have participated in social insurance apply for social security cards, and the social insurance agencies of the city or province directly collect data from the social insurance business system in batches, centrally apply for procedures, and make and issue social security cards in batches.

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.

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