How long does it take to apply for social security?

Legal analysis: It takes different time for different cities to apply for social security cards, generally speaking, it takes about half a month.

Legal basis: Article 74 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law. The social insurance agency shall obtain the data needed for social insurance work through business handling, statistics and investigation, and the relevant units and individuals shall provide it in a timely and truthful manner. The social insurance agency shall establish a file for the employer in a timely manner, completely and accurately record the social insurance data such as personnel's participation in social insurance and payment, and properly keep the original vouchers for registration and declaration and accounting vouchers for payment and settlement. The social insurance agency shall timely, completely and accurately record the individual's personal rights and interests such as social insurance payment, employer's payment and social insurance benefits, and regularly send the personal rights and interests records to me free of charge. Employers and individuals can inquire and check the records of payment and social insurance benefits from social insurance agencies free of charge, and ask social insurance agencies to provide social insurance consultation and other related services.