Can foreign social security cards be used in Shanghai?

Foreign social security cards cannot be used directly in Shanghai. If you need to use it in Shanghai, you can apply for social security transfer and transfer the social security card to Shanghai. The transfer method is as follows:

1. After the insured establishes the basic insurance relationship in the new employment place and pays the fee according to the regulations, the employer or the insured submits a written application for the transfer and continuation of the basic insurance relationship to the social security agency in the new employment place;

2, the new insured social security agencies in the audit application for transfer, to meet the conditions stipulated in these measures, to the insured where the original basic insurance social security agencies issued a letter of acceptance, and provide relevant information; Do not meet the transfer conditions, make a written explanation to the applicant or the insured;

3. After receiving the acceptance letter, the social security agency where the original basic insurance relationship is located shall handle all the transfer and connection procedures. After receiving the basic insurance relationship and funds transferred by the social security agency where the original basic insurance relationship of the insured person is located, the social security agency in the newly insured place shall go through the relevant formalities and notify the employer or the insured person in time after confirmation.

Legal basis: Article 10 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Employees shall participate in the basic old-age insurance, and the employer and employees shall jointly pay the basic old-age insurance premium.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic old-age insurance in the employer and other flexible employees can participate in the basic old-age insurance, and individuals pay the basic old-age insurance premium.

The measures for the endowment insurance of civil servants and staff managed by reference to the Civil Service Law shall be formulated by the State Council.

Article 11

The basic old-age insurance combines social pooling with individual accounts.

The basic old-age insurance fund consists of employers, individual contributions and government subsidies.

Article 12

The employing unit shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium according to the proportion of the total wages of its employees stipulated by the state, and record it in the basic old-age insurance pooling fund.