Do you have to pay social security for 15 years in one place to get it?

Hello, you don't have to pay social security 15 years in one place, and the insured's payment years in different places are calculated together, which means that as long as you can pay social security 180 months (15 years) in all parts of the country before retirement age, you can receive a pension. Before retirement, you can transfer the social security paid by all parts of the country to the cities that are ready to retire. The principle of determining the retirement city shall refer to Article 6 of the Interim Measures for the Transfer and Continuation of the Basic Old-age Insurance for Employees of Urban Enterprises (No.66 [2009] of the State Council).

Legal basis:

Article 16 of the Social Insurance Law: Individuals who participate in the basic old-age insurance will receive the basic old-age pension on a monthly basis when they reach the statutory retirement age and have accumulated contributions for fifteen years.

Individuals who participate in the basic old-age insurance and pay less than fifteen years when they reach the statutory retirement age can pay for fifteen years and receive the basic pension on a monthly basis; Can also be transferred to the new rural social endowment insurance or urban residents' social endowment insurance, enjoy the corresponding pension insurance benefits in accordance with the provisions of the State Council.

Article 19 in the Social Insurance Law, if an individual is employed across the overall planning area, his basic old-age insurance relationship will be transferred accordingly, and the payment period will be calculated cumulatively. When an individual reaches the statutory retirement age, the basic pension is calculated in stages and distributed uniformly. Specific measures shall be formulated by the State Council.

Article 3 of the Interim Measures for the Transfer and Continuation of Basic Old-age Insurance for Employees in Urban Enterprises (Guo Ban Fa [2009] No.66): If the insured person is employed across provinces, the social insurance agency of the original insured place (hereinafter referred to as the social insurance agency) will issue the insurance payment certificate, and the basic old-age insurance relationship will be transferred to the new insured place. If the insured reaches the conditions for receiving the basic old-age insurance benefits, the payment period of insurance premiums will be calculated together, and the amount of personal account storage (including principal and interest, the same below) will be calculated cumulatively; Before reaching the age of receiving treatment, the basic old-age insurance relationship shall not be terminated, and the procedures for surrender shall be handled; Settle abroad and settle in Hongkong, Macao and Taiwan Province Province, according to the relevant provisions of the state.

Article 6 of the Interim Measures for the Transfer and Continuation of the Basic Old-age Insurance for Employees of Urban Enterprises (Guo Ban Fa [2009] No.66): If the insured who is employed in inter-provincial mobility meets the conditions for receiving benefits, the place where they receive benefits shall be determined according to the following provisions:

(a) the basic old-age insurance relationship in the domicile, the domicile is responsible for receiving treatment procedures, enjoy the basic old-age insurance benefits.

(2) If the basic old-age insurance relationship is not located in the domicile, but the accumulated payment period in the domicile of the basic old-age insurance relationship has reached 10 years, the local treatment collection procedures shall be handled and the local basic old-age insurance benefits shall be enjoyed.

(3) If the basic old-age insurance relationship is not located at the domicile, and the cumulative payment period in the locality where the basic old-age insurance relationship is located is less than 10 year, the basic old-age insurance relationship will be transferred back to the original insured place, and the payment period will be 10 year, thus enjoying the basic old-age insurance benefits.

(4) If the basic old-age insurance relationship is not located at the domicile, and the accumulated payment period in each insured place is less than 10 year, the basic old-age insurance relationship and corresponding funds shall be collected at the domicile, and the domicile shall go through the formalities for receiving the benefits according to regulations and enjoy the basic old-age insurance benefits.