How long does it take to get a social security card?

It usually takes three to four months to issue a new social security card. The social security process is as follows:

1. Go to the individual payment window of the social security agency where the household registration is located, collect and fill in the application form for individual payment of social insurance, and sign a contract to entrust a bank to collect social insurance premiums;

2. Collect the social insurance contract from the entrusting bank and affix the official seal to the bank;

3. With the information required for insurance, the application form for individual payment of social insurance, and the contract for collecting social insurance premiums from the entrusted bank, go through the insurance formalities at the personal window of the social security agency in the area where the household registration is located;

4. If you need to apply for a labor security card, you must come in person to apply for it, and provide a copy of your ID card (the original inspection) and a digital photo receipt of the second-generation ID card network photo library approved by the municipal public security organ.

Social security (individual) cards are issued to urban employees, unemployed people and retirees, and social security (employer) cards are issued to employers. Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said that it will take about five years to make social security cards generally have financial functions.

Social security cards have a wide range of functions. Cardholders can not only use the card for real-time settlement of medical insurance personal accounts, but also handle endowment insurance affairs; Apply for job registration and unemployment registration, apply for unemployment insurance, and apply for employment training; Apply for labor ability appraisal and enjoy work-related injury insurance benefits; Handling labor and social security affairs online.

Legal basis: Article 16 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Individuals who participate in the basic old-age insurance will receive the basic old-age pension on a monthly basis if they have paid a total of fifteen years when they reach the statutory retirement age.

Article 28

Medical expenses that meet the basic medical insurance drug list, diagnosis and treatment items, medical service facilities standards and emergency rescue shall be paid by the basic medical insurance fund in accordance with state regulations.