If a social security card is not activated for more than 6 months can it be activated subsequently?

The social security card will expire if it is not activated. The activation time for most provinces is 6 months, if the cardholder does not activate the card after the expiration date, the social security card will expire, and the cardholder needs to re-apply for the social security card. Therefore, after receiving the social security card, the cardholder needs to go to the designated bank in time to activate.

Legal basis: Article 2 of the Measures for the Administration of the Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China

The social security card referred to in these Measures refers to the integrated circuit card issued for the public, which is mainly applied to the government's social management and public **** services in the field of human resources and social security.

The social security card is the cardholder to enjoy the rights and interests of social security and public **** employment services electronic vouchers, with information records, information query, business processing and other basic functions.

Article 16

The human resources and social security departments at the provincial and prefectural levels that have been approved to issue social security cards shall formulate clear regulations for the application and management of social security cards, and release them to the society through expressly stating them in the places of service and publicizing them on the government website.

Social security card application management regulations should include the following:

(a) social security card function, purpose;

(b) social security card issuance object, application conditions, application procedures;

(d) social security card damage, loss of loss, reissuance procedures;

(e) card issuance organization, cardholders and other The rights and obligations of the relevant parties.