How often do I need to change my social security card?

The validity period of China's social security card is related to the cardholder's age, and the specific validity period is consistent with the ID card. At the time of issuing the card, if the applicant is under the age of 16, the social security card is valid for 6 years, 10 for those aged from 16 to 26, and 20 years for those aged from 26 to 60. Over 60 years old, long-term effective. If the validity period is not displayed on the social security card, you can match the above validity period according to the age when issuing the card, and you can get an approximate validity period.

The expiration of the social security card will affect the medical insurance reimbursement and pension collection, so it should be replaced in advance before the expiration, because the social security card replacement is not timely, sometimes it takes more than ten days and a half months.

Legal basis: Article 74 of the Measures for the Administration of Social Security Cards of the People's Republic of China.

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 contributions to social insurance, the employer's contributions and the enjoyment of social insurance benefits and other personal rights and interests records, 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.