Can I apply for a social security card in a different place?

With the gradual improvement of the social security network system, social security cards can now be handled in different places. According to official sources, the entity social security card has been generally handled in different places in the province, and some areas have also opened the online application business of the entity social security card. Insured persons can apply for social security cards, enable social security functions, replace social security cards and temporarily report the loss of social security cards online through the national government service platform, PDA 12333APP and other online channels. After submitting the application for physical social security card online, the social security card can be mailed home after it is made. If you want to handle the social security card business in different places, you can consult the relevant staff of the social security department of the insured place to find out whether there is a card business in different places.

In addition to physical social security cards, electronic social security cards can also be handled through various online channels, including the national government service platform, the State Council client WeChat applet, electronic social security card applet, electronic social security card APP, Pocket 12333, and major banks such as industry, agriculture, China, construction, communications, postal savings, investment promotion and Ping An. , Alipay, WeChat, China UnionPay Express, etc. Can complete the collection and collection of electronic social security cards. The functions of electronic social security cards and physical social security cards are the same. Individuals can collect it through multiple channels, or they can choose to activate it only on one platform. If a channel is disassociated, it will not affect the normal use of other channels.

The social security card has the following functions:

As proof of identity, handle relevant business in the field of human society by presenting or swiping a card; In terms of medical insurance, it is used to see a doctor and buy medicine (the medical insurance benefits that the insured can enjoy are stipulated by the medical insurance policy of the insured place, and the local medical insurance department is consulted specifically), and the social security card is also the only card for inter-provincial medical treatment; Used to receive social-related benefits and subsidies such as pensions, unemployment benefits, employment and entrepreneurship subsidies; With the function of bank card, it can handle financial services such as transfer and remittance, cash deposit and withdrawal, credit card consumption, etc. , equivalent to a bank debit card.