I applied for a social security card from other provinces. Can I still apply locally?

You can't. Social security card and ID card are bound, so one ID number can only correspond to one social security card. The social security card adopts the national unified standard, and the social security number adopts the citizenship number in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

Social security card is a card with both financial function and medical insurance settlement function, and its financial function can be used nationwide. However, at present, the medical insurance function of social security card has not been extended to the whole country, and the problem of medical insurance settlement in different places has not been completely solved among provinces and cities in China. Therefore, many provinces and cities only allow the insured to own and only own a second-generation social security card in the insured city, and restrict the medical insurance function to be used only locally.

Information required to apply for a social security card:

1. Copy of ID card (double-sided copy);

2. The insured who has not applied for the second-generation ID card or lost the second-generation ID card shall provide a copy of his household registration page;

3. Special people need to provide copies of special documents. Social insurance is a kind of guarantee provided by the state compulsory unit to protect the rights and interests of workers.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Article 64

Social insurance funds include basic endowment insurance fund, basic medical insurance fund, industrial injury insurance fund, unemployment insurance fund and maternity insurance fund. In addition to the basic medical insurance fund and maternity insurance fund combined accounting, other social insurance funds are accounted for separately according to social insurance types. Social insurance funds implement a unified accounting system throughout the country. The social insurance fund is earmarked for special purposes, and no organization or individual may occupy or misappropriate it. The basic old-age insurance fund will gradually implement national overall planning, and other social insurance funds will gradually implement provincial overall planning. The specific time and steps shall be stipulated by the State Council.