How soon can I get the social security card?

General social security can get the card within three months. Details are as follows:

1, if the unit is insured, the unit will issue it to the individual after receiving it uniformly;

2. If an individual is insured, he will go to the Social Security Bureau with his ID card.

Social security cards have eight main functions:

1, personal social security related information records, electronic certificates and information inquiry, etc. ;

2. Record the insured's name, ID number, date of birth, gender, nationality, household registration and other basic information;

3, query my pension, unemployment, medical care, work injury and maternity insurance payment;

4. You can take the card to the hospital and go to the pharmacy to buy medicine;

5 for medical care, unemployment, pension, work injury, maternity and other social security affairs;

6. Query the total amount of endowment insurance and medical insurance;

7. Handle social security affairs such as receiving pensions, job hunting and unemployment registration, and even participate in vocational training;

8. It will have multiple functions of a card, such as paying water and electricity bills, swiping a card by bus and electronic wallet.

Legal basis: Article 11 of the Administrative Measures of the People's Republic of China on Social Security Cards.

The third-party organization that undertakes the production of social security cards selected by the card-issuing area shall have a safe production environment that meets the requirements of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, have strict safety management measures in the process of data storage, transmission and use and card transportation, and can ensure the safety of social security card data and keys.

Article 12

For initial business card printing and replacement of card suppliers and products, test cards must be made in a regular business card printing environment, and they can be formally made and distributed only after passing the standard compliance audit, safety audit and cross-regional universality test organized by the Office of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Informatization Leading Group.

Article 13

Card-issuing areas should formulate a scientific and reasonable distribution process in accordance with the principle of convenience for cardholders, so as to facilitate cardholders to issue social security cards.