How long does it take for an individual to apply for a Shanghai social security card?

It takes different time for different cities to apply for social security cards, generally speaking, it takes about half a month.

Basic information such as the cardholder's name, gender and citizenship number, as well as the cardholder's personal status (employment, unemployment, retirement, etc.) are recorded on the social security card face and card. ) marked in the card, you can record the cardholder's social insurance payment, pension insurance personal account information, medical insurance personal account information, professional qualifications and skills, working experience, work-related injuries and occupational diseases.

Social security card is the electronic certificate for workers to work in the field of labor security. Cardholders can use their cards to seek medical treatment and settle medical insurance personal accounts; You can handle endowment insurance affairs with your card; You can apply to the relevant departments for job registration and unemployment registration, unemployment insurance and employment training; You can apply for labor ability appraisal with your card and enjoy work-related injury insurance benefits.

Social security card is also the key for workers to open the door to contact system. With this key, cardholders can query information online and handle labor and social security affairs online in the future.

Social security card processing flow:

Flexible employees (including those who pay medical insurance premiums and those who receive unemployment benefits, the same below) need to go through the following procedures to update their social security cards on an individual basis:

1. After the service point of the social security agency where the insured is located (hereinafter referred to as the service point) receives the notice, I will go to the service point to apply for a social security card with the original and copy of my ID card.

2. The service personnel provide the individual with the confirmation form of card issuing service, and the individual confirms the card issuing bank on the spot, and then prints the application registration form and submits it to the individual for filling in.

3. If you apply for the registration form to print a personal second-generation card photo, the individual may authorize the use of the photo to print the business card without collecting electronic photos; If not, individuals need to take photos of the second-generation card in the photo studio that has been included in the electronic photo collection service unit of the social security card in our city (see the "Social Security Card" column on the homepage of our social security website for the list of photo studios), and paste the photo receipt in the corresponding position of the application registration form.

4 carefully check, supplement or modify the information on the application registration form, and return it to the service point within the prescribed time limit.

5. After checking the application registration form and other related materials submitted by individuals, the staff of the service point shall sign for confirmation by both parties.

6. After successfully submitting the application registration form and other related materials at the service point for 30 working days, I will take my original ID card to the social security card of the issuing bank to get the card and go through the card activation procedures.

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