What are the consequences of not activating the social security card for three or four years?

The social security card has not been activated for three or four years and cannot be used. The activation time of the new social security card is within six months from the date when the insured or the insured unit handles the card from the social security card processing window. If it is not activated within the time limit, the original medical insurance card will be restricted. The applicant should hold his original valid identity document and social security card to the cooperative financial institution to activate the social security card bank account. The financial function of the social security card can only be used after the bank account of the social security card is activated.

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

Article 74

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 personal rights and interests such as social insurance payment, employer's payment and social insurance benefits, 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. ?