I am a foreigner. How to handle social security in Tianjin?

Social security can be handled in different places.

Social security needs the following materials:

1. If an individual pays social security, he/she shall bring a copy of his/her ID card and household registration book to the social security agency for social security;

2 units to pay social security for employees, the unit needs to bring the business license (copy) or other approved practice or establishment certificate, organization code certificate, local tax registration certificate to the social security department to apply.

Social insurance is paid in the following ways:

1. If the employee purchases social insurance through the employer, it shall be withheld and remitted by the employer. After withholding, the employing unit shall inform it of the details of paying social insurance premiums on a monthly basis;

2. Workers who voluntarily participate in social insurance can pay social insurance premiums directly to social insurance premium collection agencies, and workers can pay social insurance premiums directly to social insurance handling centers.

Social insurance refers to a social and economic system that provides income or compensation for people who lose their ability to work, are temporarily unemployed or suffer losses due to health reasons. The main items of social insurance include endowment insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injury insurance and maternity insurance.

Legal basis:

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

Article 60 The employing unit shall declare on its own and pay social insurance premiums in full and on time. Except for legal reasons such as force majeure, the payment shall not be postponed or reduced. The social insurance premiums that employees should pay shall be withheld and remitted by the employer, and the employer shall inform me of the details of paying social insurance premiums on a monthly basis.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in social insurance in the employing units and other flexible employees can pay social insurance premiums directly to the social insurance premium collection agencies. Article 58 An employing unit shall, within 30 days from the date of employment, apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration for its employees.

If the social insurance has not been registered, the social insurance agency shall verify the social insurance premium it should pay. Employees-free individual industrial and commercial households who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time employees who do not participate in social insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees shall apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration.

The state establishes a national unified personal social security number. Personal social security number is a citizen's identity number.