Can I go back to my hometown to retire after paying the fifteenth social security in different places?

Yes, you can. Legal basis Article 6 of the Interim Measures for the Transfer and Continuation of the Basic Old-age Insurance for Employees of Urban Enterprises: If the insured persons who are employed across provinces meet the conditions for receiving benefits, the place for receiving benefits shall be determined according to the following provisions:

1. If the basic old-age insurance relationship is located at the domicile, the domicile shall be responsible for handling the formalities for receiving benefits and enjoying the basic old-age insurance benefits.

2. If the basic old-age insurance relationship is not located in the domicile, but the accumulated payment period in the locality of the basic old-age insurance relationship reaches 10 years, the local treatment collection procedures shall be handled and the local basic old-age insurance benefits shall be enjoyed.

3. If the basic old-age insurance relationship is not located at the domicile, and the accumulated payment period in the locality of the basic old-age insurance relationship is less than 10 year, and the payment period of the basic old-age insurance relationship is 10 year, you can go through the formalities of receiving benefits and enjoy the basic old-age insurance benefits.

4. If the basic old-age insurance relationship is not located in the domicile, and the accumulated payment period in each insured place is less than 10 years, the basic old-age insurance relationship and corresponding funds shall be collected in the domicile, and the domicile shall go through the formalities for receiving the benefits according to the regulations and enjoy the basic old-age insurance benefits.