Must you bring a guardian to activate your social security card if you're under 16?

You must bring a guardian to activate your Social Security card if you are under 16.

Guardians include:

1. parents;

2. grandparents;

3. brother or sister;

4. other individuals or organizations willing to act as a guardian, but only with the consent of the residents' committee, the villagers' committee, or the civil affairs department of the minor's residence.

The process of applying for social security card is as follows:

1, the insured unit with the introduction letter of the unit, the insured person with his valid ID and photo to the card management center to get or print the local "social security card information collection registration form";

2, the insured person of the "social security card information collection registration form" to improve and on the basic information (name, identity card number, ethnicity, Photo, contact phone number and address, etc.) for review, paste a copy of the ID card and sign to confirm;

3, with a work unit stamped with the official seal of the unit and submitted to the card management center, without a work unit directly submitted to the card management center and receive the acceptance of the receipt;

4, according to the acceptance of the receipt of the agreed time and place or telephone notification to collect the social security card. If the application for the social security card is made by another person, it is necessary to provide the original and a copy of the valid identification documents of both the person making the application and the insured person. If the insured unit does not provide centralized batch application, the insured person can go to the card management center of the insured city or county to apply for the card on an individual basis with his/her valid ID.

In summary, the social security card and ID card is bound, so an ID number can only correspond to a social security card. The social security card adopts the national unified standard full, social security number in accordance with the relevant provisions of the relevant citizenship number.

Legal basis:

Article 4 of the Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China

According to the law, employers and individuals within the territory of the People's Republic of China shall pay social insurance premiums, and shall have the right to inquire into the records of premium payment and individual rights and interests, and to request the social insurance agencies to provide social insurance consulting and other related services. Individuals enjoy social insurance benefits in accordance with the law, and have the right to supervise the payment of contributions on their behalf by their own units.

Article 58

An employer shall, within thirty days from the date of employment, apply for social insurance registration with the social insurance administration organization for its employees. If it fails to register for social insurance, the social insurance administration organization shall approve the social insurance premiums it shall pay. Individual entrepreneurs without employees who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time workers who do not participate in social insurance with their employers, and other flexibly employed persons shall apply for social insurance registration with the social insurance administration organization. The State establishes a nationally unified individual social security number. The individual social security number is a citizen's identity number. The role of the social security number