How many social security cards can a person handle?

One person can apply for 1 social security card, and only one card can be applied.

If there are two social security accounts, you can apply for the merger of social security accounts in different places according to the National Administrative Measures for the Transfer and Continuation of Social Security Relations, and transfer the social security relationship to one.

The process of paying social insurance is as follows:

1. Go to the individual payment window of the social security agency to collect and fill in the Social Insurance Individual Payment Declaration Form and the Contract for Entrusting Banks to Collect Social Insurance Fees;

2, with the official seal of the bank "commissioned by the bank to collect social insurance contract";

3. With the required insurance information, social insurance individual payment declaration form and entrusted bank social insurance premium collection contract, go through the insurance formalities at the individual payment window of the social security agency in the area where the household registration is located;

4. If you need to apply for a labor security card, you must come in person to apply for it, and provide a copy of your ID card (the original inspection) and a digital photo receipt of the second-generation ID card network photo library approved by the municipal public security organ.

To sum up, because social security cards are not universal in China at present, one person can have one social security card in all provinces of the country, so one person can have multiple social security cards. A person can only have one social security account. Although there are multiple social security cards, it does not mean that they can all be used normally. Only those who pay continuously can use it normally.

Legal basis:

Article 2 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law

The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance, so as to guarantee citizens' right to receive material assistance from the state and society in accordance with the law when they are old, sick, injured, unemployed and have children.

Article 4 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law

Employers and individuals in People's Republic of China (PRC) pay social insurance premiums according to law, and have the right to inquire about payment records and personal rights records, and require social insurance agencies to provide social insurance consultation and other related services.

Article 74

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.