Can foreign social security be transferred to Shanghai?

Legal analysis: Yes. After the insured establishes the basic old-age insurance relationship in the new place of employment and pays the fee, the employer or the insured shall submit a written application for the transfer and continuation of the basic old-age insurance relationship to the social security agency in the new place of insurance. The social security agency of the newly insured place will review the application for transfer and continuation within 15 working days, send a consent letter to the social security agency where the insured person's original basic old-age insurance relationship is located, and provide relevant information; Do not meet the transfer conditions, make a written explanation to the applicant or the insured.

Legal basis: Article 58 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law. The employing unit shall handle social insurance registration for employees within 30 days from the date of employment. 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.