How do foreigners apply for Shanghai medical insurance card?

Legal analysis: the social security relationship unit handled by your work unit applies to the social security center.

Related to applying for social security card:

About the allocation target:

At present, the social security card in this city is issued to people with permanent residence in this city and 16 years old or older. In order to make it more convenient and beneficial to the people, the Measures (revised draft) has expanded the distribution targets of social security cards, and made it clear that people with permanent residence in this city and people in China who come to Shanghai to participate in social insurance in this city can apply for social security cards (Article 4); Overseas personnel who participate in social insurance in this Municipality shall issue social security cards with reference to these Measures (Article 37).

Awarded to:

People with permanent residence in this city, as well as people from China who come to Shanghai to participate in social insurance in this city, can apply for social security cards.

Card information:

The social security card shows the cardholder's name, photo, social security number, bank card number and other personal information items. According to the industry standard of social security card, the basic information of the cardholder and related business rights and interests information items are recorded in the chip.

Validity period:

The validity period of the social security card is set according to the age of the cardholder when applying for the social security card:

(1)7 to 25 years old, valid for 10 year;

(2)26 to 45 years old, valid for 20 years;

(3) Those over 46 years old have long-term validity;

(4) Under 7 years of age, the date of reaching 7 years of age is the expiration date.

Legal basis: Article 2 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance, etc., to guarantee citizens' right to receive material assistance from the state and society in case of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.