Old social security card must be replaced with a new one?

The old social security card does not necessarily have to be replaced by a new one, in today's world, the old social security card can also be used normally, but it is generally recommended to replace it with a new one, because the new generation of social security card has a very wide range of roles, not only replacing the function of the original social security card for the swipe of the medical insurance expenses, but also has the financial application function of the ordinary bank card.

Participants who want to replace their social security cards with new ones can bring their valid ID cards and old social security cards to their local social security bureaus or card-issuing banks to go through the procedures of replacing their cards.

Legal basis

Qingdao Municipal Social Security Card Management Measures, Article 4 The social security card face style, coding rules, chip structure and key system follow the national unified standards. The social security number is unique for each person and remains unchanged for life. Social security card number as a unique labeling of each social security card, change the card is to change the number. Article 23 If the cardholder needs to change the card-issuing bank, the original card shall be canceled according to the regulations. Students and children have applied for a social security card without a photo, need to change the social security card printed with their own photo information, the original card-issuing bank is responsible for the replacement.