Do I have to go to the bank to apply for a social security card?

When you go to the bank to apply for a social security card, you can do it yourself or find someone from the employer.

If there is a public institution or a working enterprise, the employment unit will help pay social security, and the social security card is also directly issued by the employment unit. In other words, generally entering an enterprise or unit, the employer will handle social security for each employee. If the unit pays social security, the unit will handle the social security card for the user. But individuals can also go to the bank to handle it. If they are urban flexible employees and rural residents, most village committees and neighborhood committees are responsible for collecting the corresponding materials and finally handing them over to the corresponding banks for unified handling.

Materials required for handling social security cards:

1, ID card and a copy of the front and back of the ID card;

2. For the insured who has not applied for the second-generation ID card or lost the second-generation ID card, provide a copy of the account page;

3. If it is a special group, copies of special certificates should be provided, such as disability certificate, work injury certificate, minimum living allowance, etc.

Social security card activation steps:

1. The insured person carries his/her valid ID card and social security card and goes to the bank where the local social security card belongs to activate the social security card;

2. When carrying a social security card to a designated medical insurance hospital for medical treatment, you can activate the social security card by using the social security card to pay for reimbursement;

3. Take the social security card to the designated pharmacy to buy medicine, and you can activate the social security card when paying.

To sum up, the social security card can be handled by the unit without going to the bank in person.

Legal basis:

Article 57 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law

The employing unit shall, within 30 days from the date of its establishment, apply to the local social insurance agency for social insurance registration with its business license, registration certificate or unit seal. The social insurance agency shall, within fifteen days from the date of receiving the application, examine and issue the social insurance registration certificate. Where the social insurance registration items of the employing unit are changed or the employing unit is terminated according to law, it shall, within 30 days from the date of change or termination, go to the social insurance agency to handle the change or cancellation of social insurance registration.