How many days can I use the social security card after activation?

Under normal circumstances, the social security card can be used after activation. However, the medical insurance account number in the social security card cannot be used immediately, and it needs to be paid continuously for more than three months before it can be used normally. Social security includes endowment insurance, medical insurance, maternity insurance, industrial injury insurance and unemployment insurance. Different types of insurance can make the insured enjoy different treatment.

What are the activation methods of social security cards?

1. The insured person activates the social security card at the local social security agency with his ID card and social security card, and can use it normally after completing the activation procedures.

2. Go to the designated medical insurance hospital, or you can use the social security card to directly enable the social security function. When the insured uses the social security card to see a doctor in a designated hospital for the first time, they need to register according to normal procedures, and then use the social security card to settle accounts.

3. Insured persons can also carry social security cards and activate them at local designated medical insurance pharmacies. When using it for the first time, insert the social security card and enter the corresponding password to use it.

4. You can also activate the social security card on WeChat and Alipay according to everyone's method in Shanghai.

To sum up, under normal circumstances, the social security card can be used after it is activated, and the medical insurance can only be used in the fourth month after the continuous insurance payment is over 3 months.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Article 58

The employing unit shall, within 30 days from the date of employment, apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration for its employees. 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.