Shanghai can't get maternity benefits without a birth permit.

Because the following materials are required to apply for maternity allowance:

1. A copy of the social security card of the insured employee;

2. Copies of birth certificate, birth certificate and only child certificate;

3. Copy of maternity hospitalization invoice and discharge summary (stamped with the seal of hospital visit);

4. unit certificate (including employee's name, age, ID number and start and end date of maternity leave);

5. The original copies of the reimbursement materials shall be provided for review.

Requirements when applying for maternity allowance:

1. Childbearing women with rural household registration in this city, whether working or unemployed, have participated in urban social insurance in this city and established personal accounts according to regulations;

2. Working women who are not registered in this city have established labor relations with the employer and given birth during the period of working in the unit and participating in the five insurances of urban social insurance in this city;

3. Employees who enjoy maternity insurance benefits shall comply with the national, provincial and municipal family planning regulations, and the employer has paid for them continuously for more than 6 months;

4. Payment shall be based on the time of normal insurance payment, and the overdue time before normal insurance payment cannot be counted.

to sum up, maternity allowance refers to the living expenses paid by professional women when they leave their jobs due to childbirth, and it is a cash compensation for the loss of income of female employees, with the purpose of ensuring the basic living needs of female employees during maternity leave.

Legal basis:

Article 53 of the Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China

Employees shall participate in maternity insurance, and the employer shall pay the maternity insurance premium according to the state regulations, but the employees shall not pay the maternity insurance premium.

Article 54

If the employer has paid maternity insurance premiums, its employees shall enjoy maternity insurance benefits; Unemployed spouses of employees enjoy maternity medical expenses in accordance with state regulations. The required funds are paid from the maternity insurance fund.

Maternity insurance benefits include maternity medical expenses and maternity allowance.

Article 55

Maternity medical expenses include the following items:

(1) Maternity medical expenses;

(2) medical expenses for family planning;

(3) other project expenses stipulated by laws and regulations.