Parliament has decided on an amendment to the Act on Child Maintenance Allowance, following which Kela is obliged to notify the wellbeing services county of changes in the economic situation of the parent liable to provide maintenance and repeated exemptions from payment of child support debt. The intention is to strengthen the primary nature of the child support in securing maintenance for the child. The legislative amendment will enter into force on 1 January 2026.

Kela obliged to report changes in the economic situation of parents liable to provide maintenance

The amendments of Kela’s governing law enable increased use of digitalisation and improve the safety of the personnel.

Amendment of Kela’s governing law: the names of claims determination specialists to be removed from decisions, increase in online contacts and more extensive access to information for Kela

Kela would like to remind its customers to check the income ceiling of their 2025 tax card and, if necessary, to request a new tax card from the Tax Administration. By doing so, you can make sure your Kela benefits are taxed correctly at the right withholding rate.

Check the income ceiling of your tax card – are your Kela benefits taxed correctly?

The change is part of an EU reform to improve the exchange of health data and the quality of care in Europe. The use of patient data outside Finland requires that the patient has given their consent to do so in MyKanta.

Treatment of Finnish patients in Estonia will become easier – Estonian healthcare will soon be able to utilise Finnish patient data

The Government has proposed an increase to the maternity grant as part of the Government budget proposal for 2026. If Parliament approves the proposal, the maternity grant will increase by EUR 40 as of 1 April 2026.

Government proposes an increase to the maternity grant – to be valued at EUR 210 as of 1 April 2026

The reimbursements from Kela for the costs of appointments with a doctor in private practice will increase from 8 euros to 30 euros as of 1 January 2024. The reimbursements from Kela for psychiatric care and for dental examinations performed by a dentist will also increase.

Increased reimbursements from Kela for private medical care

Children and young persons under 18 who have fled the war in Ukraine may be entitled to social assistance, if they are permanently resident in Finland and their parents cannot provide for them and they have no other means of securing a living. The adult who cares for the child is entitled to child benefit.

Minors who come from Ukraine to Finland without their families can get benefits from Kela

The new version of MyKanta will be launched in stages from autumn 2023. We are actively listening to users as we develop the service. The first functionality that you will be able to try out in the new version of MyKanta is the Prescriptions section.

The launch of the new version of MyKanta has begun – renew your prescription and give us feedback 

Changes will be made to the general housing allowance as of 1 January 2025, reducing the amount of housing allowance for some customers and stopping it altogether for some. The changes mean that assets will be taken into account when calculating the amount of housing allowance, and the benefit will no longer be available for owner-occupied homes. The aim of these cuts is to attain savings in public finances.

There will be cuts to the general housing allowance

We want to hear from our customers. Answer our new survey and tell us about your experiences using our service channels and how we could improve them. You can fill out the survey in Kela’s Customer Community until 26 October 2025 if you are a member of the community and have used Kela’s services within the last year.

Give your opinion to help Kela improve its service channels

Kela monitors the study progress of students in upper secondary education and higher education on a yearly basis. Students are required to make satisfactory progress with their studies in order to get financial aid for students and housing supplement from Kela.

Kela asks approximately 21,000 students to explain lack of progress in their studies – some may lose their benefits

As of October 2025, all payments made to Kela must be addressed to Kansaneläkelaitos for the payment to be transmitted correctly. If you enter some other name in the field where you have to write down the name of the payment recipient (payee), your bank may tell you that the payment information does not match.

Banks begin verifying payee names in October – use Kansaneläkelaitos in all payments to Kela

The periodic reviews of the housing allowance for pensioners at year-end may cause delays in the processing of applications. The payment of the housing allowance is not interrupted if the application is submitted to Kela in time.

Housing allowance for pensioners reviewed every two years – file the application for review in time

You can confirm your identity in advance in the OmaKela e-service before you call our customer service. Confirming your identity in advance ensures faster and more secure service. You can also submit a call request for customer service by phone in Finnish, Swedish or English in OmaKela.

Confirm your identity before you call for faster customer service on the phone

Дитина віком до 18 років, яка втекла з України, рятуючись від війни, може мати право отримати соціальну допомогу на засоби для існування, якщо вона постійно проживає у Фінляндії, і її батьки не в змозі дбати про її утримання та вона не може іншим чином отримати достатні засоби до існування. Доросла особа, яка доглядає за дитиною, має право на дитячу допомогу. (in Ukrainian)

Неповнолітня особа, яка приїхала до Фінляндії з України без сім’ї, може отримувати соціальну допомогу від Kela (in Ukrainian)

Kela has issued an invitation to tender for an additional procurement round for the products included in the 2026 maternity package. The additional procurement round is a consequence of the upcoming increase in the value of the maternity grant.

Additional procurement round for the 2026 edition of the maternity package has begun

Ребёнок или подросток в возрасте до 18 лет, бежавший от войны в Украине, может иметь право на пособие по обеспечению прожиточного минимума, если он постоянно проживает в Финляндии, и его родители не в состоянии его обеспечить, или он не может иным образом получить прожиточный минимум. Взрослый, на иждивении которого находится ребёнок, имеет право на получение пособия на ребёнка. (in Russian)

Несовершеннолетний ребёнок, приехавший в Финляндию из Украины без семьи, может получать пособия Kela (in Russian)

In autumn 2025, Kela launches a pilot study to test a new type of credit Kela can grant for medicine costs. During the pilot study, low-income customers can apply for interest-free credit from Kela to help them pay high medicine costs.

Kela piloting interest-free medicine cost credit – securing the continuity of prescription medicine use a priority

There are changes in the opening hours of Kela’s customer service due to the holidays over Christmas and New Year. The holidays also affect the due dates of benefit applications and the payment dates of benefits. You can handle almost all benefit-related matters in the OmaKela e-service.

Contact Kela in time before Christmas – changes in payment dates due to holidays 

The amounts of child support and child maintenance allowance will decrease on 1 January 2026 in response to a change in the cost-of-living index. Persons liable for maintenance must make sure to pay the correct amount of child support.

Changes to the amounts of child support and child maintenance allowance in 2026

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Just nu sprids ett flertal bluffmeddelanden som ser ut att komma från FPA. Via dessa meddelanden försöker brottslingar komma åt finländares bankuppgifter och andra personuppgifter. Till exempel i ett e-postmeddelande kan det utlovas ersättning från FPA.  Mottagaren av meddelandet kan bland annat bli ombedd att öppna länkar, logga in i en e-tjänst med sina bankkoder eller skicka personliga uppgifter. Den information som samlas in genom bluffmeddelanden kan hamna i händerna på brottslingar.  FPA ber aldrig om personuppgifter per e-post eller sms.  Läs mer om bedrägerier.

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The OmaKela e-service for individual customers and the e-services for employers and partner organisations will be unavailable between 6:00 and 20:00 on 13 December due to updates. The appointment booking system will be unavailable between 6:00 and 12:00 on 13 December due to updates. The PDF search function in OmaKela will be unavailable as from 5:00, already before the start of the more extensive downtime.

Henkilöasiakkaiden asiointipalvelu OmaKela sekä työnantajien ja kumppanien asiointipalvelut ovat poissa käytöstä 13.12. klo 6–20 päivitystöiden takia. Ajanvarausjärjestelmä on poissa käytöstä 13.12. klo 6–12 päivitystöiden takia. OmaKelan pdf-haut ovat pois käytöstä klo 5.00 alkaen, jo ennen laajempaa käyttökatkoa. Pahoittelemme katkoista aiheutuvaa haittaa.

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E-services unavailable between 6:00 and 20:00 on 13 December 2025

Asiointipalveluissa käyttökatkoja 13.12.2025 klo 6.00–20.00

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