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Apply for benefits online. Keep up-to-date about the status of your application, your benefit data and the payment dates. Log in using your online banking codes or a mobile certificate.
How will the benefits from Kela change in 2019?
The new year means changes to for instance the family benefits. Furthermore, a small increase will be paid for instance to the guarantee pension and the basic social assistance.
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Social assistance
Social assistance is a temporary form of financial support which is available only after you have applied for any other social security benefits to which you may be entitled.
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Kela’s new discussion forum for international situations opened -
Kela sends out nearly 40,000 preliminary decisions on the recovery of overpaid student financial aid -
Preliminary results of the basic income experiment: self-perceived wellbeing improved, during the first year no effects on employment -
Brexit may have some effects on benefits provided by Kela