How to apply for disability allowance for persons aged 16 years or over
Apply for disability allowance for persons aged 16 years or over for yourself
Apply for disability allowance for persons aged 16 years or over on behalf of another person
How to apply for disability allowance for persons aged 16 years or over for yourself
- Apply for disability allowance for persons aged 16 years or over online. Please note that our e-service is only available in Finnish and Swedish.
- Applications for the continued payment of the allowance and for an increased allowance can be made on the same form. Applications for continued payment of the disability allowance should be filed within six months of the end of the previous payment period.
- Scan or take a photo of the attachments and send them online. Enclose with your application:
- Up-to-date medical statement C (no older than six months) or medical statement B, if it includes the details needed when processing the application.
Visit the OmaKela-service to see if your application has been decided and the amount of the benefit. You can also see any possible reminders concerning, for instance, documents missing from your application. A written decision on your claim will be sent to you by post.
Alternatively you can complete and print out the form Care allowance for pensioners / Disability allowance for persons aged 16 years or over (EV 256e, PDF). Send your application by post along with the supporting documents to Kela, PL 10, 00056 KELA.
How to apply for disability allowance for persons aged 16 years or over on behalf of another person
- Complete the form Care allowance for pensioners / Disability allowance for persons aged 16 years or over (EV 256e, PDF).
- Applications for the continued payment of the allowance and for an increased allowance can be made on the same form. Applications for continued payment of the disability allowance should be filed within six months of the end of the previous payment period.
- Enclose with your application:
- Up-to-date medical statement C (no older than six months) or medical statement B, if it includes the details needed when processing the application.
- Send the application using the OmaKela e-service:
- Save the completed claim form on your device. Note that the claim must be in PDF format.
- Log in to OmaKela Go to Asioi toisen henkilön puolesta (Act on behalf of another person).
- Select Tee hakemus. It is only available in Finnish and Swedish. Select Vammaistuet and Hae 16 vuotta täyttäneen vammaistukea.
- Select the claim on your device and press Lähetä.
- When you send your claim online you don’t need to sign it.
- If you have supporting documents, sent them via OmaKela after you have submitted your claim. If they are paper documents, you can photograph or scan them.
Visit the OmaKela-service to see if your application has been decided and the amount of the benefit. You can also see any possible reminders concerning, for instance, documents missing from your application. A written decision on your claim will be sent to you by post. If you have expenses which are caused by an illness and which you declared in the application, we may ask you further information if the expenses could be relevant to the amount of your allowance.
Do you act on behalf of another adult?
Acting on someone’s behalf always requires that an adult has authorised another adult to manage their affairs. In the OmaKela e-service, customers must grant a so-called Suomi.fi mandate to the person they wish to authorise. The mandate is called Sosiaaliturvan etuusasioiden hoitaminen (Handling of matters related to social security benefits). Visit Suomi.fi to grant a mandate.
It is possible to manage another person’s affairs by phone, by mail or by visiting a customer service point with a power of attorney. Learn more about how to issue a power of attorney.
When to apply
Kela grants the benefit for a maximum of six months retrospectively. Retroactive payment is always considered from case to case.
An estate can not apply for the benefit.