Press releases

• 11.12.2019 Changes to Kela’s phone numbers in Finnish and Swedish as of 21 January 2020
• 9.12.2019 Visiting record on My Kanta Pages – nearly 2 million visits in November
• 26.11.2019 Were you granted a place of study? Remember to apply for student financial aid and housing allowance
• 14.11.2019 Adjustments to Kela services during the postal strike
• 11.11.2019 Payments of Kela benefits may be delayed during the postal strike
• 8.11.2019 Payments of Kela benefits may be delayed in the event of a postal strike
• 22.10.2019 Extensive updates to Kela’s website for customers speaking North Sámi
• 16.10.2019 Reminder for students attending school outside Finland to submit documentation about their studies
• 9.10.2019 Organ donation testament can be saved in My Kanta Pages
• 8.10.2019 13,200 higher education students have received a request for information about academic progress
• 4.10.2019 The Social Insurance Institution of Finland to test a new type of digital smart money
• 4.10.2019 40 years of subsidised meals for higher education students
• 26.9.2019 Thousands of eligible students have not applied for the supplementary allowance for the purchase of study materials
• 16.9.2019 When applying for social assistance, it is essential to include a bank statement
• 3.9.2019 Kela finance tree: A visual representation of social security expenditures
• 29.8.2019 Kela’s telephone service in Arabic, Russian and Somali as from 1 September
• 15.8.2019 Reminder for students in higher education to check that they meet the minimum credit requirements for financial aid
• 30.7.2019 Apply for school transport subsidy well in advance
• 15.7.2019 Student loans for the autumn can be taken out starting 1 August
• 27.6.2019 Were you granted a place of study? Remember to apply for student financial aid and housing allowance