Higher education students can now pay the healthcare fee to Kela.
The fee must be paid by all students who are completing a degree at a Finnish institution of higher education and have registered as attending for the term in question.
Use the OmaKela e-service to pay the healthcare fee. The healthcare fee is EUR 36.80 per term.
The due date for the spring term is 15 March, if you register as attending by 31 January.
If you cannot use OmaKela for instance because you do not have Finnish banking credentials, please pay the fee to Kela as a bank transfer.
Read more: kela.fi/healthcarefee
Please note that there are exceptions for international students and you are not liable to pay if have social security coverage from another EU/EEA country, Switzerland, Great Britain or Northern Ireland or if you have social security coverage from the EU.