Entering service?
- Find out if you, your partner or your child are entitled to conscript’s allowance.
Conscript's allowance can be paid in the form of housing assistance, assistance towards interest payments on student loans, basic assistance, special assistance and maintenance assistance.
Learn more about the conscript's allowance. - Apply for conscript’s allowance
You cannot apply for conscript’s allowance retroactively. You can submit an application for conscript’s allowance approximately one month before entering military service. If your partner is entitled to conscript’s allowance, they must submit their own application.
How to apply for conscript's allowance. - Notify Kela if you interrupt your service
If your service is interrupted, your right to conscript's allowance ends. Other changes in your circumstances can also affect your conscript’s allowance. Please let us know if there are changes in, for example, your income.
Report changes. - Back to civilian life What now?
Do you have a job lined up or will you go back to school? Any social security benefits you may have received before entering service (such as financial aid for students) are not resumed automatically. Remember to re-apply for them. If you do not have a job or a place in education, register as a jobseeker with TE Services.
Go to the TE Services website (in Finnish). - Going to refresher training?
You can get conscript’s allowance if you participate in refresher training or supplementary service.
How to apply for conscript's allowance.
What else is going on in your life?
Changes in your personal circumstances, whether large or small, can affect your Kela benefits.
Do you receive general housing allowance?
Your general housing allowance will not be discontinued because you enter military or non-military service. In addition to the general housing allowance, you can receive housing assistance for conscripts. However, you must apply for a review of your housing allowance.
Do you receive student financial aid or housing supplement for students?
You cannot get student financial aid or housing supplement for students while in service. If you get student financial aid, you must tell Kela that you are starting your service.
Starting or ending a relationship
Have your benefits reviewed if you move in with your partner, get married or separate.
Kela benefits for young people
There are many benefits available from Kela for young people who are starting an independent life and have a low income.
Current topics
Is your military service coming to an end?
Remember to get your Kela-related matters sorted out.
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