The due date for the student healthcare fee is 15 March
Students attending a traditional university or a university of applied sciences must pay a healthcare fee to Kela. The fee must be paid for each term. Kela does not send a bill for the fee, so students must make sure to pay it on their own initiative.
You can now pay the healthcare fee for the spring and autumn terms of 2024. The due date for the spring term is 15 March. The due date for the autumn term is 15 November.
Kela sends a letter with payment instructions before the due date for payment to students who are required to pay the fee but have not paid it. This letter is sent twice a year, approximately three weeks before the due date of the fee. If you have updated your information in OmaKela to go paperless, you will receive a text message or email when the letter is available to read in OmaKela.
You can pay the healthcare fee via Kela’s e-service OmaKela (available in Finnish and Swedish only). If you cannot use the e-service for instance because you do not have Finnish online banking credentials, please pay the fee to Kela as a bank transfer.
You do not have to pay the healthcare fee if you have social security coverage from another EU/EEA country, Switzerland, Great Britain or Northern Ireland.