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• Understand an official letter with AI
  A letter from Kela, the Tax Administration or your municipality in plain language in a minute.
• Correct your pre-completed tax return
  Add forgotten deductions in MyTax.
• Apply for general housing allowance
  Calculator, attachments and application step by step.
• Apply for a passport online
  Application, photo and identification without queues.
• Request a review of a decision
  If a decision seems wrong, act within the deadline.
• Registering as an unemployed jobseeker
  Registration, employment plan and benefits.
• Applying for student financial aid
  Student financial aid helps cover your costs while you study.
• Applying for child benefit
  Child benefit is paid for children under 17 who live in Finland.
• Applying for social assistance
  Social assistance is last-resort financial support when your income and assets don't cover essential expenses.
• Getting a driving licence
  Getting a driving licence starts with applying for a driving licence permit.
• Applying for an identity card
  An identity card is an official proof of identity that you can travel with in EU and Schengen countries.
• Making a change of address notification
  A change of address notification updates your address with the authorities and Posti.
• Changing your tax card
  Apply for a revised tax card when your income changes, so that you don't pay too much or too little tax.
• Claiming the household tax deduction
  You claim the household tax deduction either with a revised tax card or in your tax return.
• Applying for sickness allowance
  You apply for sickness allowance from Kela when you can't do your job because of illness.
• Applying for parental leave
  You apply for parental leave and parental allowance from Kela.
• Applying for a pension
  You apply for your pension as your retirement age approaches.
• Reporting changes for housing allowance
  If you receive housing allowance, you must report to Kela any changes that affect it.
• Applying for unemployment benefit
  You apply for unemployment benefit from Kela or an unemployment fund.
• Registering a business
  You register a business in the YTJ service, which passes the details on to the Finnish Patent and Registration Office and the Tax Administration.
• Suomi.fi e-Authorizations
  With Suomi.fi e-Authorizations, you can give someone the right to handle your affairs online, or get the right to handle someone else's.
• Using the Kanta service
  In My Kanta Pages, you can see your health information and prescriptions and renew prescriptions.
• Voting in advance
  Advance voting is an easy way to vote if you can't get to the polling station on election day.
• Change of vehicle ownership
  When you buy or sell a vehicle, the change of ownership is reported to Traficom.
• Municipal permits and notifications
  Many building and garden projects require a permit from, or a notification to, the municipality.
• Complaining to the Consumer Disputes Board
  The Consumer Disputes Board resolves disputes between consumers and businesses free of charge.
• Using Kela's online services
  In Kela's online service you can apply for benefits, send attachments and follow your applications.
• Using MyTax
  MyTax (OmaVero) is the Finnish Tax Administration's online service for handling your taxes.
• Continuing power of attorney
  With a continuing power of attorney, you authorise someone close to you in advance to handle your affairs if you can no longer do so yourself.
• Making an advance care directive
  In an advance care directive you state what kind of care you want or do not want if you cannot express your wishes yourself.
• Finding municipal services
  Your municipality and wellbeing services county offer many services: sports, libraries, culture, health and social services.
• Applying for a name change
  How to apply online to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV) to change your first name or surname, and what to sort out after the change.
• Examination of impediments to marriage and the wedding ceremony
  Go through requesting the examination of impediments to marriage, choosing your surname and booking a civil wedding in Finland.
• Estate inventory and handling an estate
  Clear instructions for the official matters after a relative's death: the estate inventory, submitting the estate inventory deed to the Tax Administration and managing the estate.
• Applying for a residence permit in Finland
  How to apply to the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) for a residence permit based on work, studies or family in the Enter Finland service.
• Applying for Finnish citizenship
  Instructions for applying for Finnish citizenship: residence period, proving language skills, means of support and the application in Enter Finland.
• Reporting a crime online
  How to report a crime to the police online, for example a theft, vandalism or an online scam.
• Ordering a criminal record extract
  Instructions for ordering a criminal record extract from the Legal Register Centre, for example for working with children or moving abroad.
• Applying for disability allowance from Kela
  How to apply for Kela's disability allowance for the disadvantage, need for assistance and special costs caused by a long-term illness or disability.
• Paying back taxes
  How to pay back taxes (jäännösvero) in MyTax (OmaVero), apply for a payment arrangement if needed and avoid back taxes next year.
• Dealing with enforcement and getting debt advice
  What to do when a debt goes to enforcement: following your case, wage garnishment, payment plans and free debt advice.
• Applying for a non-disclosure order
  How to apply to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency for a non-disclosure order that stops your address being given out when your safety is at risk.
• Taking a car out of traffic use
  How to take a car or other vehicle out of traffic use, put it back on the road, and finally scrap it.
• Ordering a European Health Insurance Card
  How to order a free European Health Insurance Card from Kela and use it for treatment in EU and EEA countries.
• Applying for child maintenance allowance
  How to apply to Kela for child maintenance allowance when the other parent does not pay child support or it cannot be set at a sufficient level.
• Renewing your driving licence
  Renew an expiring, lost or damaged driving licence: applying online or at Ajovarma, the photo, the medical certificate and a temporary licence.
• Applying for housing allowance for pensioners
  Apply for Kela's housing allowance for pensioners: who can get it, which housing costs count, the attachments needed and reporting changes.
• Applying for informal care support
  Apply for informal care support from your wellbeing services county: the application, the service needs assessment, the care agreement, the care allowance and statutory days off.

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