Job search in another EU or EEA country or Switzerland

You can receive basic daily allowance paid by Kela or daily unemployment allowance paid by an unemployment fund from Finland. You cannot receive labour market subsidy during the trip.

You can receive unemployment benefits in another country for a maximum of three months. In order for the benefit to be paid, the local employment authority must also accept you as a jobseeker in the country where you are looking for a job.
Notify the Employment services in Espoo well in advance if you intend to look for a job in another country. The Employment services informs the party paying the unemployment benefit, that is, Kela or the unemployment fund, that you are going to another EU or EEA country or Switzerland to look for a job.

Remember to ask for a U2 form from Kela or your unemployment fund well in advance of your departure. Kela or the unemployment fund decides whether the prerequisites for paying unemployment benefit to another country are met.

When you arrive in the destination country, register as a jobseeker with the employment authority of the destination country within seven days. Take the U2 form you have received from Kela or your unemployment fund to the employment authority in the target country. This will also give you a daily allowance for the duration of the trip. If you register later, you will only receive daily allowance from your registration date.