uk to finland with husband

glamrock41 · Post by **glamrock41** » Wed Aug 12, 2015 7:18 pm

Hi, im moving from the uk to finland with my finnish husband in spring. we have been married 2 years and have all the documents etc which i guess which make registering easier. we have both been living in england for 3 years now and will be moving to finland together and moving in with his family to start off with. which again helps as we wont need to find our own apartment etc.
however i am hoping to get advice on all the registration details, i know i have to register quite a few things such as kela card, go to a police station to register my regisdance and request an identity card. what other things do i have to register and how do i do that? also what order should i register? ie police first, kela first or something else? i have tried to do some online research but am struggling to find out exactly how, when and where to register.
any help would be greatly appreciated!
many thanks

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Beep_Boop · Post by **Beep_Boop** » Thu Aug 13, 2015 9:32 am

You register by going to the police who will ask for the reason of the registration and will tell you what papers you need.
Once registered, you can go to Kela and start becoming a burden on the system in no time. Don't worry.

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Thu Aug 13, 2015 11:57 am

You are British/EU? You have citizenship of an EU country?

esox · Post by **esox** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 9:37 pm

adnan wrote:You register by going to the police who will ask for the reason of the registration and will tell you what papers you need.
Once registered, you can go to Kela and start becoming a burden on the system in no time. Don't worry.

I don't know why this person even bothers to come on this forum to write comments like this. look at there past posts. nothing useful, all negative. really, im sure you made up that story about your friend owning a factory just so you could tell that girl she just missed the opportunity of her life to try and make her miserable. you know what im talking about.

are you serious, is that what drives you? you are very pathetic and probably very nice until you get behind a keyboard and your alter ego comes out. troll.

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 11:11 pm

Cory wrote:There is TONS of info in past posts on this board. Use the search option at the top right.

Asking the husband to help out with the admin is another alternative. Presumably he speaks Finnish or Swedish
http://www.intofinland.fi/en

Beep_Boop · Post by **Beep_Boop** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 11:27 pm

esox wrote:I don't know why this person even bothers to come on this forum to write comments like this. look at there past posts. nothing useful, all negative.

This forum makes it quite difficult to go over someone's post history with the time limit between page browses, so I doubt you waited enough to browse more than 5-6 pages back, so you probably didn't see enough of my posting history.
If I had to think about it carefully, I'd say that at least 40-45% of my posts are purely helpful, and another 20-30% are at least partially helpful, like the post I made here where I clearly told OP in what order she should do things and where she should register etc.

esox wrote:really, im sure you made up that story about your friend owning a factory just so you could tell that girl she just missed the opportunity of her life to try and make her miserable. you know what im talking about.

You're correct, my friend does not own a factory; he owns an electronic import business, just like I said in my post.

esox wrote:you are very pathetic and probably very nice until you get behind a keyboard and your alter ego comes out. troll.

Nope. I'm almost exactly the same person online and offline... brutally honest. It helped me keep a small tight circle of friends.

As for why I said what I said, it's because of OP's post itself. She hasn't even moved to Finland and she's looking to get on Kela. Jesus, she doesn't even know that she needs to register and get her ID number and yet she's asking about Kela. That's all she knows.. Kela Kela Kela.
So, yeah. I gave her a helpful answer and expressed my opinion at the same time.

betelgeuse · Post by **betelgeuse** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 12:02 am

adnan wrote: As for why I said what I said, it's because of OP's post itself. She hasn't even moved to Finland and she's looking to get on Kela. Jesus, she doesn't even know that she needs to register and get her ID number and yet she's asking about Kela. That's all she knows.. Kela Kela Kela.
So, yeah. I gave her a helpful answer and expressed my opinion at the same time.

There was nothing about benefits in the original post. Kela provides medical coverage so it's important for people even if there's no need for direct money transfers.

justaguy · Post by **justaguy** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 12:23 am

Both you two should find better things to do on a Sunday night/Monday morning instead of arguing with each other. Though I do find it ironic that Adnan is having a go at people for coming here to leech off the government, as I am sure he is on government support himself

and I am pretty sure I remember him having a go at me for, having a go at cultural minorities for their unsanitary behaviour.

Bit of a case of the pot calling the kettle black eh?

Beep_Boop · Post by **Beep_Boop** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:40 am

justaguy wrote:Though I do find it ironic that Adnan is having a go at people for coming here to leech off the government, as I am sure he is on government support himself

I don't find it ironic at all. Never received government support.. yup zero euros. Never have, and probably never will. In fact, the amount I pay in taxes each month is about 1600 euros. You have no idea how good it feels to stick that fact in the faces of people like you

But, hey, you're welcome to try another stupid claim.

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:46 am

betelgeuse wrote:
adnan wrote: As for why I said what I said, it's because of OP's post itself. She hasn't even moved to Finland and she's looking to get on Kela. Jesus, she doesn't even know that she needs to register and get her ID number and yet she's asking about Kela. That's all she knows.. Kela Kela Kela.
So, yeah. I gave her a helpful answer and expressed my opinion at the same time.
There was nothing about benefits in the original post. Kela provides medical coverage so it's important for people even if there's no need for direct money transfers.

Indeed. And the OP may be able to get benefits from the UK for the first few months. She just asked if/where she could notify KELA of her residency. Her husband is Finnish so she is in the same situation as I was when I came here (except that we came from Hungary). Apart from child allowance for my three young children and a couple of trips to the doctor/dentist - I have not sponged off the State - in fact I started paying taxes the year after I arrived in Finland - 14 years ago.

adnan wrote:Once registered, you can go to Kela and start becoming a burden on the system in no time. Don't worry.

It's at the very least sexist to suggest that a foreign woman moving here with her Finnish husband is going to be a burden on the State.

Beep_Boop · Post by **Beep_Boop** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 12:55 pm

Rosamunda wrote:It's at the very least sexist to suggest that a foreign woman moving here with her Finnish husband is going to be a burden on the State.

Jesus! A bit over sensitive, aren't we?
I don't really care if she's a man or a women or anything else. If the first think you're asking about is Kela, then that's what I'm gonna think of you. I told her how to register and where, and then I expressed my opinion.

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:04 pm

Rosamunda wrote:It's at the very least sexist to suggest that a foreign woman moving here with her Finnish husband is going to be a burden on the State.

Only if he has suggested that a foreign man moving with her Finnish wife is NOT going to be burden?

justaguy · Post by **justaguy** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 9:02 am

adnan wrote:
justaguy wrote:Though I do find it ironic that Adnan is having a go at people for coming here to leech off the government, as I am sure he is on government support himself
I don't find it ironic at all. Never received government support.. yup zero euros. Never have, and probably never will. In fact, the amount I pay in taxes each month is about 1600 euros. You have no idea how good it feels to stick that fact in the faces of people like you

But, hey, you're welcome to try another stupid claim.

Really it's your word vs. mine. I'll stick by my statement thanks.

Beep_Boop · Post by **Beep_Boop** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:09 pm

tummansininen wrote:Do you really think you know other peoples' financial situation better than they do?

I'm nearly flipping on my back laughing after his comments. His brain is incapable of understanding how a foreigner is probably doing better than him (since we're making assumptions about each other's financial situations). Man, he makes me miss onkko.

Hmm.. on that topic, I think I have already posted here a picture of my payslip when someone was asking about something. I don't exactly remember when.

snorlonikins · Post by **snorlonikins** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 4:09 pm

Hi Glamrock,

The first place to go would be the police Station. I can understand that your husband may not know the correct procedures, my other half didn't either, anymore than I would know if the situation had been reversed. I also understand that you look for the answer to one question and get different answers and maybe a few rude comments.

I would also suggest, that once you are registered, you look into getting on to an Integration Course via your local TE office.

Good luck.

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