Compensation for expenses

Apply for commuting and housing expenses compensation by filling in a commuting invoice in our online service. Compensation for studies can be claimed by filling in a notification of studies. You can find both the commuting invoice and notification of studies in our online service under Vocational rehabilitation.

The compensations will be deposited into your account within roughly two weeks of your application. Please note that compensation for rehabilitation expenses must be claimed within six months of when the expenses were incurred.

Compensation for commuting expenses is always claimed retroactively for each calendar month, for example January’s commuting is claimed in February. We pay compensation for your commuting expenses if the commute from your place of residence to the place of your work trial or studies is at least 10 kilometres. In the commuting invoice, give the distance based on the most direct route. When we process the commuting invoice, we may check the length of the commute online from publicly available route services.

The compensation for commuting expenses is EUR 0.14 per kilometre, up to a maximum of EUR 720 per month. The compensation does not necessarily cover all of the expenses resulting from commuting.

Please note that we do not pay compensation for commuting expenses if your work trial, job coaching or internship is paid. Commuting expenses resulting from a paid rehabilitation programme are normally tax deductible expenses.

Once your studies begin, fill in a notification of studies in our online service under Vocational rehabilitation. You can submit the form at the earliest on the day your studies begin. Going forward, fill in the notification of studies in January and August when a new term begins.

You are entitled to compensation for studies if you study with the help of vocational rehabilitation and your studies last at least two months each term. The study compensation is EUR 300 per term and we pay it when you have filled in a notification of studies. The study compensation must be claimed within six months of the start of the term. In the case of a partial degree or qualification of less than one year, a EUR 300 lump sum will be paid as study compensation.

You can use the study compensation to pay for costs arising from studying, such as textbooks, other study equipment (e.g. a computer), any health care fees and study trips. If your studies involve other study fees, let Varma know so that we can process their compensation separately.

Always discuss with your rehabilitation specialist if you need to live in a different town or city due to your vocational rehabilitation.

If you have expenses from your flats in both your home municipality and your work trial or study municipality, you can receive compensation for housing and travel between the municipalities. We will provide compensation for housing expenses arising from an additional flat and the commute between the rehabilitation municipality and your home municipality, if the distance between the municipalities is at least 70 kilometres.