Notify the employment authority in your area well in advance if you intend to look for a job in another country. The employment authority 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 unemployment benefit for the duration of the trip. If you register later, you will only receive unemployment benefit from your registration date.
If you do not find employment in another country, you must return to Finland no later than three months after your departure date and register with the employment authority. Your unemployment benefit may be affected if you do not return to Finland and do not register with the employment authority by the return date indicated on the U2 form.
For more detailed instructions, contact the employment official, Kela, or the unemployment fund.