Kela SV 4e: Claim Travel Costs for Health Care

What is Kela SV 4e - travel expenses for health care?

Form SV 4e is Kela's English claim for reimbursement of travel expenses (matkakorvaus). It covers trips to medical care, examinations, childbirth and rehabilitation provided through Kela, trips by a family member who takes part in the patient's care, and travel after a traffic or industrial accident. Kela reimburses travel by the lowest-cost means of transport that suits your medical condition and the connections, and the form notes that the copayment for a taxi or ambulance is not reimbursed. Claim within six months of the trip or the payment.

The three pages ask for your details and any personal attendant, your bank account, the purpose of the travel and how the place of treatment was chosen, a table of up to 28 trips (date, provider and addresses, means of transport, kilometres and cost, outward and return trips on separate lines), overnight accommodation costs, the enclosures, and an optional power of attorney so that another person or your employer can collect the reimbursement.

FileIt takes you through SV 4e in plain English, checks your personal identity code and IBAN, totals the trip costs, and prints everything into Kela's own PDF, saved in your vault. As printed on the form, you can file the claim in OmaKela or post it to Kela, PL 10, 00056 KELA. FileIt never sends anything to Kela.

Who fills it: Patients and rehabilitation clients who paid for travel to health care themselves
Given to: Kela in OmaKela, or by post to PL 10, 00056 KELA
Deadline: Within six months of the trip or the payment
Trips per form: Up to 28 lines, outward and return trips separately
Edition: SV 4e 02.23
Pages: 3

Who needs to fill out Kela SV 4e - travel expenses for health care?

Patients who drove, took the bus or the train to a health centre, hospital or private doctor and paid more than the trip copayment.
Rehabilitation clients travelling to rehabilitation arranged through Kela.
Family members who travel to take part in a patient's care or rehabilitation, with form SV 67.
People who had to stay overnight because of an examination, treatment or traffic conditions.

When to use Kela SV 4e - travel expenses for health care

After the trips, and within six months of the trip or the payment.
When you could not claim the reimbursement directly at the healthcare provider or with a Kela taxi.
When your employer paid the costs and you want the reimbursement paid to the employer through the power of attorney.

What you need before you start

Your personal identity code and IBAN (and the BIC for a foreign account).
The date, route, means of transport, distance and cost of each trip.
Form SV 67 or another certificate of the visit, if Kela needs one.
Receipts for a special means of transport, and the accident report SV 143e after an accident.
For a power of attorney: the authorised person's or employer's name, ID or business ID, address and account.

What’s on Kela SV 4e - travel expenses for health care

The 2023 edition has 3 pages. FileIt asks for it in 10 parts, and it is signed by Claimant:

1 Claimant (patient or rehabilitation client)Claimant
2 Bank account numberClaimant
3 Purpose of the travelClaimant
4 Choice of place of treatmentClaimant
5 List of trips madeClaimant
6 Expenses for overnight accommodationClaimant
7 EnclosuresClaimant
8 Additional informationClaimant
9 SignatureClaimant
10 Power of attorneyClaimant

How to fill out Kela SV 4e - travel expenses for health care, step by step

1 1-2 Claimant and bank account

Identity code, name, phone, e-mail, any personal attendant, and the account the reimbursement goes to. Kela gets your address from the population data system.

2 3-4 Purpose and place of treatment

Illness, pregnancy or childbirth; a traffic or industrial accident; Kela rehabilitation; a family member's participation in care; or another reason. Then whether you chose the provider yourself or had a payment or service voucher from the wellbeing services county.

3 5 List of trips

One line per trip, with outward and return trips on separate lines: date, healthcare provider and addresses, means of transport, kilometres and euros. FileIt adds up the total line.

4 6 Overnight accommodation

Who stayed overnight (you, your attendant or a family member), the dates and the cost. Give the reason in section 8 and keep the receipt for six months.

5 7-9 Enclosures, information and signature

Tick what you enclose, add extra information with the section number, then place, date, signature and the signer's printed name and phone.

6 10 Power of attorney

Optional: authorise a person or an employer to collect the reimbursement, with their details and bank account, and sign as the grantor.

Common mistakes to avoid

Putting the outward and return trip on one line instead of two.
Claiming more than six months after the trip or the payment.
Claiming taxi costs without a certificate on the need for a special means of transport.
Forgetting the accident report SV 143e when the travel follows a traffic or industrial accident.
Leaving out the reason for an overnight stay.

After you fill it out

Sign the PDF and file it in OmaKela or post it to Kela, PL 10, 00056 KELA, with the enclosures. FileIt never sends anything to Kela.

Keep the claim, the receipts (Kela may ask for accommodation receipts for six months) and Kela's decision in your FileIt vault.

Fill out Kela SV 4e - travel expenses for health care online with FileIt

Pick the person. Choose someone from People and FileIt fills in their name, date of birth, address and other details it already knows.
Answer plain-language questions. One part of the form at a time, with the official help text beside each question — 185 fields in all. Your answers save as you go.
Check the live preview. Watch your answers land on the real Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kansaneläkelaitos / Kela) form, and let FileIt do any worksheet arithmetic.
Generate the official PDF. FileIt prints your answers into the agency’s own PDF and files it in that person’s folder in your vault. Sign it, or send it for e-signature.

FileIt fills the form — it never files or submits anything for you. Deliver the finished form to whoever asked for it, the way the form’s instructions say.

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Kela SV 4e - travel expenses for health care: frequently asked questions

Which trips does Kela reimburse?

Trips to treatment, examinations or rehabilitation because of illness, pregnancy or childbirth, Kela rehabilitation, a family member's participation in care, and travel after a traffic or industrial accident, among others listed on the form.

How is the amount worked out?

The form says travel costs are reimbursed on the basis of the lowest-cost means of transport, taking into account your medical condition and the traffic connections. The taxi or ambulance copayment is not reimbursed.

How many trips fit on one form?

The table has 28 lines. Outward and return trips go on separate lines, so that is up to 14 return journeys.

Can my employer receive the reimbursement?

Yes. Section 10 is a power of attorney that lets a person or an employer collect any reimbursement awarded to you.

What is the deadline?

The form says within six months of the trip or the payment.

Does FileIt file the claim?

No. FileIt fills Kela's PDF and saves it in your vault; you send it to Kela yourself.

Official sources

Blank form (PDF), published by Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kansaneläkelaitos / Kela): https://www.kela.fi/benefit-forms/SV4e.pdf
Official instructions and guidance: https://www.kela.fi/travel-costs
Edition shown on this page: SV 4e 02.23 (checked 2026-10-19).

FileIt is not affiliated with or endorsed by Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kansaneläkelaitos / Kela) or any government. This page explains the form in general terms and is not legal, tax or immigration advice. Always read the official instructions, and check that you are using the edition the recipient accepts. Page last reviewed 2026-10-19.