A person under guardianship may grant their guardian or other trusted person a mandate in the Suomi.fi online service or by application. Acting as a legal guardian alone does not give you the option to act on behalf of another person in MyKanta.
In addition, you need separate authorisation to manage affairs in MyKanta:
- The authorisation required for managing health affairs is the mandate for Managing matters related to health care (suomi.fi).
- Viewing social welfare services data requires the Managing matters related to social welfare services (suomi.fi) mandate.
The possibilities for legal guardians to manage affairs are being improved
The Digital and Population Data Services Agency will promote legal guardians’ access to electronic services to act on behalf of another person in 2023–2025. In the first stage, the persons under guardianship will have the opportunity to authorise and to act on behalf of another person.
In the coming years, legal guardians may act on behalf of their client without a separately granted Suomi.fi e-Authorizations in matters for which they have jurisdiction.