Instructions for paying the membership fee

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The membership fee invoice sent in January each year

All members paying the membership fee themselves receive a reference number list for the whole year in January. The membership fee invoice, including the reference numbers, will be sent either by email or ordinary post.

Are you paying the membership fee yourself?

Please always use a reference number when paying the membership fee. Please note! Do not write any messages in the message field of the invoice. They will not be forwarded.

Members paying their membership fees themselves get a so-called member reference number. It will remain the same as long as the membership fee is paid on time.

Your member reference number is easy to find on the front page of Akava Special Branches’ Member Online Service. If necessary, you can check your member reference number in the reference number search:

Jäsennumero = Member number

Viitenumero = Reference number

Please note that the easiest way to pay the membership fee is to save it as a monthly payment in your online banking service using the member reference number.

The membership fee is paid in arrears. The due date depends on the payment period.

The membership fee is paid monthly in arrears. The due date is always the 5th day of the next month – for example, the due date for January’s fee is 5 February.

The due dates for the annual and quarterly payments are included in the invoice and payment instructions you have received.

If your membership fee payment is more than two weeks overdue

i.e., you pay the fee after the 19th day of the month, you must order a separate reference number or pay your membership fee through the Akava Special Branches Member Online Service, where you can create a new reference number for the timeframe of your choice.

If you wish to pay the membership fee for several months in one go

order a new reference number here or pay all fees for the period of your choice in the Online Service.

Is your employer paying the membership fee on your behalf?

If you pay the full regular membership fee, you can authorise your employer to pay the membership fee on your behalf. Save and fill in the authorisation here and send it to your employer.

The membership fee is paid for full months only

When you join Akava Special Branches, you will pay a membership fee from the beginning of the first full month after joining. There is no fee for the month in which you join.

If you withdraw your Akava Special Branches membership, the membership fee must be paid for the full month in which you withdrew your membership.

If your membership category changes, your membership fee is determined on the basis of your situation on the first day of the month. This means, for example, that if you are on family leave until 15 January and return to work on 16 January, the sum of your membership fee for January, due on 5 February, is the same as during your family leave. On 5 March, you pay the standard full membership fee for February.