What to do when I want to log in to Varma Online Service, but I do not have a Finnish personal identity code?

The use of username and password as an identification option for Varma Online Service has ended. Identification for Varma Online Service is possible using personal banking codes or mobile identification. For bank or mobile identification, the user's personal identity number must be saved in Varma Online Service.

If a user does not have a Finnish personal identity code, they will be able to log in to the service by using the Finnish Authenticator application or a pan-European identification token (eIDAS). Below you will find instructions on how set up another identification token.

How to log in to Varma Online Service if you do not have a Finnish personal identity code

If you do not have a Finnish personal identity code, you can log in to Varma Online Service with

the Finnish Authenticator application, or
pan-European eIDAS identifiers.

You can use these identification tokens to log in to the employer's service of Varma Online Service when you have access rights for your company.

Please note that you cannot use these identification tokens to log in to the personal customer's services of Varma Online Service. For pension and rehabilitation matters, we are at your service by phone at +358 10 192 100 from Monday to Friday from between 9:00 and 15:00.

See here for instructions on how to start using the Finnish Authenticator application or the pan-European eIDAS identifier.

When can I use the Finnish Authenticator application to log in?

If you do not have a Finnish personal identity code, you can log in to Varma Online Service using the Finnish Authenticator identification service, i.e. the identification service for foreign citizens.

Identification with the application is only intended for persons who do not have a Finnish personal identity code. You can only use the Finnish Authenticator application to log in to the employer's services of Varma Online Service, but not to the private customer's services.

How can I activate the Finnish Authenticator application?

This is how you can activate the Finnish Authenticator application:

1. First, register a Foreigner's Identifier (UID) for yourself.
2. Then verify your identity using the Finnish Authenticator application.

During the first identification process, you will need to take a photo of yourself and your passport or national identity document. If the photo you take and the information on your identity document match, the identification service will confirm your identity.

For more detailed instructions on how to activate the Finnish Authenticator application, please visit Suomi.fi

Inform Varma of the identifier after activating the Finnish Authenticator application

Once the Finnish Authenticator application is in use and your identity has been verified using the application, please send your identifier to Varma via secure email so that you can log in to Varma Online Service using the application in the future.

You can also ask your company's master user of Varma Online Service to send us information about the identifier via secure email or a message in Varma Online Service.

The pan-European identification (eIDAS) enables you to use identification tokens issued by other EU countries to identify yourself in the Finnish public administration services that are accessed using the Suomi.fi identification. On the Suomi.fi website you will find an up-to-date list of countries whose identification tokens you can use to identify yourself.

Inform Varma of the identifier when you are using the eIDAS identification token

If you are using the European eIDAS identification token, please send your identifier to Varma via secure email so that you can log in to Varma Online Service using the eIDAS identification token in the future.