Daycare Centre Applications

You can apply for a place in early childhood education and care for your child, enroll your child in pre-primary education or an open early childhood education club by submitting an online application.

You can also print out and fill the form and send it to: Daycare applications, P.O. Box 17, 90015 City of Oulu.

Application for Early Education Services (pdf)

If you have filled an electronic form in eVaka, you can edit the application in the eVaka service if it has not yet been taken into processing. If you sent in a paper application, your information will be recorded into eVaka. Once the information is recorded into the service, you can edit the application before it is taken into processing.

In other cases, please contact us via phone: tel. 08 558 45300 (on weekdays 9.00-12.00) or via e-mail: varhaiskasvatus@ouka.fi.

You will receive an electronic notification of the accepted daycare or preschool place no later than two weeks before the starting time if you have agreed to receiving electronic messages in Suomi.fi. Please go to Suomi.fi and agree to receiving electronic messages of decisions of authorities. If you have not agreed to receiving the messages, you will receive the message via mail seven work days after it is sent to you.

You need to declare your income information in eVaka after you have received a daycare or preschool place and the child has started attending early childhood education or care. The information is needed for the customer payment for the care or education.

Inquire for open places from the private daycare centres or family day care providers.

If you receive a place in private daycare, preschool or family day care, prepare a contract of service with the service provider. The service provider will send a copy of the contract to the city of Oulu.

Fill in the electronic form in eVaka. Choose the private daycare centre or family day care provider you have prepared the contract with as your desired daycare centre.

You will receive a notification about the value of your service voucher. Please go to Suomi.fi and agree to receiving electronic messages of decisions of authorities. If you have, you will receive a message about the decision immediately once it is made. If you have not agreed to receiving the messages, you will receive a notification of acceptance via mail seven work days after it is sent to you.

The service voucher will be paid directly to the service provider.

You need to declare your income information in eVaka after you have received a notification of an accepted daycare or preschool place and the child has started attending early childhood education or care. The information is needed for the customer payment for the care or education.