E301

So I go to Kela and fill in the forms trying to get unemployment benifit. Here is the sad news.

• If you belong to some union you could get 70% of you last wage.
• but that is if you have made contributions for 10 months.
• I only worked for 7 months so I would not get anything anyway.
• The basic daily rate that you could get is 24 euros per day.
• But you need to have been gainfully employed for the past 24 months.
• You need evidence that you have paid taxes by getting an E301 declaration.
• I have until the 10/10/2004 to get one.
• I worked in the UK for 9 years before coming to Finland.
• My salary was payed by EMBL in Germany.
• I worked for EBI in the UK.
• This is difficult for KELA to understand.
  
• I contact EMBL and ask for a E301
• They say it is not relevant, and I should just show my salary statements.
• I don' t think KELA will be impressed. They need a E301
  
• KELA has no guidlines for someone who has worked for an international organisation.
• Tomorrow I go to the employment exchange for an interview.

It feels like I have fallen between stools, and nobody knows quite how to handle my situation.