Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the corrected appeal before the Federal Administrative Court was filed within the non-extendable deadline.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The corrected appeal was submitted too late, so the Federal Administrative Court correctly refused to enter into the case.
Extrahierte Begründung
Article 21 VwVG sets a statutory, non-extendable deadline; no timely ground for restoration was shown. The filing was handed to the Italian post on 2009-02-21 but reached Switzerland only on 2009-02-25, after expiry of the deadline on 2009-02-24.