Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the complaint to the Federal Administrative Court was timely despite being posted with the New Zealand post.
Decisione estratta
Yes. For persons residing abroad, a defective legal remedy instruction that omits the requirement to file through the Swiss Post or a Swiss diplomatic or consular mission prevents the authority from relying on the stricter filing rule; the complaint posted abroad within the period must be treated as timely.
Motivazione estratta
The appeal period was 30 days. The contested decision's legal remedy instruction was insufficient because it did not reproduce the content of Art. 39(1) ATSG / Art. 21(1) VwVG. Under the case law, where such wording is missing, filing with the foreign post within the deadline preserves the time limit.