Facts
The appellant, a Swiss national residing abroad, applied for an extension of the deadline for enrolment in the voluntary AHV insurance. He claimed that he had assumed in good faith that he was still compulsorily insured, as AHV contributions had been paid on his income. The Federal Social Insurance Court dismissed the appeal.Considerations
The court stated that according to its established case law, a legal error on the part of the insured does not constitute extraordinary circumstances within the meaning of Art. 11 of the Ordinance on Voluntary Insurance in the AHV/IV (VFV), which would justify an extension of the deadline for enrolment in the voluntary insurance. Rather, extraordinary circumstances are only given if the insured was prevented from submitting the enrolment declaration in time due to external circumstances beyond his control, or if he submitted the registration too late based on incorrect information from the competent compensation fund.
In the present case, the appellant was not prevented from submitting the enrolment declaration in time by external circumstances. His legal error regarding…