Key legal question
Whether the UNMIK certificate was a new and material piece of evidence justifying revision of the 1997 cantonal decision.
Extracted holding
The certificate was new, but not material: even if produced earlier, it would not have changed the finding that the settlement permit had lapsed.
Extracted reasoning
Under cantonal revision rules, evidence is material only if it relates to facts decisive for the outcome. The permit lapsed automatically under Art. 9(3)(c) ANAG because the appellant stayed abroad for far more than two years; the reason for the absence and the later proof of police detention did not alter that legal result.