Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the administrative appeal against refusal to renew the residence permit was admissible
Extrahierter Entscheid
The appeal was admissible because the applicant, as spouse of a Swiss citizen, could invoke a statutory entitlement under former foreign nationals law; the question whether that entitlement had lapsed was a merits issue.
Extrahierte Begründung
Art. 7(1) LDDS grants the foreign spouse of a Swiss citizen a right to a residence permit. Whether abuse of rights or statutory exceptions extinguish that right concerns the merits, not admissibility.