Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the federal administrative appeal was admissible despite the discretionary nature of residence permits.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The appeal was admissible because the children could invoke a statutory and convention-based entitlement in principle.
Extrahierte Begründung
Under Art. 17(2) ANAG and Art. 8 EMRK, children under 18 with a settled parent in Switzerland may have an enforceable claim if the family relationship is genuinely lived and the child has the primary family tie to that parent.