Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the appellant retained a right to renewal of the residence permit under Art. 50(1)(a) AuG after marital separation.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. The marital community had definitively ended before three years of joint residence in Switzerland had elapsed, and no important reason justified separate living under Art. 49 AuG.
Extrahierte Begründung
Only the jointly spent time in Switzerland counts toward the three-year period. The separation occurred before that threshold, and the case did not involve a short crisis-related interruption with a realistic prospect of reunion.