Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the refusal of family reunification for the appellant’s daughters was compatible with the FZA family reunification right.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The appeal succeeded because X., as spouse of an EU citizen, could rely on the FZA; the matter had to be reassessed under that framework.
Extrahierte Begründung
Even if the cantonal assessment of the factual care situation was not arbitrary, the decisive point was that the appellant could invoke the FZA. Under Art. 3(2)(a) Annex I FZA, children in descending line under 21 are family members, and current case law no longer requires prior lawful residence in a contracting state; the right also extends to stepchildren.