Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the public-law appeal was admissible despite the general exclusion for residence-permit decisions.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The appeal was admissible because the appellant could invoke a statutory and family-life-based entitlement to a residence permit.
Extrahierte Begründung
Under former ANAG Art. 7(1), the foreign spouse of a Swiss citizen has a right to renewal unless an expulsion ground exists; a parallel claim arose from family life under the ECHR and the Federal Constitution because the wife and child had settled status in Switzerland and the family life was genuine.