Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the appeal was admissible despite the immigration-related inadmissibility rules and the claimed residence-permit entitlement under new law.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The appeal was not admissible because no enforceable entitlement to renewal existed under the applicable old law, and the new law could not be invoked through a second application filed after 1 January 2008.
Extrahierte Begründung
Under the transitional rule, the pending renewal request remained governed by the former law. The appellant had not completed five years of marital cohabitation, so no entitlement arose under the former regime; the later separation and divorce also meant Art. 50 AuG could not apply.