Key legal question
Whether the federal appeal was admissible in view of the right to family reunification
Extracted holding
The appeal was admissible because the spouse of a settled foreigner has a statutory and Convention-based claim to a residence permit in principle.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 17(2) ANAG and Art. 8 ECHR, a protected family-life claim exists when spouses live together and the resident spouse has a secure status in Switzerland.