Key legal question
Whether the Swiss spouse had a right to family reunification under Art. 42 AuG despite the authorities' finding of a sham marriage.
Extracted holding
The right to family reunification had lapsed because the marriage was used abusively to obtain residence rights; the authorities could deny the permit from the outset.
Extracted reasoning
Concrete indicia supported the conclusion that the husband lacked genuine marital intent: short acquaintance, large age gap, rapid marriage proposal and wedding, little evidence of meaningful conduct by the husband, and his passivity in the proceedings. The court held that such indicia sufficed to establish abuse even without cohabitation in Switzerland.