Key legal question
Whether the appeal against the cantonal judgment was admissible despite no independent entitlement to a permit
Extracted holding
The appeal was admissible in principle because the appellant invoked a potential right under Article 8 ECHR based on his Swiss children.
Extracted reasoning
A foreign parent may rely on Article 8 ECHR where the children have Swiss citizenship and a stable right of residence; the existence of the substantive entitlement is a merits question.