Key legal question
Admissibility of the public-law appeal in an immigration family-reunification case
Extracted holding
The appeal was admissible because the children had a statutory claim under Art. 43 LEtr; the exclusion in Art. 83(c)(2) LTF did not apply.
Extracted reasoning
For partial reunification, the relevant status is that of the parent in Switzerland. As the mother held a settlement permit, the children could in principle rely on Art. 43 LEtr and the question of fulfilment of conditions belonged to the merits.