Key legal question
Whether the public-law appeal was admissible despite Art. 83(c)(2) of the Federal Supreme Court Act.
Extracted holding
The appeal was in principle admissible because the appellant could at least prima facie invoke Art. 8 ECHR based on his Swiss daughter.
Extracted reasoning
Although no statutory or treaty-based entitlement to the permit was claimed, a plausible family-life argument under Art. 8 ECHR is sufficient at the admissibility stage without finally deciding the merits of that right.