Key legal question
Whether the appellant had a right to a residence permit under Art. 42 AuG despite living separately from his Swiss spouse
Extracted holding
A residence permit based on marriage requires cohabitation, unless important reasons justify separate residences while the family community continues; that exception was not proven here.
Extracted reasoning
The courts found the spouses had lived apart since 2006, with no credible evidence of an ongoing marital community. The appellant's explanations were deemed a mere excuse, and his later assertion of a renewed common household was insufficiently substantiated.