Key legal question
Whether the applicant was entitled to compensation for work done before the migration office.
Extracted holding
No. In the first-instance administrative proceedings before the migration office, party compensation is unavailable absent a special statutory basis.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 64 VwVG does not apply to first-instance administrative proceedings; no special statutory basis existed, and the VwVG regulations of the Federal Administrative Court apply only to proceedings before that court.