Key legal question
Whether the public-law appeal was admissible despite foreigner-law limits
Extracted holding
The appeal was admissible because the appellant could invoke a statutory and Convention-based right to a residence permit as the spouse of a Swiss citizen.
Extracted reasoning
Under former ANAG Art. 7 and, subsidiarily, Art. 8 ECHR/Art. 13 BV, a Swiss spouse may create an entitlement to a permit, so Art. 83 lit. c no. 2 BGG did not bar review.