Key legal question
Whether the late family reunification request for the son could still be granted despite the missed statutory deadline.
Extracted holding
No. The mother failed to show important family reasons justifying reunification after expiry of the deadline.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the mere wish to live together as a family, or the fact that the father was also moving to Switzerland, does not by itself constitute an important family reason. The son had spent most of his youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina, his ties there were established, no special care need was shown, and the mother's health problems were insufficiently substantiated as a basis for late reunification.