Question juridique clé
Whether A.X. had a right to a residence or settlement permit after annulment of his naturalization.
Solution extraite
He had no enforceable current residence right; the earlier permit did not automatically revive, and the conditions for a settlement permit were not met because the marriage was a sham or, at the latest, had irretrievably failed before the five-year period ended.
Motifs extraits
The court held that the annulment of naturalization must be assessed from the current situation. A prior residence permit does not revive automatically. The marriage to the Swiss spouse was either entered into to evade immigration rules or had already broken down definitively by the relevant date, so reliance on it for Art. 7 ANAG was abusive.