Question juridique clé
Whether the appellant had a right to a settlement permit under former ANAG Art. 7
Solution extraite
He had a formal entitlement in principle after five years of lawful stay, but that entitlement failed because he invoked the marriage abusively.
Motifs extraits
Art. 7 ANAG grants the foreign spouse of a Swiss citizen a claim in principle; however, the claim does not protect a marriage maintained only formally to secure residence, and the courts found the marriage had irretrievably broken down before the five-year period expired.