Family reunification requires sufficient financial means

RRE Nr. 1956Altro tribunale6 lug 1993Confirmed

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The court holds that family reunification for a foreign national may be approved only if sufficient financial means are available for the maintenance of the family. In assessing this requirement, the authority may follow the SKöF public welfare guidelines. Those guidelines are intended to secure a social minimum and equal treatment of applicants; they are not replaced by the debt-enforcement subsistence minimum. The relevant monthly living costs of the foreign national and the joining family members must be covered by income, in line with the authority's discretionary power under Art. 4 ANAG.

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Art. 39 Abs. 1 lit. c BVO; Art. 4 ANAG; family reunification and sufficient financial means. For the assessment of whether the foreign national disposes of sufficient means for the maintenance of the family, the authority may rely on the SKöF guidelines. These guidelines are designed to secure not only the indispensable subsistence minimum but a social minimum and ensure equal treatment of applicants. The debt-enforcement minimum is not decisive, since its use would from the outset promote a welfare risk and defeat the public interest in avoiding later dependence on social assistance (consid. specified in the text).

Testo completo

Dem Ausländer kann der Familiennachzug nur dann bewilligt werden, wenn er u. a. über genügend finanzielle Mittel für den Unterhalt seiner Familie verfügt (Art. 39 Abs. 1 lit. c BVO). Die Vorinstanz hält sich bei der Beurteilung, ob genügend finanzielle Mittel vorhanden sind, an die Richtlinien der Schweizerischen Konferenz für öffentliche Fürsorge (SKöF). Damit ist auch eine rechtsgleiche Behandlung aller Gesuchsteller gewährleistet. Nach diesen Richtlinien sind die monatlichen Lebenshaltungskosten des Ausländers und der nachziehenden Familienmitglieder zu ermitteln. Die monatlichen Lebenshaltungskosten müssen durch das Einkommen gedeckt sein. Die Richtsätze der SKöF sollen nicht nur den unbedingt notwendigen Lebensbedarf, sondern ein soziales Existenzminimum sichern. Zur Ansicht, es sei das betreibungsrechtliche Existenzminimum heranzuziehen, kann bemerkt werden, dass damit von vornherein einem fürsorgerischen Risiko Vorschub geleistet würde. Tritt der Fürsorgefall ein, müssen die Leistungen wiederum nach Massgabe der höheren Ansätze des SKöF berechnet werden. Dieser unerwünschten Nebenwirkung, deren Vermeidung im öffentlichen Interesse steht, ist im Rahmen des pflichtgemässen Ermessens gestützt auf Art. 4 ANAG zu begegnen (Peter Kottusch, Zur rechtlichen Regelung des Familiennachzuges von Ausländern, im Schweiz. Zentralblatt für Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht, ZBl 90/1989, S. 337ff.)

Parole chiave

family reunificationfinancial meanssocial welfaresubsistence minimumequal treatmentadministrative discretion

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Questione giuridica chiave

What standard determines whether sufficient financial means exist for family reunification?

Decisione estratta

The authority may rely on the SKöF guidelines; the monthly living costs of the foreign national and the joining family members must be calculated and covered by income.

Motivazione estratta

The SKöF rates ensure equal treatment of applicants and secure a social minimum, not merely the indispensable minimum needed for subsistence.

Questione giuridica chiave

May the debt-enforcement subsistence minimum be used instead of the SKöF standard?

Decisione estratta

No. Using the debt-enforcement minimum would create a welfare risk from the outset and would undermine the public interest in avoiding later reliance on welfare support.

Motivazione estratta

If welfare assistance later becomes necessary, benefits would again have to be calculated according to the higher SKöF rates; that undesirable side effect is to be avoided within the authority's discretion under Art. 4 ANAG.

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