Questão jurídica principal
Whether the applicants could invoke the FZA for family reunification despite the husband's prior irregular status in Switzerland.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The FZA family-reunification rules apply and do not require the third-country spouse to have previously held a lawful residence permit in Switzerland or another contracting state.
Fundamentação extraída
To preserve parallel interpretation with EU law, the court aligned with Metock and abandoned the earlier Akrich-based requirement of prior lawful residence.