Questão jurídica principal
Whether the public-law appeal was admissible without an enforceable right to the requested residence permit.
Decisão extraída
The appeal was not admissible because no federal or international provision granted the applicant a right to the permit.
Fundamentação extraída
Under Art. 83(c)(2) LTF and Art. 4 LSEE, a residence permit is generally discretionary. The applicant could not rely on Art. 8 ECHR because her relationship with her partner was not sufficiently longstanding or imminent in terms of marriage, and her child had no recognized right of presence in Switzerland.