Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the appeal against the cantonal refusal of reconsideration was admissible and could challenge only the refusal to reopen the case.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The complaint was admissible in principle because the appellant still had a potential entitlement under Art. 7 ANAG, but review was limited to whether the refusal to reconsider was lawful.
Extrahierte Begründung
A party married to a Swiss citizen may invoke Art. 7 ANAG; however, in this procedural posture the Federal Court examines only the procedural question of whether the authority rightly refused reconsideration.