Key legal question
Whether the appeal against the cantonal refusal of reconsideration was admissible and could challenge only the refusal to reopen the case.
Extracted holding
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.
Extracted reasoning
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.