Key legal question
Whether the applicant qualified for exemption from the immigration limitation measures under Art. 13 lit. f OLE due to extreme personal hardship.
Extracted holding
No. Her ties to Switzerland, integration efforts, and alleged family conflict did not amount to an extreme personal hardship; her illegal stay and continuing ties to Cameroon weighed against exemption.
Extracted reasoning
The exception is narrow and must be applied restrictively. Illegal stay is generally not counted in the hardship assessment. The applicant had spent her childhood and youth in Cameroon, still had close family there, and the alleged threats or rejection were unproven and insufficient in themselves.