Key legal question
Whether the public-law appeal was admissible against the refusal to reconsider the residence-permit decision
Extracted holding
The appeal was inadmissible because the applicant had no enforceable right to reconsideration or to the permit under the applicable law.
Extracted reasoning
The case had to be assessed under the former ANAG, since the renewal request predated 1 January 2008. Art. 50 AuG could not be applied retroactively through reconsideration to reopen a final 2007 decision, and thus did not create a claim under Art. 83 lit. c no. 2 BGG.