Key legal question
Whether the complaint should be upheld because the right to be heard was violated and the defect was not cured on appeal.
Extracted holding
The hearing defect was cured in the appeal proceedings before the Sicherheitsdirektion, which could fully review facts and law and allowed the appellant to be heard.
Extracted reasoning
A non-severe hearing violation may be cured if the person can comment before an authority with full review powers; a remand would have been a useless formality.