Key legal question
Whether the settlement permit was lawfully revoked under Art. 9(4)(a) ANAG for obtaining it by false statements or concealment.
Extracted holding
Yes. Concealment of the existing relationship and children constituted obtaining the permit by withholding essential facts; the revocation ground was met.
Extracted reasoning
The applicant had a duty to truthfully disclose all facts relevant to the permit decision. The authorities found he had concealed his effective family situation in 1999, and the permit would not have been granted had these facts been known.