Key legal question
Whether the appeal was admissible despite being filed as a subsidiary constitutional complaint.
Extracted holding
The filing was treated as a public-law appeal because an entitlement to a residence permit could not be excluded.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 42 AuG and, given the intact family life, also Art. 8 ECHR and Art. 13 BV, the appellant had a prima facie right to the permit; therefore the ordinary remedy was available.