Question juridique clé
Whether the appellant had a statutory or treaty-based entitlement to a residence permit through family reunification.
Solution extraite
He had no enforceable entitlement because the spouse's stay did not amount to a secured right of residence.
Motifs extraits
Art. 17 ANAG requires the reunifying spouse to have a concrete, secured right of residence; mere entitlement to eventual settlement or long residence is insufficient. The marriage did not create such a right, and neither Art. 8 ECHR nor the Switzerland-Ecuador treaty changed this.