Question juridique clé
Whether the refusal to enter into the reconsideration request was admissible under federal law and cantonal procedural law.
Solution extraite
The appeal was admissible in principle, but the authorities lawfully refused to reopen the final residence-permit decision because no new significant facts or evidence were shown.
Motifs extraits
Reconsideration is required only if cantonal law so provides and its conditions are met, or if constitutional principles demand it. Here, the applicants identified no genuinely new facts, no material change in circumstances, and no basis to circumvent the finality of the prior decision.