Question juridique clé
Whether the public-law appeal was admissible against the refusal to enter into reconsideration of the residence permit request.
Solution extraite
The appeal was inadmissible because the appellant challenged the merits of a residence authorization rather than the only reviewable question, namely the refusal to consider the reconsideration request.
Motifs extraits
When an authority refuses to enter into a reconsideration request, the federal appeal may attack only that refusal. The appellant instead sought a substantive permit grant, which exceeded the object of the prior proceedings and was therefore not open to review.