Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appeal was admissible despite the absence of a statutory or treaty-based right to the requested residence/settlement permit.
Decisão extraída
No enforceable right to a residence or settlement permit could be derived from the LSEE or from Article 8 ECHR, so the administrative appeal was only admissible to a very limited extent.
Fundamentação extraída
The settlement permit lapsed after the appellant stayed abroad for more than six months without extension. Article 8 ECHR did not help: his private-life ties in Switzerland were not exceptionally intense, and his adult relationship with his mother was not one of dependency.