Facts
The dual Slovak-North Macedonian citizen [A.] (born 1953) entered Switzerland in 2013 and received an EU/EFTA residence permit. His wife [B.] (born 1956) followed him in 2016. From 2014, [A.] received unemployment benefits and from 2017 an early AHV (Old Age and Survivors' Insurance) pension. Since 2018, they have both been receiving supplementary benefits to the AHV/IV (Disability Insurance). In 2020, [A.] took up a part-time job as a courier and goods transport driver. However, the Migration Office refused to extend their residence permits, as [A.] had been hardly employed since 2014 and financed his living mainly from pensions and supplementary benefits. The newly taken up employment was considered subordinate and insignificant.Considerations
The Federal Court confirmed the decision of the lower instance. It stated that [A.] had lost his original freedom of movement status as an employee at the latest in 2016. The part-time employment as a courier and goods transport driver taken up in 2020 did not meet the requirements for a genuine and effective economic activity within the meaning of the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons due to the very low workload and income. Furthermore, the…