Facts

The appellant, a Kosovo national, married a Swiss citizen on 22 December 2015 and was granted a residence permit based on this. After the spouses separated, the Migration Office of the Canton of Zurich revoked the residence permit on 1 October 2019. The appellant applied to the Federal Court to overturn the judgment of the Administrative Court of the Canton of Zurich, which had confirmed the dismissal of his appeal.

The parties involved are the appellant [A.] , the Migration Office of the Canton of Zurich, and the Security Directorate of the Canton of Zurich. The proceedings concern the revocation of the residence permit and the appeal against the decision of the Administrative Court of the Canton of Zurich of 11 March 2020.

Considerations

The Federal Court has considered the appeal and found that the appellant claims a right to a permit under Art. 50 FNIA. However, the appellant has not shown that the marital community lasted for at least three years or that important personal reasons require a further stay in Switzerland.

The Federal Court has confirmed the cantonal authorities, which assumed that the marital community lasted less than three years. The appellant has not proven that the marital community was resumed after 15 November 2018. The lower court was entitled to assume, without arbitrariness, that the marriage was no longer lived as of 5 November or, at the latest,…