Facts
The Nigerian citizen [X.] (born 1973) applied for asylum in Switzerland in October 2001 and August 2003, but was unsuccessful. On January 14, 2004, she married the Swiss citizen [Y.] (born 1955) and subsequently received a residence permit, later a settlement permit. The childless marriage was divorced on August 20, 2010.
[X.] was convicted on April 19, 2004, for minor theft and fined CHF 300.--. On September 29, 2011, she was convicted of qualified violation of the Narcotics Act, as well as forgery and fraud, and sentenced to a conditional prison term of 24 months with a probation period of two years.
The municipality of Bern revoked [X.] 's settlement permit and expelled her from Switzerland. The appeal against this decision was rejected by the Police and Military Directorate of the Canton of Bern. The subsequent appeal to the Administrative Court of the Canton of Bern was partially upheld in terms of costs, but otherwise rejected, insofar as it was entertained.
Before the FSCA, [X.] requests that the judgment of the Administrative Court of the Canton of Bern of December 18, 2012, be annulled, with the exception of the newly determined official compensation, and in particular that the revocation of the settlement permit and the expulsion be annulled, or alternatively that a residence permit be granted.
Considerations
The FSCA dismissed the appeal, insofar as it was entertained. The appellant had acted as a drug courier three times for purely financial motives and transported a total of approximately 1,277 grams of cocaine mixture. She also submitted forged training certificates for her children to the Bern unemployment office, resulting in an excessively high unemployment benefit being paid out to her retroactively as of January 2011.
The committed acts constitute an extremely serious violation of the Swiss legal order. The FSCA pursues a strict practice in cases of drug-related offenses. The settlement permit can be revoked if the foreign…