Facts
The appellant, a Turkish national, entered Switzerland in 2004 and was granted a residence permit based on her marriage to a Turkish national established in Switzerland. After separation and divorce, she applied for an extension of her residence permit, which was refused by the Federal Office for Migration. The appellant lodged a complaint with the Federal Administrative Court, which dismissed her complaint.
The appellant then lodged a complaint with the Federal Court and requested the annulment of the Federal Administrative Court's decision and the granting of consent to extend her residence permit. She argued that she was integrated in Switzerland and that her departure would strongly affect her personal and family circumstances.
Considerations
The Federal Court examined the complaint and concluded that the appellant has no right to an extension of her residence permit. The court found that the appellant is not successfully integrated, as she is neither linguistically nor economically integrated and her social integration is inadequate.
The court also examined whether important personal reasons require a further stay in Switzerland. It found that the appellant, as a custodial mother of a child established in Switzerland, has an interest in a further stay in Switzerland, but that this interest is not strong enough to justify an extension of the residence permit.
The court also rejected the appellant's objection that the lower court had not sufficiently taken into…