Facts
The appellant, a Colombian citizen, was born in 1986 and spent his first seven years in Colombia. From 1993 to 1998, he lived with his mother in Switzerland and attended the first five school classes. In 1999, he returned to Colombia and came back to Switzerland in 2003, where he applied for reissuance of the settlement permit. The Migration Office of the Canton of Zurich rejected the application and ordered his deportation.
The appellant was arrested in 2005 and 2006 for serious crimes, including attempted murder, brawl, and property damage, and was sentenced to a workhouse. After his release from the institution, he filed another application for reissuance of the settlement permit, which was rejected by the Migration Office.
The Administrative Court of the Canton of Zurich dismissed the appeal filed against this decision and set the deadline for deportation on May 31, 2012. The appellant filed an appeal with the Federal Court and requested the annulment of the contested decision and permission to stay in Switzerland.
Considerations
The Federal Court examined the appeal and came to the conclusion that the refusal to reissue the settlement permit was lawful. The appellant had violated public order through his serious crimes and had set a ground for expulsion.
The court found that the lower court had considered the essential aspects invoked by the appellant and that the findings of fact by the lower court were not obviously incorrect. The appellant's complaint that the lower court had not followed up on the request for an expert opinion was dismissed as unfounded.
The court also came to the conclusion that the refusal to reissue the…