Facts
The appellant, a Turkish national, married a Swiss citizen in 1990 and was granted a settlement permit in 1996. After divorcing his Swiss wife in 1997, he remarried his first wife and applied for family reunification with his Turkish wife. The aliens' police of the canton of Basel-Stadt revoked the appellant's settlement permit, as he had deceived the authorities about the state of his marriage.
The appellant filed an administrative appeal with the Federal Court and requested that the decision of the Appellate Court of the canton of Basel-Stadt be set aside and that it be established that the settlement permit could not be revoked. The Federal Court dismissed the appeal and confirmed the revocation of the settlement permit.
Considerations
The Federal Court examined whether the revocation of the settlement permit was justified. It found that the appellant had deceived the authorities about the state of his marriage by concealing the fact that his wife had been living with her life partner again for a year. This deception constitutes a ground for revocation within the meaning of Art. 9 para. 4 RSFNA.
The Federal Court…