Residence Permit Renewal and Legitimate Expectation Challenge

The case concerns a challenge against the rejection of an application for a residence permit by the Migration Office and subsequently by the Cantonal Government, where the applicant, having previously resided in the country, argued that the initial grant of the permit implied a legitimate expectation for its renewal despite a later change in circumstances potentially affecting eligibility. The court reasoned that a residence permit granted under specific conditions does not automatically create an immutable legitimate expectation for subsequent renewal when those underlying conditions or the legal framework governing permits have demonstrably changed, thereby upholding the lower authorities' decision to deny the permit based on the current legal and factual situation.