peteruk wrote:
My lawyer and I went to the court and Judge decided to allow my appeal on the spot.
Good news, this does not happen very often.
My lawyer said :Determination will be sent to the home office within 10 days and they have 5 working days to appeal after receiving the decision.
That's correct.
how often the home office challenge the decisions?
Quite often. More often than not.
why do we (as appellants) have to have permission to appeal against the decisions and the home home office don't?
They will also seek permission to appeal to the Senior Immigration Judge if they feel the judge has made a material error of law. If the Senior Immigration Judge believes that it was the case, he will grant permission and you will have another hearing 6-8 months down the road. If the permission is refused, they will have an option of applying to the High Court for another permission. If they are successful, then you will have another hearing. If the permission is refused or they do not seek further appeal to the High Court, you will be granted status as determined by the judge (you will have to chase the Home Office on this though).
I am really worried I don't want to go through that again and also it take months to get a hearing date to review a decision
Unfortunately it takes long to wait for the hearings before Senior Immigration Judge or the High Court. It is a legal procedure and you will have no choice than to wait.
You can always call the AIT after 5 days are up to find out if the Home Office have lodged an appeal. The Home Office will not notify you on this and it will take some time before the Tribunal sends you any further correspondence.
