Hello guys hope you are all well.
I've been reading some AAT appeals and it's kind of scary to see how they use information against people.
No doubt this is within their rights and relevant to each particular scenario but it really surprised me how many different ways/angles they use to either make the person seem like a liar and or their doctors and in some cases both.
In particular I just read a couple where guys have been on the DSP for many years and applied for portability only to find their application triggered a review which then saw them lose the DSP entirely.
That must be very sound crushing for the applicants.
Anyway, one thing that stood out to me was how they can use a desire to to fly to a destination independently against the person.
Summed up in this paragraph-
"on the basis that he
wanted to travel (alone) to the USA to meet up with friends. As noted in my original report, if a person is able to travel independently to another country plus is able to manage to speak to friends via the internet for up to 2 hours at a time, in my opinion the person can be stated to have at
least 'some' work capacity."
Using that as a guide it would suggest that anyone who can make it to an airport to fly isn't elegible for the DSP. 🤷♂️
Which leads me to this question, it was suggested to me that you can apply without having to have a ticket in-hand or indeed a destination, so I'm curious if I apply without these things is that less information that can be potentially used against me or will it not likely have any bearing?
Or are travel plans required to be submitted anecdotally to my doctor/specialist and form a part of their report?
Thanks. ✌️