What is an appeal? | Requests
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Instead of proceeding immediately to a formal appeal, you may wish to request that the Commission reconsider its decision. To do this, simply give the Commission a written explanation of why you disagree with its decision and ask that the decision be reconsidered. One circumstance where you may wish to do this rather than immediately appealing the decision is if you feel that the Commission does not have all of the relevant facts in your case. You could provide the additional information for the Commission to consider. After reconsidering its decision the Commission will inform you by letter of their new decision. This may take a few weeks.
If you choose to submit a request for reconsideration and are not successful, you will still have the right to pursue an appeal to the Board of Referees. However, by first pursuing a request for reconsideration, your case will have been delayed. If you are successful with your request for reconsideration, you will not have to go to an appeal hearing before a Board of Referees.
Normally, appeals must be filed within 30 days of receiving a decision. However, you may still be able to file an appeal, even if the 30 days has expired. To file a delayed appeal, you must request an appeal in writing and explain your reasons for not appealing within the 30 deadline.
A decision may also be reconsidered if there is new information that would affect the decision. Generally, new information is something that happened since the time of the decision or something that was not available at the time of the decision. Information that was available at the time of the decision but you did not give to the Commission is not generally considered new information. However, if you believe that the Commission does not have all of the relevant facts, it is important that you provide that information as soon as possible.