Hi Partner,
If you plan on continuing her/his employment beyond 6 months, it is true that you need to conduct a confirmatory appraisal and also issue a confirmation letter.
Though it is considered that if the employment continues beyond the probation period, the employee should be considered as confirmed, it is always better to have the message clear to the employee that she/he is confirmed, especially if there is any change in the notice period duration for an employee on probation and an employee on confirmed basis. The employee can always state that she/he had not received any communication from the company and then choose to serve the notice period as per the probation period.