British Passport application processing timelines (only)

GondalUK · Post by **GondalUK** » Sat Jun 04, 2022 1:16 pm

Four applications sent (One adult and 3 children)
Child 1 Applicant:

Type: First Child passport after Registration as British Citizen (5 Year on Tier 2 Dependent + 1 Year)
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online application submitted: 25 April 2022
Documents sent: 26 April 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 27 April 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 06 May 2022
Application approved: 26 May 2022
Passport printed: 28 May 2022
Passport received: 31 May 2022
Documents received: AWAITING

GondalUK · Post by **GondalUK** » Sat Jun 04, 2022 1:22 pm

Four applications sent (One adult and 3 children)
Child 2 Applicant:

Type: First Child passport after Registration as British Citizen (5 years Tier 2 Dependent + 1 Year)
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 25 April 2022
Documents sent: 26 April 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 27 April 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 10 May 2022
Application approved: 26 May 2022
Passport printed: 29 May 2022
Passport received: 31 May 2022
Documents received: AWAITING

GondalUK · Post by **GondalUK** » Sat Jun 04, 2022 1:23 pm

Four applications sent (One adult and 3 children)
Child 3 Applicant:

Type: First Child passport after Registration as British Citizen (5 years Tier 2 Dependent + 1 Year)
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 25 April 2022
Documents sent: 26 April 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 27 April 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 10 May 2022
Application approved: 26 May 2022
Passport printed: 30 May 2022
Passport received: 1 June 2022
Documents received: AWAITING

prejay · Post by **prejay** » Sun Jun 05, 2022 9:20 pm

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 22 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 22 March 2022
Identity details received: 22 March 2022
Application received: 22 March 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail 23 March 2022
Documents received: 6 April 2022
Application approved: 28 April 2022
Passport printed: 29 April 2022
Passport received: 4 May 2022
Documents received: 4 Jun 2022

Hurrah. Finally, all done. 2 months and 13 days in total. Good luck to everyone else.

Nate · Post by **Nate** » Mon Jun 06, 2022 3:50 am

Passport for : Child's First passport
Application Type: Child born after ILR (Non EU Parents)
Method of application: Online
Location of HMPO Office involved: Bootle
Date of application: 01/05/22
Identity verified: 03/05/22
Application received: 03/05/22
Documents sent: 04/05/22
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 16/05/22
Additional documents requested: 01/06/22
Additional documents sent: Pending
Application approved: Pending
Passport printed: Pending
Date of passport receipt: Pending
Date of return of documents: Pending

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syilmazer · Post by **syilmazer** » Mon Jun 06, 2022 10:30 am

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Wed May 04, 2022 1:20 pm
Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Liverpool Bootle
Online application submitted: 6 April 2022
Documents sent: 6 April 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 8 April 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 21 April 2022
Application approved: AWAITING
Passport printed: AWAITING
Passport sent: AWAITING
Passport received: AWAITING
Documents received: AWAITING

Still no updates! I have sent an email to my MP on this as it's frustrating. It's also coming to full 8 weeks next week.

farrahs · Post by **farrahs** » Mon Jun 06, 2022 3:41 pm

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Mon May 23, 2022 6:35 pm

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Sat Apr 16, 2022 11:06 pm
First adult passport application post naturalisation -
Office: Peterborough
Online application submitted: 13/03/2022
Identity verified: 13/03/2022
Documents sent: 14/03/2022
Documents delivered with Royal Mail: 15/03/2022 using RM Special Delivery
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: This is now updated to 21/4/2022 - taking SO LONG!!!! It's been a month since and HMPO still hasn't acknowledged receipt of my documents. I am starting to worry about my naturalisation certificate and my passport...!! Does anyone have similar experience?
Application being processed: 22/4/2022
Application approved: 6/6/2022 4:01pm
Passport printed and waiting
Passport received: waiting
Document received: waiting
Call them a few times and they are not helpful at all....

Finally!! Hopefully the new passport and documents come back soon............!

rayclark · Post by **rayclark** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 8:37 am

Type: Child's Renewal
From: Singapore
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Durham
Online application submitted: 28 April 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 28 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 28 April 2022
Identity details received: 28 April 2022
Application received: 28 April 2022
Documents sent: 29 April 2022 (by DHL)
Documents delivered by DHL: 03 May 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 23 May 2023
Ask someone to confirm your identity (AGAIN): 27 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity (AGAIN): 27 May 2022
Identity details received (AGAIN): 27 May 2022
Application approved: 27 May 2022
Passport printed: 31 May 2022
Passport received: 04 June 2022 (by DHL)
Documents received: AWAITING

A very helpful link for applicants from abroad to get a tracking number from DHL using their application number
https://www.dhl.com/gb-en/home/our-divi ... vices.html.

monsieur007 · Post by **monsieur007** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:37 pm

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Tue May 10, 2022 11:26 am
Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough
Application submitted: 21 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 21 March 2022
Identity details received : 22 March 2022
Application received: 22 March 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail signed-for/tracked service: 23 March 2022
Documents received (notification online): 5 April 2022
Application approved: 25 April 2022
Passport printed: 27 April 2022
Passport received: 2 May 2022
Supporting docs: not yet received

Still haven't received my supporting documents more than a month later. Chased all channels, no response so far.

forestgump · Post by **forestgump** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 4:43 pm

forestgump wrote: ↑
Fri May 27, 2022 2:22 pm
Type: First adult British passport after naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough
Application submitted: 25 May 2022 at 06:17 am
Email sent to the person confirming your identity: 25 May 2022 at 08:15 am
Identity details received: 25 May 2022 at 09:35 am
Application received: 25 May 2022 at 09:35 am
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 27 May 2022 at 09:44 am
Documents received confirmed: pending
Application approved: pending
Passport printed: pending
Passport received: pending
Documents received: pending

UPDATE: Documents received confirmed: 7 Jun 2022 at 5:30pm

Application approved: pending
Passport printed: pending
Passport received: pending
Documents received: pending

KB521 · Post by **KB521** » Wed Jun 08, 2022 7:55 am

Type: First adult British passport after naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough
Application submitted: 29 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 29 March 2022
Identity details received: 29 March 2022
Application received: 29 March 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail: 1 April 2022
Documents received confirmed: 8 April 2022
Application being processed: 9 May 2022
Application approved:
Passport printed:
Passport received:
Documents received:

Received an email today from HMPO saying my application has been received in Liverpool?! It's been 10 weeks now. I've called HMPO over 5 times and asked for a call back requesting urgent attention. Still nothing.

Firsadu · Post by **Firsadu** » Wed Jun 08, 2022 7:58 am

Type: First adult British passport (after naturalisation)
Mode: Online application
Passport Office: Peterborough
Application submitted: 13 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 13 April 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 21 April 2022
Documents received by Home Office: 29 April 2022
Application being processed: 29 April 2022
Application approved: 07 June 2022
Passport printed: [pending]
Passport received: [pending]
Documents received: [pending]

farrahs · Post by **farrahs** » Wed Jun 08, 2022 8:48 am

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Mon Jun 06, 2022 3:41 pm

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Mon May 23, 2022 6:35 pm

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Sat Apr 16, 2022 11:06 pm
First adult passport application post naturalisation -
Office: Peterborough
Online application submitted: 13/03/2022
Identity verified: 13/03/2022
Documents sent: 14/03/2022
Documents delivered with Royal Mail: 15/03/2022 using RM Special Delivery
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: This is now updated to 21/4/2022 - taking SO LONG!!!! It's been a month since and HMPO still hasn't acknowledged receipt of my documents. I am starting to worry about my naturalisation certificate and my passport...!! Does anyone have similar experience?
Application being processed: 22/4/2022
Application approved: 4:01pm on 6 June 2022
Passport printed: 8:21am on 8 June 2022
Passport received: waiting
Document received: waiting
Call them a few times and they are not helpful at all....
Finally!! Hopefully the new passport and documents come back soon............!

ti_abbasi2002 · Post by **ti_abbasi2002** » Wed Jun 08, 2022 9:22 am

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle(Liverpool)

Application submitted 2:18am on 1 June 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 2:18am on 1 June 2022.
Email sent to person confirming your identity 2:28am on 1 June 2022.
Identity details received 11:00am on 1 June 2022.
Application received 11:01am on 1 June 2022.
Documents sent: 01 June 2022.
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 06 June 2022.
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 10:05am on 8 June 2022.
Application approved: Awaiting
Passport printed: Awaiting
Passport received: Awaiting
Documents received: Awaiting

ti_abbasi2002 · Post by **ti_abbasi2002** » Wed Jun 08, 2022 9:36 am

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle(Liverpool)

Application submitted 2:18am on 1 June 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 2:18am on 1 June 2022.
Email sent to person confirming your identity 2:28am on 1 June 2022.
Identity details received 11:00am on 1 June 2022.
Application received 11:01am on 1 June 2022.
Documents sent: 01 June 2022.
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 06 June 2022 (Specialy delivery for next day before 1PM but due to bank holidays delivered on next working day).
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 10:05am on 8 June 2022.
Application approved: Pending
Passport printed: Pending
Passport received: Pending
Documents received: Pending

schen · Post by **schen** » Wed Jun 08, 2022 10:14 am

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle(Liverpool)

Application submitted: 30th May 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 30th May 2022
Email sent to the person confirming your identity: 30th May 2022
Identity details received: 31st May 2022
Application received: 31st May 2022
Documents sent: 31st May 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail (special delivery next day by 1pm): 1st June 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 8th June 2022
Application approved: Awaiting
Passport printed: Awaiting
Passport received: Awaiting
Documents received: Awaiting

migrant_uk16 · Post by **migrant_uk16** » Wed Jun 08, 2022 12:15 pm

migrant_uk16 wrote: ↑
Sun May 22, 2022 7:20 am

migrant_uk16 wrote: ↑
Tue May 17, 2022 8:07 am
Type: First British Adult Passport post naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 13 April 2022
Identity details received: 13 April 2022
Application received:13 April 2022
Documents sent : 13 April 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 14 April 2022
Documents received by HMPO: 27 April 2022
Application approved: 18 May 2022
Passport printed: 20 May 2022
Passport received: 24 May 2022
Documents received: 08 Jun 2022
Observations

It took ~40 hours from application approved to passport printed

Even though passport was printed before 10:30 on Friday morning, it could not be delivered on Saturday

Thank-you everyone!

mona3003 · Post by **mona3003** » Wed Jun 08, 2022 1:59 pm

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Fri Jun 03, 2022 6:06 am

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Fri May 27, 2022 7:09 pm

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Fri May 27, 2022 3:35 pm
Type: First child passport application after successful registration as GBR national (MN1)
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Online
Application submitted: 26th April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 26th April, 25th may and 27th May. For some reason they sent 2 emails to verify identity.
Identity details received: 26th April, 25th and 27th May 2022
Application received: 26th April 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail April 2022
Documents received confirmed :28-April-2022
Application approved: Pending It is now showing approved: 02/06/2022
Passport printed: Pending Printing: 02/06/2022. Now showing printed 07 JuneOnline message shows: What happens next
Your new passport will be transferred to our delivery supplier in the next few days. When it’s ready for delivery, they will contact you with a tracking reference.
Your documents will arrive separately and could take up to 2 weeks to arrive. They won’t be in the same envelope as your new passport.
Passport received: Pending
Documents received - Pending.
Application history
Status Date
Email sent to person confirming your identity 8:07pm on 27 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 1:51pm on 27 May 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 9:29am on 27 May 2022
Identity details received 12:04am on 27 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 3:10pm on 26 May 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 12:25pm on 26 May 2022
Documents received 10:37am on 10 May 2022
Application received 7:40pm on 26 April 2022
Identity details received 7:40pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 7:26pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 7:22pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 7:20pm on 26 April 2022
Person not eligible 7:03pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 6:58pm on 26 April 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 6:55pm on 26 April 2022
Application submitted 6:55pm on 26 April 2022
One of the people asked to verify identity were called on 02/06/2022 by HMPO. As soon as they verified the information the application was approved.

mat_oxy · Post by **mat_oxy** » Wed Jun 08, 2022 3:14 pm

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Wed May 18, 2022 1:20 pm

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Sat May 14, 2022 3:30 pm
Type: First newborn British passport
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 12 April2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 12 April2022
Identity details received: 13 April2022
Documents posted:13 April 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail 14-April-2022
Documents received confirmed :26-april-2022
Application approved:14-may-2022
Passport printed:17- May -2022
Passport received:18- May- 2022
Documents received:1-June- 2022

Bupz · Post by **Bupz** » Wed Jun 08, 2022 4:38 pm

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online application submitted: 4 May 2022
Documents sent: 5 May 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 6 May 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 18 May 2022
Application approved: 6 June 2022
Passport printed: 8 June 2022
Passport received: AWAITING
Documents received: AWAITING
Same Processing dates for partner’s application sent to HMPO Liverpool

yhm75 · Post by **yhm75** » Wed Jun 08, 2022 10:43 pm

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 31 march 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 31 march 2022
Identity details received: 31 march 2022
Application received:31 march 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail 06-april-2022
Documents received confirmed :20-april-2022
Application approved:06-may-2022
Passport printed:09 may 2022
Passport received:11 may 2022 no message or email from tnt
Documents received - finally documents received today 08-june-2022 royal mail 48 hours

Engr136 · Post by **Engr136** » Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:59 am

Engr136 wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 04, 2022 3:50 am
Type: First Child Passport
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 27/04/2022
Email sent for identity verification: 27/04/2022
Identity verified: 01/05/2022
Application received: 01/05/2022
Documents sent: 03/05/2022
Documents delivered: 04/05/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 16/05/2022
Application being processed: N/A
Application approved: 03/06/2022
Passport printed and sent: 07/06/2022
Passport received: 09/06/2022
Documents received: Pending

farrahs · Post by **farrahs** » Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:21 am

farrahs wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 08, 2022 8:48 am

farrahs wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 06, 2022 3:41 pm

farrahs wrote: ↑
Mon May 23, 2022 6:35 pm

farrahs wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 16, 2022 11:06 pm
First adult passport application post naturalisation -
Office: Peterborough
Online application submitted: 13/03/2022
Identity verified: 13/03/2022
Documents sent: 14/03/2022
Documents delivered with Royal Mail: 15/03/2022 using RM Special Delivery
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: This is now updated to 21/4/2022 - taking SO LONG!!!! It's been a month since and HMPO still hasn't acknowledged receipt of my documents. I am starting to worry about my naturalisation certificate and my passport...!! Does anyone have similar experience?
Application being processed: 22/4/2022
Application approved: 4:01pm on 6 June 2022
Passport printed: 8:21am on 8 June 2022
Passport received: about 11am-ish on 9 June 2022
Document received: waiting
Call them a few times and they are not helpful at all....
Finally!! Hopefully the new passport and documents come back soon............!

mona3003 · Post by **mona3003** » Thu Jun 09, 2022 5:58 pm

mona3003 wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 08, 2022 1:59 pm

mona3003 wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 03, 2022 6:06 am

mona3003 wrote: ↑
Fri May 27, 2022 7:09 pm

mona3003 wrote: ↑
Fri May 27, 2022 3:35 pm
Type: First child passport application after successful registration as GBR national (MN1)
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Online
Application submitted: 26th April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 26th April, 25th may and 27th May. For some reason they sent 2 emails to verify identity.
Identity details received: 26th April, 25th and 27th May 2022
Application received: 26th April 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail April 2022
Documents received confirmed :28-April-2022
Application approved: Pending It is now showing approved: 02/06/2022
Passport printed: Pending Printing: 02/06/2022. Now showing printed 07 JuneOnline message shows: What happens next
Your new passport will be transferred to our delivery supplier in the next few days. When it’s ready for delivery, they will contact you with a tracking reference.
Your documents will arrive separately and could take up to 2 weeks to arrive. They won’t be in the same envelope as your new passport.
Updated: Passport received: 09/06/2022
Documents received - Pending.
Application history
Status Date
Email sent to person confirming your identity 8:07pm on 27 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 1:51pm on 27 May 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 9:29am on 27 May 2022
Identity details received 12:04am on 27 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 3:10pm on 26 May 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 12:25pm on 26 May 2022
Documents received 10:37am on 10 May 2022
Application received 7:40pm on 26 April 2022
Identity details received 7:40pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 7:26pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 7:22pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 7:20pm on 26 April 2022
Person not eligible 7:03pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 6:58pm on 26 April 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 6:55pm on 26 April 2022
Application submitted 6:55pm on 26 April 2022
One of the people asked to verify identity were called on 02/06/2022 by HMPO. As soon as they verified the information the application was approved.

doctorwho2 · Post by **doctorwho2** » Sat Jun 11, 2022 8:03 am

Type: First adult British passport ( Wife)
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 2nd June 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 2 June 2022
Identity details received: 5th June 2022
Application received:5 th June 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail 9 th June 2022
Documents received confirmed : 10 June 2022
Application approved:
Passport printed:
Passport received:
Documents received ：

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