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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by ATT » Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:23 am

ATT wrote:
Sun Jun 19, 2022 1:11 am
ATT wrote:
Sun Jun 19, 2022 1:02 am
ATT wrote:
Thu Apr 28, 2022 6:59 pm
Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Liverpool
Online application submitted: 27/04/2022
Identity verified: 27/04/2022
Documents sent: 27/04/2022
Documents delivered by Royal mail: 28/04/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 11/05/22
Application approved: 08/06/22
Passport printed: 10/06/22
Passport received: 13/06/22
Documents received: 28/06/22

Glory be to God Almighty. Thank you to the moderators. I wish everyone all the best

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by zazu777 » Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:01 pm

Type: First Adult Passport after UKM citizenship
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Durham
Online application submitted: 5th June 2022
Identity verified: 7th June 2022
Application received: 7th June 2022
Documents sent: 13th June 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 30th June 2022
Application approved:
Passport printed and sent:
Passport received:
Documents received:

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by Jackie1991 » Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:05 pm

First Adult Passport after Naturalisation.

Method: Online, HMPO Bootle

Identity Verified, Application Submitted: 29 June 2022

Application Confirmed: 30 June 2022

Application Approved:

Documents Sent:

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by Shridhar26 » Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:07 pm

Type : First British Passport
Mode : Online
Passport Office : Bootle (Liverpool)
Application submitted : 11 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity : 11 May 2022
Identity details received : 11 May 2022
Application received : 11 May 2022
Documents sent RM signed-for/tracked service : 12 May 2022
Documents received : 24 May 2022

Email sent to person confirming your identity : 13 June 2022 (2nd Time)
Identity details received : 13 June 2022 (2nd Time)

Application approved : 13 June 2022
Passport printed : 15 June 2022
Passport received : 16 June 2022 (Dropped in door Letter box)
Supporting docs : 30 June 2022 (Received Email from Royal Mail on 29 June 2022)

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by rv2010 » Fri Jul 01, 2022 11:36 am

Type .......................... First adult Passport after naturalization
Passport Office ............... Peterborough
Online application submitted .. 26 May 2022
Identity verified ............. 27 May 2022
Documents sent ................ 30 May 2022
Documents delivered ........... 31 May 2022
Documents confirmed received .. 07 Jun 2022
Application approved .......... 01 Jul 2022

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by Gurpreet1987 » Sat Jul 02, 2022 1:11 pm

FIRST APPLICATION
APPLICATION SUBMITTED :- 17 APRIL
IDENTITY CONFIRMED :- 05 JUNE
APPLICATION RECEIVED:- 5 JUNE
DOCUMENTS RECEIVED BY HMPO :- 15 JUNE
APPLICATION APPROVED:- NOT YET

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by Abdo_K » Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:42 am

Application 1:
Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 7th Jun 2022
Identity verified: 7th Jun 2022
Application received: 7th Jun 2022
Documents sent: 7th Jun 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 13th Jun 2022 08:59am
Application approved: N/A
Passport printed and sent: N/A
Passport received: N/A
Documents received: N/A

Application 2:
Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 7th Jun 2022
Identity verified: 7th Jun 2022
Application received: 7th Jun 2022
Documents sent: 7th Jun 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 13th Jun 2022 08:53am
Application approved: N/A
Passport printed and sent: N/A
Passport received: N/A
Documents received: N/A

Application 3:
Type: First child passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online application submitted: 7th Jun 2022
Identity verified: 7th Jun 2022
Application received: 7th Jun 2022
Documents sent: 7th Jun 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 10th Jun 2022 16:32
Application approved: N/A
Passport printed and sent: N/A
Passport received: N/A
Documents received: N/A

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by Engr136 » Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:50 am

Engr136 wrote:
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: 04/07/2022

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by yougotme01 » Mon Jul 04, 2022 2:59 pm

yougotme01 wrote:
Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:26 am
Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Online
Online application submitted: 25/05/22
Identity verified: 25/05/22
Application received: 25/05/22
Documents sent: 25/05/22 (next day signed for delivery)
Documents delivered: 26/05/22
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 03/06/22
Application approved: 27/06/22
Passport printed and sent: 29/06/22
Passport received: 30/06/22 (via TNT, received a text message)
Documents received: 04/07/22

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by cuppid143 » Mon Jul 04, 2022 4:09 pm

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 04/07/22
Identity verified: 04/07/22
Application received: 04/07/22
Documents sent: 04/07/22 ( signed for delivery)
Documents delivered:
Documents confirmed received by HMPO:
Application approved:
Passport printed and sent:
Passport received:
Documents received:

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by camil » Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:05 pm

Delivered by tNT 1 July 2022
Passport printed 30 June 2022
Application approved 29 June 2022
Documents received 2 June 2022
Application received 21 May 2022
Identity details received 21 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 21 May 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 21 May 2022
Application submitted 21 May 2022

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by ti_abbasi2002 » Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:26 pm

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: 1:17pm on 4 July 2022
Passport printed: Awaiting
Passport received: Awaiting
Documents received: Awaiting

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by Mak9878 » Tue Jul 05, 2022 3:10 pm

Type: First child passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online application submitted: 8th Jun 2022
Identity verified: 8th Jun 2022
Application received: 8th Jun 2022
Documents sent: 9th Jun 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 14th Jun 2022
Application approved: N/A
Passport printed and sent: N/A
Passport received: N/A
Documents received: N/A

Documents sent: Naturalisation Certificate and Birth Certificate in original.

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by forestgump » Wed Jul 06, 2022 12:32 pm

Type: First adult British passport after naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough
Application submitted: 25 May 2022 at 06:17am
Email sent to the person confirming your identity: 25 May 2022 at 08:15am
Identity details received: 25 May 2022 at 09:35am
Application received: 25 May 2022 at 09:35am
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 27 May 2022 at 09:44am
Documents received confirmed: 7 Jun 2022 at 5:30pm
Application approved: 4 Jul at 8:30am
Passport printed: 5 Jul at 9pm
Passport received: 6 Jul at 1pm

Documents received: pending


Thanks a lot for this forum for being so informative over the last 6 years.

Good luck to those who are still waiting for their passport to arrive :D

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by seradity4life » Wed Jul 06, 2022 6:06 pm

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle

Application submitted 2: 31 May 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 31 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 31 May 2022
Identity details received: 31 May 2022
Application received: 31 May 2022
Documents sent: 31 May 2022

Documents delivered by Royal Mail:
-No Confirmation.
-Status still says "Your Item was received by Warrington MC on 01-06-2022 and is now due for delivery today"

Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 8 June 2022
Application approved: 1 July 2022
Passport printed: 4 July 2022
Passport received: 6 July 2022
Documents received: Awaiting

All the best to everyone waiting!

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by ti_abbasi2002 » Thu Jul 07, 2022 1:19 pm

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.
Email sent to person confirming your identity10:59am on 4 July 2022 (2nd time).
Identity details received12:30pm on 4 July 2022.
Application approved: 1:17pm on 4 July 2022.
Passport printed: 3:06am on 6 July 2022.
Passport received: 7 July 2022.
Documents received: Awaiting

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by amanjain861 » Fri Jul 08, 2022 8:43 am

Type: First Child British passport (Child born in the UK to ILR parents - My Younger Son)
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle(Liverpool)

Application submitted - 12:35pm on 4 July 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity - 12:35pm on 4 July 2022.
Email sent to person confirming your identity - 12:39pm on 4 July 2022.
Identity details received - 9:28pm on 4 July 2022.
Application received - 9:28pm on 4 July 2022.
Documents sent: 05 July 2022.
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 06 July 2022.
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 9:08am on 7 July 2022.
Application approved: Awaiting.
Passport printed: Awaiting.
Passport received: Awaiting.
Documents received: Awaiting

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by bmreev » Fri Jul 08, 2022 11:19 am

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough

Application submitted 19 May 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 19 May 2022.
Email sent to person confirming your identity 19 May 2022.
Identity details received 20 May 2022.
Application received 11:01am on 20 May 2022
Documents sent: 20 May 2022.
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 23 May 2022.
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 6th June 2022.
Application approved: 29 June 2022.
Passport printed: 1st July 2022.
Passport received: 4th July 2022.
Documents received: Awaiting

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by ah1739 » Fri Jul 08, 2022 11:35 am

ah1739 wrote:
Wed Jun 29, 2022 4:18 pm
Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Glasgow
Online application submitted: 17/05/22
Identity verified: 17/05/22
Application received: 17/05/22
Documents sent: 17/05/22 (next day signed for delivery)
Documents delivered: 19/05/22
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 25/05/22
Application approved: 25/06/22
Passport printed and sent: 28/06/22
Passport received: 29/06/22 (via TNT, received a text message)
Documents received: 08/07/22
All done, best of luck to those waiting!

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by Mak9878 » Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:50 pm

Mak9878 wrote:
Tue Jul 05, 2022 3:10 pm
Type: First child passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online application submitted: 8th Jun 2022
Identity verified: 8th Jun 2022
Application received: 8th Jun 2022
Documents sent: 9th Jun 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 14th Jun 2022
Application approved: 08/07/2022
Passport printed and sent: N/A
Passport received: N/A
Documents received: N/A

Documents sent: Naturalisation Certificate and Birth Certificate in original.

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by monsieur007 » Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:58 pm

monsieur007 wrote:
Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:37 pm
monsieur007 wrote:
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: 18 June 2022
Still haven't received my supporting documents more than a month later. Chased all channels, no response so far.
Took a ridiculous amount of chasing—but got there in the end, phew.

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by doctorwho2 » Fri Jul 08, 2022 11:17 pm

doctorwho2 wrote:
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: 5 July 2022
Passport printed:7 July 2022
Passport received:8 July 2022
Documents received :

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by schen » Mon Jul 11, 2022 11:19 am

schen wrote:
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
Application approved: 1st July
Passport printed: 4th July
Passport received: 11th July (They tried to deliver on 6th July but I wasn't at home, so I re-scheduled the delivery to 11th)
Documents received: Awaiting

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by SquigglySquid » Mon Jul 11, 2022 1:14 pm

SquigglySquid wrote:
Tue Jun 28, 2022 3:40 pm
Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Passport office: Bootle
Application submitted: 26 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 26 May 2022
Identity details received: 26 May 2022
Application received: 26 May 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail: 30 May 2022
Documents received by HMPO: 1 June 2022
Application approved: 28 June 2022
Passport printed: 30 June 2022
Passport received: 1 July 2022 (by TNT, through letterbox)
Supporting documents received: 11 July 2022 (Put through letterbox in a flimsy envelope so the certificate of naturalisation got all wrinkled up :( )
1 month 2 days from submission to approval
1 month 15 days from submission to whole process being complete (including return of supporting documents)

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Re: British Passport application processing timelines (only)

Post by IAmNullPointer » Mon Jul 11, 2022 2:32 pm

IAmNullPointer wrote:
Tue Jun 21, 2022 1:09 pm
Type: First British Adult Passport post naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted 6 June 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 6 June 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity on 6 June 2022
Identity details received on 6 June 2022
Application received on 6 June 2022
Documents received 9 June 2022
Application approved: 4 July 2022
Passport printed: 5 July 2022
Passport received: 6 July 2022
Documents received: pending
It took exactly around 21 days or 3 weeks from the time they aknowledged documents received. I believe this is the time you need to take in consideration.

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