British Passport application processing timelines (only)

mitchh · Post by **mitchh** » Fri Aug 01, 2025 11:21 am

Application done Online - first passport after naturalisation.

Supporting Docs returned: 25 July 2025
Passport Delivered: 23 July 2025
Passport printed: 22 July 2025 11:06pm
Application approved: 21 July 2025 1:49pm
Documents acknowledged: 14 July 2025 11:27am (After I pushed on webchat that morning. Informed them my documents were delivered over a week prior)
Documents delivered: 3 July 2025 11:07am (Confirmed by Royal Mail tracking)
Documents sent: 3 July 2025 (First class tracked and signed)
Application received: 2 July 2025 9:05am
Identity details received: 2 July 2025 9:05am
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 2 July 2025 8:47am
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 2 July 2025 8:44am (I used the same person that I used as a reference on my naturalisation application)
Application submitted: 2 July 2025 8:44am

tava18 · Post by **tava18** » Mon Jul 28, 2025 8:16 am

Application approved 11:53am on 26 July 2025
Documents received 4:28pm on 18 July 2025
Application received 12:58pm on 12 July 2025
Identity details received 12:58pm on 12 July 2025
Email sent to person confirming your identity 12:54pm on 12 July 2025
Ask someone to confirm your identity 5:28pm on 11 July 2025
Application submitted 5:28pm on 11 July 2025

prayforus · Post by **prayforus** » Mon Jul 21, 2025 2:43 pm

First Passport after Naturalisation.

Application done Online.

Passport Delivered: 17 July 2025
Passport printed: 16 July 2025
Application approved: 15 July 2025
Documents received: 7 July 2025
Application received: 3 July 2025
Identity details received: 3 July 2025
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 1 July 2025
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 1 July 2025
Application submitted: 1 July 2025

Very quick turn around. Good luck everyone.

amit.sarkar007 · Post by **amit.sarkar007** » Thu Jul 17, 2025 10:24 am

Passport: First UK Passport after Naturalisation (Ceremony 17/06/2025)
Application Type: New
Method of application: Online
Passport office: Corby
Application submitted: 17/06/2025
Email sent to person confirming identity: 17/06/2025
Identity details received: 17/06/2025
Application received: 17/06/2025
Documents dispatched: 17/06/2025
Documents delivered: 18/06/2025
Documents acknowledged/received: 23/06/2025
Application approved: 28/06/2025
Passport printed and dispatched: 30/06/2025
Passport received: 01/07/2025
Supporting documents received: 02/07/2025

ronnie87 · Post by **ronnie87** » Tue Jul 15, 2025 10:34 am

First UK passport after naturalisation - Corby

Application submitted: 3:03pm on 25 June 2025
Identity details received: 4:57pm on 25 June 2025
Documents dispatched: 26 June 2025
Documents acknowledged: 8:16pm on 27 June 2025
Application approved: 5:41pm on 4 July 2025
Passport printed: 10:49pm on 7 July 2025
Passport dispatched: 12:19pm on 7 July 2025 (text message from Royal Mail)
Passport received: morning of 8 July 2025
Supporting documents received: morning of 10 July 2025

The entire process took less than the advertised 3 weeks, and all this in the middle of the summer holiday season. I'm pretty impressed

Poliyar · Post by **Poliyar** » Fri Jul 11, 2025 12:31 pm

Passport printed 11 July 2025
Application approved 10 July 2025
Identity details received 9 July 2025
Email sent to person confirming your identity 9 July 2025
Person not eligible 8 July 2025 - We have received a text message that the person we shose to confirm our identity does not meet the criteria.
Documents received 20 June 2025
Application received 19 June 2025
Identity details received 19 June 2025
Email sent to person confirming your identity 19 June 2025
Ask someone to confirm your identity 19 June 2025
Application submitted 19 June 2025

NemesisUK2 · Post by **NemesisUK2** » Thu Jul 10, 2025 8:39 am

First UK passport after naturalisation - Hemel Hempstead

Supporting Documents Delivered 09/07/2025
Passport Delivered 09/07/2025
Passport Dispatched 08/07/2025
Passport Printed 08/07/2025
Application approved 07/07/2025 (I am not sure if this is the reason but pushed on Webchat morning and approved same day afternoon)
Documents acknowledged 30 June 2025 (Pushed on Webchat)
Documents delivered 25 June 2025
Documents dispatched 23 June 2025
Application received 23 June 2025
Identity details received 23 June 2025
Email sent to person confirming your identity 23 June 2025
Ask someone to confirm your identity 23 June 2025
Application submitted 23 June 2025

deeojay · Post by **deeojay** » Tue Jul 08, 2025 10:00 pm

First UK passport after naturalisation - Hemel Hempstead

Application submitted: 10:47am on 21/06/25
Identity details received: 4:34pm on 22/06/25
Documents dispatched: 23/06/25
Documents acknowledged: 12noon on 26/06/25
Application approved: 9:50pm on 02/07/25
Passport printed: 10:09pm on 4/7/25
Passport dispatched: 9:14am on 4/7/25 (email from Royal Mail)
Passport received: 12:16pm on 04/07/25
Supporting documents received: 12:16pm on 04/07/25

All the best to those still waiting.

NemesisUK2 · Post by **NemesisUK2** » Mon Jul 07, 2025 2:04 pm

First UK passport after naturalisation - Hemel Hempstead

Supporting Documents Delivered #TBC
Passport Delivered #TBC
Passport Dispatched #TBC
Passport Printed #TBC
Application approved 07/07/2025 (I am not sure if this is the reason but pushed on Webchat morning and approved same day afternoon)
Documents acknowledged 30 June 2025 (Pushed on Webchat)
Documents delivered 25 June 2025
Documents dispatched 23 June 2025
Application received 23 June 2025
Identity details received 23 June 2025
Email sent to person confirming your identity 23 June 2025
Ask someone to confirm your identity 23 June 2025
Application submitted 23 June 2025

sakumar1202 · Post by **sakumar1202** » Tue Jul 01, 2025 3:36 pm

Timelines -

First UK Passport after naturalisation
Location - Hemel Hempstead

Documents Received 1 July 2025 ( Same delivery as passport )
Passport Received 1 July 2025
Royal Mail message that they got my passport 30 June 2025 ( no message from HMPO on passport dispatch)
Passport Dispatched ???
Passport Printed 30 June 2025 ( email from HMPO )
Application approved 28 June 2025
Documents received 23 June 2025 ( After pushing hard on Webchat )
Application received 16 June 2025
Identity details received 16 June 2025
Email sent to person confirming your identity 16 June 2025
Ask someone to confirm your identity 16 June 2025
Application submitted 16 June 2025

Took 15 days end to end from submission of application to delivery and 8 days from document submission to delivery

Learnings - Webchat folks are unhelpful, they have templatized response, they take all your information again and look at the same portal before answering, there is no value add having them in the process. AI could do a better job now.

sakumar1202 · Post by **sakumar1202** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 7:33 pm

Timelines -

First UK Passport after naturalisation
Location - Hemel Hempstead

Documents Received ???
Passport Received ???
Royal Mail message that they got my passport 30 June 2025 ( no message from HMPO on passport dispatch)
Passport Dispatched ???
Passport Printed ???
Application approved 28 June 2025
Documents received 23 June 2025 ( After pushing hard on Webchat )
Application received 16 June 2025
Identity details received 16 June 2025
Email sent to person confirming your identity 16 June 2025
Ask someone to confirm your identity 16 June 2025
Application submitted 16 June 2025

Learnings - Webchat folks are unhelpful, they have templatized response, they take all your information again and look at the same portal before answering, there is no value add having them in the process. AI could do a better job now
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NemesisUK2 · Post by **NemesisUK2** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 12:29 pm

First UK passport after naturalisation - Hemel Hempstead

Supporting Documents Delivered #TBC
Passport Delivered #TBC
Passport Dispatched #TBC
Passport Printed #TBC
Application approved #TBC
Documents acknowledged 30 June 2025 (Pushed on Webchat)
Documents delivered 25 June 2025
Documents dispatched 23 June 2025
Application received 23 June 2025
Identity details received 23 June 2025
Email sent to person confirming your identity 23 June 2025
Ask someone to confirm your identity 23 June 2025
Application submitted 23 June 2025

sakumar1202 · Post by **sakumar1202** » Sun Jun 29, 2025 8:51 pm

Timelines -

First UK Passport after naturalisation
Location - Hemel Hempstead

Documents Received ???
Passport Received ???
Passport Dispatched ???
Passport Printed ???
Application approved 28 June 2025
Documents received 23 June 2025 ( After pushing hard on Webchat )
Application received 16 June 2025
Identity details received 16 June 2025
Email sent to person confirming your identity 16 June 2025
Ask someone to confirm your identity 16 June 2025
Application submitted 16 June 2025

Learnings - Webchat folks are unhelpful, they have templatized response, they take all your information again and look at the same portal before answering, there is no value add having them in the process. AI could do a better job now

sam2105 · Post by **sam2105** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 12:44 pm

Passport for: Minor (First UK Passport)
Passport office: Hamel Hempstead
Application submitted: 8:19pm on 12 June 2025
Ask someone to confirm identity: 8:19pm on 12 June 2025
Email sent to person confirming identity: 9:17am on 14 June 2025
Identity details received: 9:29am on 16 June 2025
Application received: 9:29am on 16 June 2025
Documents dispatched: 1st class large stamp. No tracking. 17th June 2025
Documents received: 1:31pm on 19 June 2025
Application approved: 3:59pm on 25 June 2025
Passport printed: 6:37am on 26 June 2025
Passport dispatched: 10:19 26 June 2025
Passport received: 12:01PM on 27 June 2025
Supporting documents received: ?

revelation21 · Post by **revelation21** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 10:09 pm

Supporting documents delivered 21 June 2025 (arrived at the same time as passport)
Passport delivered 21 June 2025
Passport printed 20 June 2025
Application approved 19 June 2025
Documents received 12 June 2025
Application received 6 June 2025
Identity details received 6 June 2025
Email sent to person confirming your identity 6 June 2025
Email sent to person confirming your identity 4 June 2025
Ask someone to confirm your identity 4 June 2025
Application submitted 4 June 2025

Despite submitting at the same time as my wife and sending our documents in the very same pack, her application was approved a full 24 hours before mine and her passport was printed & delivered one day earlier as well.

Many thanks to this forum for being a go-to destination for timeline information over the past 6+ years. It's been real.

pkiran · Post by **pkiran** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 1:00 pm

Method of application: Online (First Adult Passport after Naturalisation)
Passport office: Hemel Hempstead
Application submitted: 11/06/25
Email sent to person confirming identity: 11/06/25
Identity details received: 11/06/25
Application received: 11/06/25
Documents dispatched: (Royal Mail Special Delivery) 11/06/25
Documents delivered : 12/06/25
Documents acknowledged:(after chasing via Web Chat) 16/06/25
Application approved: 21/06/25
Passport printed: 23/05/25
Passport dispatched: 23/05/25
Passport received: 23/05/25
Supporting documents received: 25/05/25

londoner011235 · Post by **londoner011235** » Fri Jun 20, 2025 12:42 pm

Details below. I didn't submit my current passport as I needed to travel on the 21st for a work trip. Submitted a full photocopy of it instead which was attested by the Post Office, which they accepted. The new British passport should deliver tomorrow anyway, prior to me leaving in the evening

Status Date
Passport delivery (expected) 21/06/2025 late morning
Passport printed and shipped 20/06/2025 late morning
Application approved 9:35pm on 19 June 2025
Documents received 9:15pm on 13 June 2025
Application received 10:33am on 11 June 2025
Identity details received 10:33am on 11 June 2025
Email sent to person confirming your identity 10:14am on 11 June 2025
Ask someone to confirm your identity 10:13am on 11 June 2025
Application submitted 10:13am on 11 June 2025

Mosabrown · Post by **Mosabrown** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 11:41 am

Mosabrown wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 10, 2025 9:23 am

Mosabrown wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 03, 2025 10:33 am

Mosabrown wrote: ↑
Thu May 29, 2025 10:34 am
Passport : First UK Passport after Naturalisation (Ceremony 28/05/2025)
Application Submitted : 28/05/2025 - 12.06pm
Ask someone to confirm your identity : 28/05/2025 - 12.06pm
Email sent to person confirming your identity : 28/05/2025 - 12.10pm
Identity details received : 28/05/2025 - 12.28pm
Application Received : 28/08/2025 - 12.28pm
Supporting Documents Requested : 28/05/2025 - 12.28pm
Supporting Documents Posted (Special Delivery by 1pm Next Day) : 28/05/2025 - 12.55pm
Supporting Documents Delivered : 29/05/2025 - 09.41am
Documents Received : 02/06/2025 - 5.04pm
Application Approved : 13/06/2025
Passport Printed : 14/06/2025
Passport Received : Royal Mail have confirmed delivery happening today 17/06/2025
Supporting Docs Received :

Man oh man, I hope this happens as quickly as everyone else's - I stupidly thought I'd be able to travel on my US passport with eVisa / settled status until such a time as I was able to apply for a British passport, but found out yesterday this wasn't the case and now I'm in a mad panic as my holiday is on 19 July! Eek! Wish me luck!

Update: Got a text & email last night at around 7.30pm (10/06) advising that I required to book a routine passport interview. Called right away (as they are open until 8pm) and got one booked for this Friday, 13 June. Call handler advised that after the interview, I should receive my passport within 7-10 days! Fingers crossed it comes a bit quicker than that!

Has anyone else received a request to book an interview recently?

Update 2 (17/06): Interview on Friday took less than 15 minutes - mostly questions around my home life, hobbies, and my work - was just like a general conversation - and she informed me I was approved at the end of the call and that I'd get a notification within 48 hours. I came off the call and got a text almost instantly to confirm. Passport is on its way and should be received today! Yippee!! I can go on holiday next month!

Favoured4life · Post by **Favoured4life** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 12:03 pm

Passport for: Adult (First UK Passport after Naturalisation) Application
Application Type: New
Method of application: Online
Passport office: Corby
Application submitted: 27 May 2025
Email sent to person confirming identity: 27 May 2025
Identity details and application received: 27 May 2025
Documents dispatched: 28 May 2025
Documents delivered : 29 May 2025
Documents acknowledged: 04 June 2025 (after phone call)
Application approved: 10 June 2025
Passport printed and dispatched: 11 June 2025
Passport received: 12 June 2025
Supporting documents received: 14 June 2025

Many thanks to this forum and to everyone who has shared. Best wishes to those still waiting.

mimihe · Post by **mimihe** » Tue Jun 10, 2025 7:14 pm

Passport: First UK Adult Passport after Naturalisation (Ceremony 09/05/2025)
Application Submitted: 10/05/2025 - 9.27am
Ask Someone to Confirm your Identity: 10/05/2025 - 9.27am
Email sent to Person Confirming your Identity: 10/05/2025 - 9.30am
Identity details received: 10/05/2025 - 10.28am
Application Received: 10/05/2025 - 10.28am
Supporting Documents Requested: 10/05/2025 - 10.28am
Supporting Documents Posted (Secure Delivery by 1pm Next Business Day): 10/05/2025 - around 11.00am
Supporting Documents Delivered: 12/05/2025 - around 8.00am
Documents Received: 14/05/2025 - 3.04pm (after checking with webchat)
Application Approved: 22/05/2025 - 9.05am
Passport Printed: 23/05/2025 - 1.21am
Passport Received: 24/05/2025 - 11.05am
Supporting Docs Received: 29/05/2025 - 12.20pm

On 21/05/2025, I used the online form to contact passport office instead of the webchat (as the webchat agents have been given me the same unhelpful answer which was to wait for the supporting documents to be scanned into the system) stating clearly that I have an urgent need to travel for work purposes and would like the process to be expedited. I received email response within two hours telling me that the request has been noted in the system. The next morning (22/05/2025) I got a call at 9am following up on the request, updating me that the documents had now been scanned, and within minutes I received approval email. Would recommend using the online form instead of the webchat for better services/responses.

Once the passport has been printed, you could track the status of shipping of your new passport and supporting documents using Royal Mail tracking services - the tracking number will be your 10-digit passport application number without the "PEX" prefix. I find this to be the fastest way to track if documents have been shipped as the Passport Office didn't send me any email informing me of the shipping or updating me of tracking numbers, and the webchat was slow.

Hope this is helpful and wish everyone a smooth application journey!

Mosabrown · Post by **Mosabrown** » Tue Jun 10, 2025 9:23 am

Mosabrown wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 03, 2025 10:33 am

Mosabrown wrote: ↑
Thu May 29, 2025 10:34 am
Passport : First UK Passport after Naturalisation (Ceremony 28/05/2025)
Application Submitted : 28/05/2025 - 12.06pm
Ask someone to confirm your identity : 28/05/2025 - 12.06pm
Email sent to person confirming your identity : 28/05/2025 - 12.10pm
Identity details received : 28/05/2025 - 12.28pm
Application Received : 28/08/2025 - 12.28pm
Supporting Documents Requested : 28/05/2025 - 12.28pm
Supporting Documents Posted (Special Delivery by 1pm Next Day) : 28/05/2025 - 12.55pm
Supporting Documents Delivered : 29/05/2025 - 09.41am
Documents Received : 02/06/2025 - 5.04pm
Application Approved : TBC
Passport Printed : TBC
Passport Received : TBC
Supporting Docs Received :

Man oh man, I hope this happens as quickly as everyone else's - I stupidly thought I'd be able to travel on my US passport with eVisa / settled status until such a time as I was able to apply for a British passport, but found out yesterday this wasn't the case and now I'm in a mad panic as my holiday is on 19 July! Eek! Wish me luck!

Update: Got a text & email last night at around 7.30pm (10/06) advising that I required to book a routine passport interview. Called right away (as they are open until 8pm) and got one booked for this Friday, 13 June. Call handler advised that after the interview, I should receive my passport within 7-10 days! Fingers crossed it comes a bit quicker than that!

Has anyone else received a request to book an interview recently?

bcenq · Post by **bcenq** » Mon Jun 09, 2025 8:02 am

Passport office: Hamel Hempstead

Application submitted 1:56pm on 23 May 2025
Ask someone to confirm your identity 1:56pm on 23 May 2025
Email sent to person confirming your identity 1:58pm on 23 May 2025
Identity details received 2:08pm on 23 May 2025
Application received 2:08pm on 23 May 2025
Documents received 1:46pm on 30 May 2025
Application approved 3:05pm on 5 June 2025
Passport printed 7:22am on 6 June 2025
Passport and supporting documents received: 10:55am on 7 June 2025

Zad93 · Post by **Zad93** » Fri Jun 06, 2025 9:59 am

Wife's Application

Method of application: Online (First Adult)
Passport office: Corby
Application submitted: 02/05/2025
Email sent to person confirming identity: 02/05/2025
Identity details received: 02/05/2025
Application received: 02/05/2025
Documents posted: 04/05/2025 (Royal Mail Special Delivery by 1pm)
Documents delivered: 07/05/2025
Documents acknowledged: 09/05/2025 (after webchat) Although we had sent all of the supporting documents including foreign passports & Naturalisation Certificate in one envelope, they had linked the passports to the application and we believe had misplaced the certificate as it was only linked to the application on the 22nd of May after numerous calls & webchat attempts, asking them to relook at the envelope, which they did and thankfully located the certificate. Thereafter it was a smooth sailing process.
Application approved: 27/05/2025
Passport printed: 27/05/2025
Passport received: 28/05/2025
Documents returned: 03/06/2025

Good luck all!

Mosabrown · Post by **Mosabrown** » Tue Jun 03, 2025 10:33 am

Mosabrown wrote: ↑
Thu May 29, 2025 10:34 am
Passport : First UK Passport after Naturalisation (Ceremony 28/05/2025)
Application Submitted : 28/05/2025 - 12.06pm
Ask someone to confirm your identity : 28/05/2025 - 12.06pm
Email sent to person confirming your identity : 28/05/2025 - 12.10pm
Identity details received : 28/05/2025 - 12.28pm
Application Received : 28/08/2025 - 12.28pm
Supporting Documents Requested : 28/05/2025 - 12.28pm
Supporting Documents Posted (Special Delivery by 1pm Next Day) : 28/05/2025 - 12.55pm
Supporting Documents Delivered : 29/05/2025 - 09.41am
Documents Received : 02/06/2025 - 5.04pm
Application Approved : TBC
Passport Printed : TBC
Passport Received : TBC
Supporting Docs Received :

Man oh man, I hope this happens as quickly as everyone else's - I stupidly thought I'd be able to travel on my US passport with eVisa / settled status until such a time as I was able to apply for a British passport, but found out yesterday this wasn't the case and now I'm in a mad panic as my holiday is on 19 July! Eek! Wish me luck!

londoner_ · Post by **londoner_** » Mon Jun 02, 2025 5:03 pm

First UK Adult Passport Timeline

Method: Online
Passport office: Corby
Application submitted: 20/05/2025
Documents delivered: 21/05/2025 (Royal Mail guaranteed 1pm)
Document acknowledgment: 24/05/2025 (After webchat)
Documents confirmed as scanned: 30/05/2025 (After calling Adviceline)
Application approved: 31/05/2025
Passport printed and posted: 02/06/2025
Passport expected delivery: 03/06/2025

Thanks to everyone for sharing!

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