British Passport application processing timelines (only)

CK2022 · Post by **CK2022** » Wed Oct 26, 2022 11:35 am

CK2022 wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 17, 2022 3:58 pm
Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle, Redgrave court
Naturalisation ceremony: 11/10/22
Online application submitted: 11/10/22
Identity verified: 11/10/22
Application received: 11/10/22
Documents sent: 12/10/22 (guaranteed next day delivery)
Documents delivered: 13/10/22
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 17/10/22
Application approved: 26/10/2022 email came through 11:38am
Passport printed and sent:tbc
Passport received: tbc
Documents received: tbc

GlobalWorldCitizen · Post by **GlobalWorldCitizen** » Wed Oct 26, 2022 1:09 pm

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 27/09/2022
Identity confirmed: 27/09/2022
Application received: 27/09/2022
Document posted (via Royal Mail Tracked 24): 28/09/2022
Document arrived: 29/09/2022
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 30/09/2022
Application approved: 13/10/2022
Passport printed: 14/10/2022
Passport received (not signed for, just via letter box): 18/10/2022
Supporting documents received: 20/10/2022

lanfranchi2 · Post by **lanfranchi2** » Wed Oct 26, 2022 1:11 pm

lanfranchi2 wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 24, 2022 4:19 pm
I think this is possibly a record for a first naturalised passport for non-EU

Application submitted 11 October 2022
Documents received 12 October 2022
Application approved 24 October 2022
Printed 25 October 2022
Delivered 26 October 2022

ingacarey · Post by **ingacarey** » Thu Oct 27, 2022 9:27 am

Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 12th October 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 12th October 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 12th October 2022
Identity details received: 12th October 2022
Application received: 12th October 2022
Documents received: 14th October 2022
Application approved: 25th October 2022
Passport printed: 26th October 2022
Passport delivered: 27th October 2022

iz1 · Post by **iz1** » Fri Oct 28, 2022 12:02 am

iz1 wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 13, 2022 7:08 pm
Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle, Redgrave court
Online application submitted: 07/10/22
Identity verified: 08/10/22
Application received: 08/10/22
Documents sent: 11/10/22 (guaranteed next day delivery)
Documents delivered: 12/10/22
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 13/10/22
Application approved: 25/10/22
Passport printed and sent:26/10/2022
Passport received: 27/10/22
Documents received: tbc

gauravsundar · Post by **gauravsundar** » Sat Oct 29, 2022 4:12 am

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 11/10/2022
Identity confirmed: 12/10/2022
Application received: 13/10/2022
Document posted (via Special Delivery): 13/10/2022
Document arrived: 17/10/2022 (post strike)
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 17/10/2022
Application approved: 26/10/2022
Passport printed: 27/10/2022
Passport received (not signed for, just via letter box): 28/10/2022
Supporting documents received: TBC

Beyou · Post by **Beyou** » Sun Oct 30, 2022 11:27 am

Beyou wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 11, 2022 11:21 am

Beyou wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 06, 2022 4:07 pm
Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 06/10/22
Identity confirmed: 06/10/22
Application received: 06/10/22
Document posted as special delivery: 06/10/22
Document received : 11/10/22
Application approved: ?
Passport printed: ?
Passport delivered : ?
Documents received:waiting

Seems like only mine from this timeline hasn’t been approved yet. They keep telling me there’s a 10 week timeline on the phone when everyone has received theirs

CK2022 · Post by **CK2022** » Mon Oct 31, 2022 4:19 pm

CK2022 wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 26, 2022 11:35 am

CK2022 wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 17, 2022 3:58 pm
Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle, Redgrave court
Naturalisation ceremony: 11/10/22
Online application submitted: 11/10/22
Identity verified: 11/10/22
Application received: 11/10/22
Documents sent: 12/10/22 (guaranteed next day delivery)
Documents delivered: 13/10/22
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 17/10/22
Application approved: 26/10/2022 email came through 11:38am
Passport printed and sent:27/10/22
Passport received: attempted delivery 29/10/2022 ( delivery was attempted on the 28th but issues with driver)
Documents received: tbc

Newbie36 · Post by **Newbie36** » Mon Oct 31, 2022 8:55 pm

First Adult Passport after Naturalisation

Method of application: Online
Date of application: 05/10/2022
Date identity confirmed: 05/10/2022
Identity details received: 05/10/2022
Application received: 05/10/2022
Documents posted: 06/10/2022
Documents received: 10/10/2022
Application approved: Pending
Passport printed: pending
Passport received: pending
Supporting docs returned: pending

I wish I knew the reason for the delay as others who submitted their application after me have received a response

Still keeping my fingers crossed

walterz · Post by **walterz** » Tue Nov 01, 2022 3:52 pm

Type: First Adult passport after Registration
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Glasgow
Application submitted: 12/10/2022
Identity confirmed: 12/10/2022
Application received: 12/10/2022
Document posted: 13/10/2022
Document arrived: 17/10/2022 (delayed due to Royal Mail strike)
Documents received and status updated on the HMPO website: 19/10/2022
Photo rejected: 21/10/2022
New photo received: 23/10/2022
Additional document requested: 28/10/2022 (letter dated 21/10/2002 arrived by post on 28/10/2022, this is not shown on HMPSO website)
Additional document arrived: 31/10/2022 (they rejected the Saturday delivery, there is also no status update for additional doc received)
Application approved: 01/11/2022
Passport printed: TBC
Passport received: TBC
Supporting documents received: TBC

Thank you very much for all the advice and support

Bu88 · Post by **Bu88** » Tue Nov 01, 2022 4:58 pm

Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Application submitted: 17/10/2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 17/10/2022
Identity details received: 19/10/2022
Documents sent: 20/10/2022
Documents received: 21/10/2022
Application approved: email and text received on Sunday 30/10/2022 10:23am
Passport printed: email received at 31/10/2022 01:04am
Passport delivered: 31/10/2022 13:40pm

Newbie36 · Post by **Newbie36** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 6:43 am

Newbie36 wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 31, 2022 8:55 pm
First Adult Passport after Naturalisation

Method of application: Online
Date of application: 05/10/2022
Date identity confirmed: 05/10/2022
Identity details received: 05/10/2022
Application received: 05/10/2022
Documents posted: 06/10/2022
Documents received: 10/10/2022
Application approved: 01/11/2022
Passport printed: 02/11/2022
Passport received: 03/11/2022
Supporting docs returned: waiting

Wishing you all the best for the future

Bells · Post by **Bells** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 8:53 am

Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 18th October 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 18th October 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 18th October 2022
Identity details received: 19th October 2022
Application received: 19th October 2022
Documents received: 25th October 2022
Application approved: 1st November 2022
Passport printed: 1st November 2022
Passport delivered: 3rd November 2022

mattaus · Post by **mattaus** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 11:36 am

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle, Redgrave court
Naturalisation ceremony: -
Online application submitted: 24/10/22
Identity verified: 24/10/22
Application received: 24/10/22
Documents sent: 25/10/22 (guaranteed next day delivery)
Documents delivered: 26/10/22
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 27/10/22
Application approved: 2/11/2022
Passport printed and sent: 3/11/2022
Passport received: 4/11/2022
Documents received: TBC

11 days from submitting application to receiving passport. Potentially a new record.

Hermand · Post by **Hermand** » Thu Nov 10, 2022 11:55 pm

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Liverpool
Citizenship ceremony: 20/10/22
Application submitted: 20/10/22
Identity confirmed: 21/10/22
Application received: 21/10/22
Document posted as special delivery: 21/10/22
Document arrived (track at royal mail): 24/10/22
Documents received and updated at application track website: 24/10/22
Application approved: 02/11/22
Passport printed: 02/11/22
Passport delivered (not signed for, just put through letter box): 04/11/22
Documents received: 10/11/2022

End of the journey with UK immigration system. Good luck to those who are Still waiting hopefully you will have a positive outcome for your case

Beyou · Post by **Beyou** » Fri Nov 11, 2022 2:48 pm

Beyou wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 06, 2022 4:07 pm
Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 06/10/22
Identity confirmed: 06/10/22
Application received: 06/10/22
Document posted as special delivery: 06/10/22
Document received : 11/10/22
Application approved: 02/11/22
Passport printed: 03/11/22
Passport delivered : 04/11/22
Documents received: Due to be delivered 12/11/22 according to courier

zacklee · Post by **zacklee** » Fri Nov 11, 2022 9:42 pm

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Glasgow
Citizenship ceremony: 1/11/22
Application submitted: 1/11/22
Identity confirmed: 1/11/22
Application received: 1/11/22
Document posted as special delivery: 1/11/22
Document arrived (track at royal mail): 2/11/22
Documents received and updated at application track website: 4/11/22
Application approved: 11/11/22
Passport printed: 11/11/22
Passport delivered: TBC
Documents received: TBC

kikzz77 · Post by **kikzz77** » Tue Nov 15, 2022 11:46 am

First Adult Passport after Naturalisation

Method of application: Online
Date of application: 02/11/2022
Date identity confirmed: 02/11/2022
Identity details received: 02/11/2022
Application received: 02/11/2022
Documents posted: 03/11/2022
Documents received: 07/11/2022
Application approved: 12/11/2022
Passport printed: 14/11/2022
Passport received: 15/11/2022
Supporting docs returned: pending

mental4vray · Post by **mental4vray** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 12:31 pm

Type: Child’s first passport
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Belfast
Application submitted: 08/11/2022
Identity confirmed: 08/11/2022
Application received: 08/11/2022
Document posted (via Royal Mail Tracked 24): 08/11/2022
Document arrived: 09/11/2022
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 10/11/2022
Application approved: 16/11/2022
Passport printed: 17/11/2022 at 04:58am
Passport received: waiting
Supporting documents received: waiting

Wtaribo · Post by **Wtaribo** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 5:35 pm

-application sent(online) -04/11
-Identity confirmed- 04/ 11
-Documents sent -05 /11
-Documents received -09/11
-application approved -15/11
-passport printed -16/11
-passport received -11:30 AM , 17/11.

12 days between application and passport delivery.

Good luck to everyone, and a big thank you to this forum thats has helped and guided me throughout my immigration journey .never once needed a lawyer ,I got all the help on here from tier 4 student visa to naturalisation and passport.AGAIN MASSIVE THANK YOU!!!

✍

mkuser · Post by **mkuser** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 7:37 pm

-application sent(online) -01/11
-Identity confirmed- 01/11
-Documents sent -02/11
-Documents received -04/11
-application approved -15/11
-passport printed -16/11
-passport received -17/11

bubbly123 · Post by **bubbly123** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 3:29 pm

First Adult Passport after Naturalisation

Method of application: Online
Date of application: 07/11/2022
Date identity confirmed: 07/11/2022
Identity details received: 07/11/2022
Application received: 07/11/2022
Documents posted: 08/11/2022
Documents received: 10/11/2022
Application approved: 17/11/2022
Passport printed: 18/11/2022
Passport received: pending
Supporting docs returned: pending

Thank you so much for the support and help!

nj502 · Post by **nj502** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:56 am

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 8 November 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 8 November 2022
Email sent to the person confirming your identity: 8 November 2022
Identity details received: 9 November 2022
Application received: 9 November 2022
Document posted as special delivery: 10 November 2022
Documents received: 11 November 2022
Application approved: 17 November 2022
Passport printed: 18 November 2022
Passport received: 21 November 2022
Documents received: Waiting

Best of luck everyone!

Mombasagirl · Post by **Mombasagirl** » Tue Nov 22, 2022 6:27 pm

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Naturalisation ceremony: 9/11/22
Online application submitted: 9/11/22
Identity verified: 9/11/22
Application received: 9/11/22
Documents sent: 9/11/22
Documents delivered: 11/11/22
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 11/11/22
Application approved: 17/11/2022
Passport printed and sent:18/11/22
Passport received: 21/11/2022
Documents received: tbc

The end of a long and expensive journey. I am ever so grateful for the advice on this group, which was spot on every time. All the very best to everyone who is waiting.

sg95 · Post by **sg95** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 7:35 pm

Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Application submitted: 09/11/2022
Identity details received: 09/11/2022
Documents sent: 10/11/2022
Documents received: 14/11/2022 (confirmed by HMPO, not sure when actually received)
Application approved: 22/11/2022
Passport printed: 23/11/2022
Passport delivered: 23/11/2022
Documents returned: 23/11/2022 (surprisingly!)

Thanks for all the help!

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