British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[geriatrix]

Interested members can post their passport application processing timelines here for the benefit of others.

Please include the following details when posting in this topic:

Application Timeline
Passport for: Adult / Minor
Application Type: New / Replacement / Renewal
Method of application: Check & Send or Postal
Date of application:
Date application received by IPS:
Location of IPS Office involved:
Date of return of documents:
Date of receipt of interview letter:
Date of Passport Appointment:
Date of Passport Receipt:


Other Updates: If you wish to provide interim updates (e.g. - when you called UKBA for status, and what information you were given), please edit your original post to include the following:
Interim Updates
Date: Description



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Duplicate posts, multiple posts relating to the same application, pleasantries, off-topic posts, queries, posts enquiring about current timelines, etc. will be deleted without notice.

We thank you for your understanding and co-operation.

[Nazia88]

Time line for my son

Passport for: Child (5yer old)
Application Type: Renewal
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 16/06/2011
Date application received by IPS: 20/06/2011
Date of return of documents: 08/07/2011
Date of Passport Receipt: 06/072011

[ferrarilondon]

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 7th june 2011
Date application received by IPS: ( not checked )
Date of return of documents: 14th June 2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: 21st June 2011
Date of Passport Interview: 25th June ( Birmingham passport interview office)
Date of Passport Receipt:

Update: I rang IPS today about delivery of my passport they said its been printed since Monday and waiting to be picked up by courier company.

[sid79]

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 7th june 2011
Date application received by IPS: 9th June 2011
Date of return of documents: 14th June 2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: 15th June 2011
Date of Passport Interview: 28th June ( Crawley Office)
Date of Passport Receipt: 30 Jun 2011

[model]

Passport for: 2 Adults + 1 Child
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 30th June 2011
Date application received by IPS: 01JULY 2011
Date of return of documents: 13.07.11 for both Adult, child 14.07.11
Date of receipt of interview letter: 14.07.11(both Adult)
Date of Passport Appointment: 18.07.11(both Adult)
Date of Passport Receipt: 14.07.11 (Child) 20.07.11(both Ault)
Finally jurney over today 20.07.11 . Thanks to Immigration boards and friends for support provided during the jurney.

[Neuluk]

Time line for my daughter

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 02/07/2011
Date application received by IPS: 05/07/2011
Date of return of documents: 15/07/2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: 15/07/2011
Date of Passport Appointment: 22/07/2011
Date of Passport Receipt: 26/07/2011

Time Line for mine:

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 02/07/2011
Date application received by IPS: 05/07/2011
Date of return of documents: 15/07/2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: 14/07/2011 dated 13/07/2011
Date of Passport Appointment:22/07/2011
Date of Passport Receipt:26/07/2011

[t4tahir]

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 8th June 2011
Date application received by IPS: 15th June 2011
Date of return of documents: 23rd June 2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: 23rd June 2011
Date of Passport Appointment: 29th June 2011
Date of Passport Receipt:4th July 2011

[jagan]

Hi ! It is all done now with journey to British citizenship....

To update you all the time lines are as below for our family.

Time line for my son:

Passport for: Minor
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 11/06/2011
Date application received by IPS: 14/06/2011
Date of return of documents: 23/06/2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: NA
Date of Passport Appointment: NA
Date of Passport Receipt: 22/06/2011


Time Line for my Wife:

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 11/06/2011
Date application received by IPS: 14/06/2011
Date of return of documents: 24/06/2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: 24/06/2011
Date of Passport Appointment: 24/06/2011
Date of Passport Receipt: 28/06/2011


Time Line for mine:

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 15/06/2011
Date application received by IPS: 17/06/2011
Date of return of documents: 28/06/2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: 28/06/2011
Date of Passport Appointment: 29/06/2011
Date of Passport Receipt: 05/07/2011

[allta]

Application Timeline:

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 16/06/2011
Date application received by IPS: 21/06/2011
Date of return of documents: 08/07/2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: 08/07/2011 (Posted 06/07/2011)
Date of Passport Appointment: 11/07/2011
Date of Passport Receipt: 15/07/2011

The journey to having a British Passport is complete after 7years of pure determination. Thanks to Immigrationboards and all its moderators and goodluck to current & future applicants.

[johnty]

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Postal - First class Singed For
Date of application: 6/7/11
Date application received by IPS: 7/7/11
Date of return of documents: 29/07/11
Date of receipt of interview letter: 28/07/11
Date of Passport Appointment: 01/08/11
Date of Passport Receipt:

[oxfordblues]

Here are our time-lines. Our application was for three family members, including our minor son.

Passport for: Minor
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 17/06/2011
Date application received by IPS: 20/06/2011
Date of return of documents: 01/07/2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: NA
Date of Passport Appointment: NA
Date of Passport Receipt: 02/07/2011

For us:

Passport for: Adult (Husband)
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 17/06/2011
Date application received by IPS: 20/06/2011
Date of return of documents: 30/06/2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: 30/06/2011
Date of Passport Appointment: 7/07/2011
Date of Passport Receipt: 11/07/2011

Passport for: Adult (Mine)
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 17/06/2011
Date application received by IPS: 20/06/2011
Date of return of documents: 01/07/2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: 01/07/2011
Date of Passport Appointment: 7/07/2011
Date of Passport Receipt: 11/07/2011

Good luck for all who are waiting. Thanks again to immigrationboards

[hd]

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 13 July 2011
Date application received by IPS: 15 July 2011
Date of return of documents: 27 July 2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: 28 July 2011
Date of Passport Appointment: 30 July 2011
Date of Passport Receipt: 2 August 2011

[oluwa112]

Date of appln. for passport - 02/06/2011
Method used - post office Check and Send
Date of Receipt of documents -06/06/2011 (i used the progress tracker on the IPS website)
Interview Invitation letter -17/06/2011 - Dated 15/06/2011.
Date Documents Returned: 21/06/2011
Date of interview - 01/07/2011 - Crawley Office
Date passport received – 04/07/2010

[pbs6vas]

Passport for: Minor
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 05/07/2011
Date application received by IPS: 07/07/2011
Date of return of documents: 12/07/2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: NA
Date of Passport Appointment: NA
Date of Passport Receipt: 13/07/2011


Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 05/07/2011
Date application received by IPS: 07/07/2011
Date of return of documents: 12/07/2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: 13/07/2011
Date of Passport Appointment: 13/07/2011
Date passport printed: 14/07/11
Date of Passport Receipt: 15/07/2011
End of my journey to british passport. Thanks to all helpful members on immigrationboards.

[e1Gonz]

Passport Application Timeline
Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: Friday 15 July 2011
Date application received by IPS: Don't know
Date of return of documents: Friday 29 July 2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: Friday 29 July 2011 (Dated 27 July 2011)
Date of Passport Appointment: Monday 1 August 2011 - Manchester Office
Date of Passport Receipt: Tuesday 2 August 2011

[ngueda2009]

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 27th june 2011
Date application received by IPS: 5th July 2011
Date of return of documents: 15th July 2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: 15th July 2011
Date of Passport Interview: 16th july liverpool
Date of Passport Receipt: 19 July 2011

[Neuluk]

Timeline for My Wife

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 20/07/2011
Date application received by IPS: 25/07/2011
Date of return of documents: 05/08/2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: 05/08/2011
Date of Passport Interview: 16/08/2011
Date of Passport Receipt:30/08/2011

[River1river]

Application Type (New/Replacement etc): NEW Adult
Date of Passport Application: 27/06/2011
Method Used: (Postal or Post office): Post Office C&S
Date application received by IPS: 30/06/2011
Documents received by Post: 12/07/2011
Interview Letter Received: 13/07/2011
Date of Passport Appointment: 18/07/2011
Date of Passport Receipt: 20/07/2011

The journey ends !!!!!!! This will be my last update good luck everyone & thanks

[Markie]

Application Timeline
Passport for: 2xAdult / 2xMinor
Application Type: New
Method of application: Postal to Peterborough
Date of application: 29 June 2011
Date application received by IPS: 30 June 2011
Date of return of documents: 14 July 2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: 14 July 2011
Date of Passport Appointment: 19 July 2011 (Crawley)
Date of Passport Receipt: 21 July 2011

Had to defer passport application due to travel outside UK though we've been naturalised 15June. No problem/s encountered when I returned back to UK.

Managed to book appt prior to arrival of interview letter (Peterborough staff really helpful).

[forwardever]

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Postal (Special Delivery)
Date of application: 21/07/2011
Date application received by IPS: 22/07/2011
Date of return of documents: (sent out 03/08/11) recieved 04/08/11
Date of receipt of interview letter: 04/08/11
Date Ref no obtained from IPS: 03/08/11
Date of Passport Appointment: 04/08/11
Date of Passport Receipt: 06/08/11

[walnutfish]

Application Timeline
Passport for: 2xAdult
Application Type: New
Method of application: PostOffice (Check & Send)
Date of application: 05 July 2011
Date application received by IPS: 11 July 2011 (Don't know why it took so long)
Date of return of documents: 26 July 2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: 22 July 2011
Date of Passport Appointment: 25 July 2011 (Crawley)
Date of passport printed: 25 July 2011
Date of Passport Receipt: 30 July 2011 (we scheduled a Saturday delivery)

[moneydogg]

Passport for : Adult
Application type : new
Method of application : C&S
Date of application : 2/7 2011
Date of app received by ips : 6/7/2011
Date of return of documents : 18/7/2011
Date of receipt of interview letter : 16/7/2011
Date of passport appointment : 20/7/2011
Date of passport receipt : 23/7/2011

[radi8]

Application Timeline:
Passport for: Adult (2)
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 28/06/2011
Date application received by IPS: 29/06/2011
Date of return of documents: 12/07/2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: 13/07/2011
Date of Passport Appointment: 23/07/2011
Date of Passport Receipt:26/07/2011

[gidoc]

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: C&S(Royal Mail)
Date of application: 07/07/2011
Date application processed by IPS: 12/07/2011 - Durham
Date of return of documents: Not recd yet- sent by secured delivery
Date of receipt of interview letter: Not recd yet-sent by 2nd class mail
Date Interview letter issued: 22/07/11
Date Ref no obtained from IPS: 23/07/11
Date of Passport Interview: 26/07/11-Sheffield
Passport received:28/07/11

[tom1]

Application Timeline
Passport for: Minor
Application Type: New
Method of application:check and send
Date of application: 30/07/2011
Date application received by IPS:02/08/2011(peterborough passport office)
Date of return of documents:12/08/2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: N/A
Date of Passport Appointment: N/A
Date of Passport Receipt:15/08/2011
Date of Passport Printed:11/08/2011

Application Timeline
Passport for:Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application:check and send
Date of application: 30/07/2011
Date application received by IPS:02/08/2011(peterborough passport office)
Date of return of documents:15/08/2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: 13/08/2011
Date of Passport Appointment:27/08/2011( question about all information filled in passport form plus old home adress and some bank details and credit cards etc)*
Date of Passport Receipt:01/09/2011
Date of Passport Printed:27/08/2011

* must say to remember all information u put on ur passport application form


Application Timeline
Passport for:Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application:check and send
Date of application: 30/07/2011
Date application received by IPS:02/08/2011(peterborough passport office)
Date of return of documents:15/08/2011**
Date of documents(after correction) resend to IPS:31/08/2011
Date of receipt of interview letter: 03/09/2011
Date of Passport Appointment:06/09/211 (interview held manualy )
Date of Passport Receipt:14/09/2011
Date of Passport Printed:12/09/2011

** send back documents and asked me to correct the naturalization certificate (surname was followed by 1st name) before further proceeding
so sent my natualiation certificate to ukba(17/08/2011) got corrected certificate back on 31/08/2011 and sent to passport office again on same day