British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[Moonlight007]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Hemel Hempstead
Application submitted: 23 Nov 2022
Identity confirmed: 23 Nov 2022
Application received: 23 Nov 2022
Document posted (via Royal Mail next day): 24 Nov 2022
Document Delivered : 28 Nov 2022
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: TBC
Application approved: TBC
Passport printed: TBC
Passport received: TBC
Supporting documents received: TBC

[tk1001]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 09 Nov 2022
Identity confirmed: 09 Nov 2022
Application received: 09 Nov 2022
Document posted (via Royal Mail next day): 10 Nov 2022
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 10 Nov 2022
Application approved: 21 Nov 2022
Passport printed: 21 Nov 2022
Passport received: 23 Nov 2022
Supporting documents received: 03 Dec 2022 (due to Royal Mail strike)

[Shah1698]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Hemel Hempstead
Application submitted: 27 Nov 2022
Identity confirmed: 28 Nov 2022
Application received: 28 Nov 2022
Document posted (via Royal Mail next day): 29 Nov 2022
Document Delivered : 30 Nov 2022
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 06 Dec 2022 8:01am
Application approved: 08 Dec 2022 2:34pm
Passport printed: 09 Dec 2022 5:46am
Passport received: 12 Dec 2022 11:40am
Supporting documents received: TBC

[b1234567]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Corby
Application submitted: 28 Nov 2022
Identity confirmed: 30 Nov 2022
Application received: 30 Nov 2022
Document posted: 01 Dec 2022
Document arrived: 07 Dec 2022 (Strike Delay)
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 09 Dec 2022
Application approved: 12 Dec 2022
Passport printed: 13 Dec 2022
Passport received: 14 Dec 2022
Supporting documents received: TBC

[inzogbiya]

Type: Overseas first child passport and another child renewal, from Canada. Timelines below are for both applications.
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Durham
Application submitted: 29 Oct 2022
Identity confirmed: 3 Nov 2022
Application received: 3 Nov 2022
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 10 Nov 2022
Application approved: 16 Nov 2022
Passport printed: 17 Nov 2022
Passport received: 9 Dec 2022
Supporting documents received: 8 Dec 2022

[minigiant]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Hemel Hempstead
Application submitted: 23 Nov 2022
Identity confirmed: 23 Nov 2022
Application received: 23 Nov 2022
Document posted (via Royal Mail next day): 23 Nov 2022
Document Delivered : 24 Nov 2022
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 30 Nov 2022
Application approved: 06 Dec 2022
Passport printed: 07 Dec 2022
Passport received: 08 Dec 2022 (via TNT Courier)
Supporting documents received: 15 Dec 2022 (via TNT Courier)

Good luck for those who are still waiting. It is good to see that HMPO is not using Royal Mail to deliver the letters and documents. Thanks for all the helps from the forum. Best wishes, Minigiant

[Moonlight007]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Hemel Hempstead
Application submitted: 23 Nov 2022
Identity confirmed: 23 Nov 2022
Application received: 23 Nov 2022
Document posted (via Royal Mail next day): 24 Nov 2022
Document Delivered : 28 Nov 2022
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: TBC
Application approved: TBC
Passport printed: TBC
Passport received: TBC
Supporting documents received: TBC

Its nearly 4 weeks HMPO didnt confirmed received my documents.

[RajaHindustani]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO
Application submitted: 13 Dec 2022
Identity confirmed: 13 Dec 2022
Application received: 13 Dec 2022
Document posted (via Royal Mail next day): 13 Dec 2022
Document Delivered : 14 Dec 2022
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 19 Dec 2022
Application approved: 19 Dec 2022
Passport printed: 20 Dec 2022
Passport received: 21 Dec 2022 (via TNT Courier)
Supporting documents received: not yet

[Ola123ola]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Hemel Hempstead
Application submitted: 08 Dec 2022
Identity confirmed: 08 Dec 2022
Application received: 08 Dec 2022
Document posted (via Royal Mail next day): 09 Dec 2022
Document Delivered : 16 Dec 2022
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 20 Dec 2022 time 12:32pm
Application approved: 20 Dec 2022 time 16:58pm
Passport printed: 21 Dec 2022 time 01:47an
Passport received: 22 Dec 2022
Supporting documents received: TBC
Thanks to the mediator of this platform. Good luck to everyone still waiting.

[amj85]

Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport office: HMPO Corby
Application submitted: 13/12/2022
Identity details received: 13/12/2022
Documents sent: 13/12/2022 (via Royal Mail next day delivery)
Documents received: 20/12/2022 3.13pm (status update by HMPO)
Application approved: 20/12/2022 3.56pm
Passport printed: 21/12/2022
Passport delivered: 22/12/2022
Documents returned: Awaiting

All the best everyone and thank you for being an amazing forum.

[karim_9876]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO
Application submitted: 14 Dec 2022
Identity confirmed: 15 Dec 2022
Application received: 14 Dec 2022
Document posted (via Royal Mail next day): 15 Dec 2022
Document Delivered : 16 Dec 2022
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 19 Dec 2022
Application approved: 21 Dec 2022
Passport printed: 22 Dec 2022
Passport received: 23 Dec 2022 (via TNT Courier)
Supporting documents received: not yet

I've noticed that the passport is delivered after 2 days from being approved. Date of printing is irrelevant as it's usually an auto-generated system notification that comes 1 day after approval, but the date of issue on the passport is the date of approval even if you have received the printing notification 1 day after.

[CR001]

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Application Timeline
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Method:
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Application submitted:
Identity confirmed:
Application received:
Document posted:
Document Delivered :
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website:
Application approved:
Passport printed:
Passport received:
Supporting documents received:

[alijee86]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Hemel Hempstead
Application submitted: 15-12-2022
Identity confirmed: 15-12-2022
Application received: 15-12-2022
Document posted: 15-12-2022
Document Delivered : 16-12-2022
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 21-12-2022
Application approved: 28-12-2022
Passport printed: 29-12-2022
Passport received: 30-12-2022
Supporting documents received: not yet

[dehumaniser]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Hemel Hempstead
Application submitted: 2:27pm on 30 November 2022
Identity confirmed: 30 November 2022
Application received: 2:58pm on 30 November 2022
Document posted (via Royal Mail next day): 2 December 2022
Document arrived: 7 December 2022 (took long due to Post Office Strike)
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 6:20pm on 12 December 2022
Application approved: 9:45am on 13 December 2022
Passport printed: 12:10am on 14 December 2022
Passport received: 14 December 2022
Supporting documents received: 4 January 2023

[lancaster27]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Hemel Hempstead
Application submitted: 21 December 2022
Identity confirmed: 21 December 2022
Document posted (Royal Mail Special delivery): 22 December 2022
Document arrived: 23 December 2022
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 8:45 am on 30 December 2022
Application approved: 12:02 pm on 3 January 2023
Passport printed: 4:22 am on 4 January 2023
Passport received: 5 January 2023
Supporting documents received: Not yet

Curiously, i did not pay extra for express delivery, as had horrible experience with TNT before. Hoped it would be sent with Royal Mail instead. Nonetheless they still sent it with TNT for whichever reason.

[nikuss]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Corby
Application submitted: 17 December 2022
Identity confirmed: 20 December 2022
Document posted (Royal Mail Special delivery): 21 December 2022
Document arrived: 22 December 2022
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 10:49 am 28 December 2022
Application approved: 1:05pm on 28 December 2022
Passport printed: 4:12am on 29 December 2022
Passport received: 9 January 2023
Supporting documents received: 4 January 2023

[batelco]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Corby
Application submitted: 30 November 2022
Identity confirmed: 4 December 2022
Application received: 4 December 2022
Document posted (via Royal Mail First Class signed for): 5 December 2022
Document arrived: 9 December 2022
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 13 December 2022
Application approved: 14 December 2022
Passport printed: 15 December 2022
Passport received: 16 December 2022
Supporting documents received: 12 January 2023

Thanks again to all the member and moderators who helped throughout the journey

[wahmed1216]

------Myself and my wife applied together------

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Corby (wife: Hemel Hempstead)
Application submitted: 14 December 2022
Identity confirmed: 14 December 2022
Application received: 14 December 2022
Documents posted (via next day guaranteed): 15 December 2022 (posted both documents same day))
Documents delivered: 17 December 2022 (16/12/2022)
Documents received status updated at the HMPO website: 20 December 2022 (20 December 2022)
Application approved: 21 December 2022 (20 December 2022)
Passport printed: 22 December 2022 (21 December 2022)
Passport received: 22 December 2022 (both passports)
Supporting documents received: 11 January 2023 (documents for both)

Good luck for those waiting for their first British passport

[Usha Palyda]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Corby
Application submitted: 29th December 2022
Identity confirmed: 29th December 2022
Application received: 29th December 2022
Document posted (via Royal Mail First Class signed for): 3rd January 2023
Document arrived: 6th January 2023
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 13th January 2023
Application approved: 15th January 2023 at 16:19 (Sunday)
Passport printed: 17th January 2023
Passport received: 18th January 2023
Supporting documents received: Awaiting

Thanks to all the members.

[ukeagle]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Corby
Application submitted: 12 Jan 2023
Identity confirmed: 13 Jan 2023
Application received: 13 Jan 2023
Documents posted (via next day guaranteed): 13 Jan 2023
Documents delivered: 14 Jan 2023
Documents received status updated at the HMPO website: 16 Jan 2023 at 8.48 PM
Application approved: WAITING ..
Passport printed: WAITING ..
Passport received: WAITING ..
Supporting documents received: WAITING ..

[dko]

Type: First Child passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office:
Application submitted: 20 January 2023
Identity confirmed:
Application received:
Document posted:
Document arrived:
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website:
Application approved:
Passport printed:
Passport received:
Supporting documents received:

[dko]

Type: First Child passport after Registration
Method: Online
Passport Office:
Application submitted: 20 January 2023
Identity confirmed:
Application received:
Document posted:
Document arrived:
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website:
Application approved:
Passport printed:
Passport received:
Supporting documents received:

[dko]

Type: First Child passport after Registration
Method: Online
Passport Office:
Application submitted: 20 January 2023
Identity confirmed: 20 January 2023
Application received:
Document posted:
Document arrived:
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website:
Application approved:
Passport printed:
Passport received:
Supporting documents received:

[dko]

Type: First Child passport after Registration
Method: Online
Passport Office:
Application submitted: 20 January 2023
Identity confirmed: 20 January 2023
Application received: 20 January 2023
Document posted:
Document arrived:
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website:
Application approved:
Passport printed:
Passport received:
Supporting documents received:

[Ameer_zyzom]

Type: First Child passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Corby
Application submitted: 29 December 2022
Identity confirmed: 29 December 2022
Application received: 29 December 2022
Document posted: 29 December 2022
Document arrived: 30 December 2022
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 9 January 2023
Application approved: 10 January 2023
Passport printed: 12 January 2023
Passport received: 13 January 2023 DHL
Supporting documents received: 20 January 2023