British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[kiss300]

First British passport post after naturalisation


Online application: 17/04/222
Confirmed identity: 17/04/22
Documents sent: 18/04/22
HMPO acknowledged received documents: 4/05/2022
Interview request email: 21/05/2022
Interview not needed after a call: 28/05/2022
Application approved: 28/05/2022
Passport printed :31/05/2022
Passport received: 1/06/2022
Documents received: 17/06/2022
Finally after almost 11 years the journey has come to an end. This platform has been everything to me. Thank you all.

[waldo3002]

Type: First Child Passport (overseas application from the UAE)
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Durham
Online application submitted: 11/03/2022
Email sent for identity verification: 12/03/2022
Identity verified: 12/03/2022
Application received: 12/03/2022
Documents sent: 13/03/2022
Documents delivered: 15/03/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 06/04/2022
Additional documents requested: 27/04/2022
Additional documents delivered: 03/05/2022
Application being processed: N/A
Application approved: 28/05/2022
Passport printed and sent: 31/05/2022
Passport received: 03/06/2022 (via DHL)
Documents received: 17/06/2022 (via DHL)

[rayclark]

Type: Child's Renewal
From: Singapore
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Durham
Online application submitted: 28 April 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 28 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 28 April 2022
Identity details received: 28 April 2022
Application received: 28 April 2022
Documents sent: 29 April 2022 (by DHL)
Documents delivered by DHL: 03 May 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 23 May 2023
Ask someone to confirm your identity (AGAIN): 27 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity (AGAIN): 27 May 2022
Identity details received (AGAIN): 27 May 2022
Application approved: 27 May 2022
Passport printed: 31 May 2022
Passport received: 04 June 2022 (by DHL)
Email from DHL confirming despatch of documents: 14 June 2022
Documents received: 16 June 2022

A very helpful link for applicants from abroad to get a tracking number from DHL using their applications number
https://www.dhl.com/gb-en/home/our-divi ... vices.html.

[Spongebob100]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Liverpool Bootle
Online application submitted: 25 April 2022
Documents sent: 26 April 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 27 April 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 9 May 2022
Application approved: 25 May 2022
Passport printed: 27 May 2022
Passport received: 30 May 2022
Documents received: 15 June 2022

Overall, not as painful as I had feared! Good luck to all.

[EddieSpeaks]

Type : First British Passport
Mode : Online
Passport Office : Bootle (Liverpool)

Application submitted : 11 June 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity : 11 June 2022
Identity details received : 11 June 2022
Application received : 11 June 2022
Documents sent RM signed-for/tracked service : 11 June 2022
RM signed-for/tracked reached: 14 June 2022
Documents received by Passport Office: 16 June 2022
Application approved :
Passport printed :
Passport received :
Supporting docs :

[reenie17]

First passport after naturalisation
HMPO:Belfast

Supporting docs:
Passport received:
Passport printed:
Application approved: Pending
Documents received 11:35am on 16 June 2022
Application received 3:55pm on 12 June 2022
Identity details received 3:55pm on 12 June 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 11:09am on 12 June 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 10:57am on 12 June 2022
Application submitted 10:57am on 12 June 2022

[Shridhar26]

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
Supporting docs : Awaiting

Passport was dropped in door Letter box.

[myeloidguy]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation by ILR
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online application submitted: 24 March 2022
Documents sent: 28 March 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 29 March 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 06 April 2022, again on 03 May 2022
Application being processed: 05 May 2022
Application approved: 11 June 2022
Passport printed: 14 June 2022
Passport received: 15 June 2022 via TNT
Documents received: pending

Feels like they are dealing with the March/April applications that are bumping up on the 10 week deadlines, just to give some hope to those of you perhaps in the same boat as I was. Good luck everyone.

[Meena77x]

Type: First British Adult Passport post naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 11th May 2022
Identity details received: 11th May 2022
Application received:11th May 2022
Documents sent : 11th May 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 12th May 2022
Documents received by HMPO: 26th May 2022
Application approved: 15th June 2022
Passport printed: pending
Passport received: pending
Documents received: pending

[Chocoicee]

Type: First adult British passport (naturalisation)
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 10/5/22
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 10/5/22-12:30
Identity details received : 10/5/22- 13:00
Application received: 10/5/22
Documents sent RM signed-for/tracked service:10/5/22
Documents received (notification online):24 May 2022
Application approved: 11/6/2022
Passport printed: 14/6/2022
Passport received:15/6/2022
Supporting docs: TBC

[Rajux]

Application history
StatusDate
Application deal : Belfast office
Documents received back FROM HM on 15 June 2022
Passport received 12.25pm on 14th June 2022
Passport printed 5:43am on 13 June 2022
Application approved 7:49pm on 9 June 2022
Application being processed on 4th May 2022
Documents received 9:00am on 11 April 2022
Application received 9:27pm on 28 March 2022
Identity details received 9:27pm on 28 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 11:02pm on 27 March 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 10:58pm on 27 March 2022
Application submitted 10:58pm on 27 March 2022
Very long journey .thanks for the forum. Good luck everyone.

[farrahs]

First adult passport application post naturalisation -
Office: Peterborough
Online application submitted: 13/03/2022
Identity verified: 13/03/2022
Documents sent: 14/03/2022
Documents delivered with Royal Mail: 15/03/2022 using RM Special Delivery
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: This is now updated to 21/4/2022 - taking SO LONG!!!! It's been a month since and HMPO still hasn't acknowledged receipt of my documents. I am starting to worry about my naturalisation certificate and my passport...!! Does anyone have similar experience?
Application being processed: 22/4/2022
Application approved: 4:01pm on 6 June 2022
Passport printed: 8:21am on 8 June 2022
Passport received: about 11am-ish on 9 June 2022
Document received: about 10.30am-ish on 15 June 2022

Call them a few times and they are not helpful at all....

Finally!! Hopefully the new passport and documents come back soon............!

Surprisingly received my documents within a week of receiving my British passport!! Finally the journey is truly over. Thanks for this forum and everyone. Good luck to all who are on the journey.

[Chocoicee]

Type: First adult British passport (naturalisation)
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 10/5/22
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 10/5/22-12:30
Identity details received : 10/5/22- 13:00
Application received: 10/5/22
Documents sent RM signed-for/tracked service:10/5/22
Documents received (notification online):24 May 2022
Application approved: 11/6/2022
Passport printed: 14/6/2022
Passport received: TBC
Supporting docs: TBC

[Elle707]

HMPO - Bootle
Application submitted 25 February 2022
Identity confirmed on 25 February 2022
Documents sent on 26 February 2022
Documents delivered on 1 March 2022
Confirmation documents received 16 March 2022
Application being processed on 30 March 2022
The rest still waiting

And still waiting... HMPO is very hard to deal with at the moment

HMPO - Bootle
Application submitted 25 February 2022
Identity confirmed on 25 February 2022
Documents sent on 26 February 2022
Documents delivered on 1 March 2022
Confirmation documents received 16 March 2022
Application being processed on 30 March 2022
Application approved 6 June 2022
Passport printed 7 June 2022
Passport and supported documents delivered together 8 June 2022

Very disappointing with HMPO and way they operate.At the end I got my passport and supporting documents after involving my MP but took 14.5 weeks !!

[myeloidguy]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation by ILR
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online application submitted: 24 March 2022
Documents sent: 28 March 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 29 March 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 06 April 2022, again on 03 May 2022
Application being processed: 05 May 2022
Application approved: 11 June 2022
Passport printed: pending
Passport received: pending
Documents received: pending

Feels like they are dealing with the March/April applications that are bumping up on the 10 week deadlines, just to give some hope to those of you perhaps in the same boat as I was. Good luck everyone.

[Chocoicee]

Type: First adult British passport (naturalisation)
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 10/5/22
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 10/5/22-12:30
Identity details received : 10/5/22- 13:00
Application received: 10/5/22
Documents sent RM signed-for/tracked service:10/5/22
Documents received (notification online):24 May 2022
Application approved: 11/6/2022
Passport printed: TBC
Passport received: TBC
Supporting docs: TBC

[CR001]

Please respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY thread and posts must be only timeline posts in the standard format. Any other posts that are not timelines will be removed.

[doctorwho2]

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:
Passport printed:
Passport received:
Documents received ：

[mona3003]

Type: First child passport application after successful registration as GBR national (MN1)
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Online
Application submitted: 26th April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 26th April, 25th may and 27th May. For some reason they sent 2 emails to verify identity.
Identity details received: 26th April, 25th and 27th May 2022
Application received: 26th April 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail April 2022
Documents received confirmed :28-April-2022
Application approved: Pending It is now showing approved: 02/06/2022
Passport printed: Pending Printing: 02/06/2022. Now showing printed 07 JuneOnline message shows: What happens next
Your new passport will be transferred to our delivery supplier in the next few days. When it’s ready for delivery, they will contact you with a tracking reference.
Your documents will arrive separately and could take up to 2 weeks to arrive. They won’t be in the same envelope as your new passport.
Updated: Passport received: 09/06/2022
Documents received - Pending.

Application history
Status Date
Email sent to person confirming your identity 8:07pm on 27 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 1:51pm on 27 May 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 9:29am on 27 May 2022
Identity details received 12:04am on 27 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 3:10pm on 26 May 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 12:25pm on 26 May 2022
Documents received 10:37am on 10 May 2022
Application received 7:40pm on 26 April 2022
Identity details received 7:40pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 7:26pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 7:22pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 7:20pm on 26 April 2022
Person not eligible 7:03pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 6:58pm on 26 April 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 6:55pm on 26 April 2022
Application submitted 6:55pm on 26 April 2022

One of the people asked to verify identity were called on 02/06/2022 by HMPO. As soon as they verified the information the application was approved.

[farrahs]

First adult passport application post naturalisation -
Office: Peterborough
Online application submitted: 13/03/2022
Identity verified: 13/03/2022
Documents sent: 14/03/2022
Documents delivered with Royal Mail: 15/03/2022 using RM Special Delivery
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: This is now updated to 21/4/2022 - taking SO LONG!!!! It's been a month since and HMPO still hasn't acknowledged receipt of my documents. I am starting to worry about my naturalisation certificate and my passport...!! Does anyone have similar experience?
Application being processed: 22/4/2022
Application approved: 4:01pm on 6 June 2022
Passport printed: 8:21am on 8 June 2022
Passport received: about 11am-ish on 9 June 2022
Document received: waiting

Call them a few times and they are not helpful at all....

Finally!! Hopefully the new passport and documents come back soon............!

[Engr136]

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: Pending

[yhm75]

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 31 march 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 31 march 2022
Identity details received: 31 march 2022
Application received:31 march 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail 06-april-2022
Documents received confirmed :20-april-2022
Application approved:06-may-2022
Passport printed:09 may 2022
Passport received:11 may 2022 no message or email from tnt
Documents received - finally documents received today 08-june-2022 royal mail 48 hours

[Bupz]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online application submitted: 4 May 2022
Documents sent: 5 May 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 6 May 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 18 May 2022
Application approved: 6 June 2022
Passport printed: 8 June 2022
Passport received: AWAITING
Documents received: AWAITING
Same Processing dates for partner’s application sent to HMPO Liverpool

[mat_oxy]

Type: First newborn British passport
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 12 April2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 12 April2022
Identity details received: 13 April2022
Documents posted:13 April 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail 14-April-2022
Documents received confirmed :26-april-2022
Application approved:14-may-2022
Passport printed:17- May -2022
Passport received:18- May- 2022
Documents received:1-June- 2022

[mona3003]

Type: First child passport application after successful registration as GBR national (MN1)
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Online
Application submitted: 26th April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 26th April, 25th may and 27th May. For some reason they sent 2 emails to verify identity.
Identity details received: 26th April, 25th and 27th May 2022
Application received: 26th April 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail April 2022
Documents received confirmed :28-April-2022
Application approved: Pending It is now showing approved: 02/06/2022
Passport printed: Pending Printing: 02/06/2022. Now showing printed 07 JuneOnline message shows: What happens next
Your new passport will be transferred to our delivery supplier in the next few days. When it’s ready for delivery, they will contact you with a tracking reference.
Your documents will arrive separately and could take up to 2 weeks to arrive. They won’t be in the same envelope as your new passport.
Passport received: Pending
Documents received - Pending.

Application history
Status Date
Email sent to person confirming your identity 8:07pm on 27 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 1:51pm on 27 May 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 9:29am on 27 May 2022
Identity details received 12:04am on 27 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 3:10pm on 26 May 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 12:25pm on 26 May 2022
Documents received 10:37am on 10 May 2022
Application received 7:40pm on 26 April 2022
Identity details received 7:40pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 7:26pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 7:22pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 7:20pm on 26 April 2022
Person not eligible 7:03pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 6:58pm on 26 April 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 6:55pm on 26 April 2022
Application submitted 6:55pm on 26 April 2022

One of the people asked to verify identity were called on 02/06/2022 by HMPO. As soon as they verified the information the application was approved.