British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[migrant_uk16]

Type: First British Adult Passport post naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 13 April 2022
Identity details received: 13 April 2022
Application received:13 April 2022
Documents sent : 13 April 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 14 April 2022
Documents received by HMPO: 27 April 2022
Application approved: 18 May 2022
Passport printed: 20 May 2022
Passport received: 24 May 2022
Documents received: 08 Jun 2022

Observations

• It took ~40 hours from application approved to passport printed
• Even though passport was printed before 10:30 on Friday morning, it could not be delivered on Saturday

Thank-you everyone!

[schen]

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

Application submitted: 30th May 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 30th May 2022
Email sent to the person confirming your identity: 30th May 2022
Identity details received: 31st May 2022
Application received: 31st May 2022
Documents sent: 31st May 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail (special delivery next day by 1pm): 1st June 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 8th June 2022
Application approved: Awaiting
Passport printed: Awaiting
Passport received: Awaiting
Documents received: Awaiting

[ti_abbasi2002]

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

Application submitted 2:18am on 1 June 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 2:18am on 1 June 2022.
Email sent to person confirming your identity 2:28am on 1 June 2022.
Identity details received 11:00am on 1 June 2022.
Application received 11:01am on 1 June 2022.
Documents sent: 01 June 2022.
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 06 June 2022 (Specialy delivery for next day before 1PM but due to bank holidays delivered on next working day).
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 10:05am on 8 June 2022.
Application approved: Pending
Passport printed: Pending
Passport received: Pending
Documents received: Pending

[ti_abbasi2002]

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

Application submitted 2:18am on 1 June 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 2:18am on 1 June 2022.
Email sent to person confirming your identity 2:28am on 1 June 2022.
Identity details received 11:00am on 1 June 2022.
Application received 11:01am on 1 June 2022.
Documents sent: 01 June 2022.
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 06 June 2022.
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 10:05am on 8 June 2022.
Application approved: Awaiting
Passport printed: Awaiting
Passport received: Awaiting
Documents received: Awaiting

[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: waiting
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............!

[Firsadu]

Type: First adult British passport (after naturalisation)
Mode: Online application
Passport Office: Peterborough
Application submitted: 13 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 13 April 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 21 April 2022
Documents received by Home Office: 29 April 2022
Application being processed: 29 April 2022
Application approved: 07 June 2022
Passport printed: [pending]
Passport received: [pending]
Documents received: [pending]

[KB521]

Type: First adult British passport after naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough
Application submitted: 29 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 29 March 2022
Identity details received: 29 March 2022
Application received: 29 March 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail: 1 April 2022
Documents received confirmed: 8 April 2022
Application being processed: 9 May 2022
Application approved:
Passport printed:
Passport received:
Documents received:

Received an email today from HMPO saying my application has been received in Liverpool?! It's been 10 weeks now. I've called HMPO over 5 times and asked for a call back requesting urgent attention. Still nothing.

[forestgump]

Type: First adult British passport after naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough
Application submitted: 25 May 2022 at 06:17 am
Email sent to the person confirming your identity: 25 May 2022 at 08:15 am
Identity details received: 25 May 2022 at 09:35 am
Application received: 25 May 2022 at 09:35 am
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 27 May 2022 at 09:44 am
Documents received confirmed: pending
Application approved: pending
Passport printed: pending
Passport received: pending
Documents received: pending

UPDATE: Documents received confirmed: 7 Jun 2022 at 5:30pm

Application approved: pending
Passport printed: pending
Passport received: pending
Documents received: pending

[monsieur007]

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough
Application submitted: 21 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 21 March 2022
Identity details received : 22 March 2022
Application received: 22 March 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail signed-for/tracked service: 23 March 2022
Documents received (notification online): 5 April 2022
Application approved: 25 April 2022
Passport printed: 27 April 2022
Passport received: 2 May 2022
Supporting docs: not yet received

Still haven't received my supporting documents more than a month later. Chased all channels, no response so far.

[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)
Documents received: AWAITING

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

[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: 6/6/2022 4:01pm
Passport printed and waiting
Passport received: waiting
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............!

[syilmazer]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Liverpool Bootle
Online application submitted: 6 April 2022
Documents sent: 6 April 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 8 April 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 21 April 2022
Application approved: AWAITING
Passport printed: AWAITING
Passport sent: AWAITING
Passport received: AWAITING
Documents received: AWAITING

Still no updates! I have sent an email to my MP on this as it's frustrating. It's also coming to full 8 weeks next week.

[Nate]

Passport for : Child's First passport
Application Type: Child born after ILR (Non EU Parents)
Method of application: Online
Location of HMPO Office involved: Bootle
Date of application: 01/05/22
Identity verified: 03/05/22
Application received: 03/05/22
Documents sent: 04/05/22
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 16/05/22
Additional documents requested: 01/06/22
Additional documents sent: Pending
Application approved: Pending
Passport printed: Pending
Date of passport receipt: Pending
Date of return of documents: Pending

Moderator edit : please do not post questions in the timeline only topics.

[prejay]

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 22 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 22 March 2022
Identity details received: 22 March 2022
Application received: 22 March 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail 23 March 2022
Documents received: 6 April 2022
Application approved: 28 April 2022
Passport printed: 29 April 2022
Passport received: 4 May 2022
Documents received: 4 Jun 2022

Hurrah. Finally, all done. 2 months and 13 days in total. Good luck to everyone else.

[GondalUK]

Four applications sent (One adult and 3 children)
Child 3 Applicant:

Type: First Child passport after Registration as British Citizen (5 years Tier 2 Dependent + 1 Year)
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO 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: 10 May 2022
Application approved: 26 May 2022
Passport printed: 30 May 2022
Passport received: 1 June 2022
Documents received: AWAITING

[GondalUK]

Four applications sent (One adult and 3 children)
Child 2 Applicant:

Type: First Child passport after Registration as British Citizen (5 years Tier 2 Dependent + 1 Year)
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO 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: 10 May 2022
Application approved: 26 May 2022
Passport printed: 29 May 2022
Passport received: 31 May 2022
Documents received: AWAITING

[GondalUK]

Four applications sent (One adult and 3 children)
Child 1 Applicant:

Type: First Child passport after Registration as British Citizen (5 Year on Tier 2 Dependent + 1 Year)
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online application submitted: 25 April 2022
Documents sent: 26 April 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 27 April 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 06 May 2022
Application approved: 26 May 2022
Passport printed: 28 May 2022
Passport received: 31 May 2022
Documents received: AWAITING

[GondalUK]

Four applications sent (One adult and 3 children)
Adult Applicant:

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online application submitted: 25 April 2022
Documents sent: 26 April 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 27 April 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 06 May 2022
Application approved: 25 May 2022
Passport printed: 26 May 2022
Passport received: 30 May 2022
Documents received: AWAITING

[camil]

route: naturalisation, after ILR
passport office: Peterborough

Documents received 2 June 2022
Application received 21 May 2022
Identity details received 21 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 21 May 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 21 May 2022
Application submitted 21 May 2022

[dmc]

Type: First adult British passport
Method: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough
Application submitted: 01/04/2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 01/04/2022
Identity details received: 01/04/2022
Application received: 01/04/2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 04/04/2022
Documents confirmed received: 11/04/2022
Application approved: 03/05/2022
Passport printed: 04/05/2022
Passport received via TNT: 05/05/2022
Documents received via Royal Mail: 01/06/2022

[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: Pending
Passport received: Pending
Documents received: Pending

[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: Pending

[Zinny]

Type: First Adult passport after naturalisation ( 5 years FLM + 1 yr ILR Route)
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 13 April 2022
Email sent for identity verification: 13 April 2022
Identity verified: 13 April 2022
Application received: 13 April 2022
Documents sent: 13 April 2022 (Royal Mail First class)
Documents delivered: 15 April 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 27 April 2022
Application approved: 16 May 2022
Passport printed: 17 May 2022
Passport received: 18 May 2022 (TNT) - received a message in the morning saying delivery is scheduled for today.
Documents received: Pending

[sab516]

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough
Application submitted: 29 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 29 March 2022
Identity details received : 30 March 2022
Application received: 30 March 2022
Documents delivered by royalmail 1st class tracked service: 31 March 2022
Documents received: 8 April 2022
Application approved: 1 May 2022
Passport printed: 4 May 2022
Passport received: 5 May 2022 ( via TNT, and they dropped through the letter box. HMPO didn't email about courier delivery. TNT sent a text early morning this day to confirm date/time)
Documents received: ..Waiting... ( I have used the secure delivery service expecting certificate to not be creased and arrive within the stipulated 2 weeks window after application been successful

Documents Received : 1 Jun 2022 by Royal mail tracked delivery ( Not the secure delivery service I paid for) . Got an email notification a day before delivery date

[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
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.