British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[ilikecookies]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 19/3/2022
Identity verified: 20/3/2022
Documents sent: 21/03/2022
Documents delivered by Royal mail: 22/03/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 4/04/2022
Application approved: 19/04/2022
Passport received: 22/04/2022
Documents received: 26/05/2022

Supporting documents finally returned, just over four weeks after new passport. Paid for special delivery, they came Royal Mail tracked but not signed for.

[Meppdg]

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 19 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 20 April 2022
Identity details received : 20 April 2022
Application received: 20 April 2022
Documents delivered by royalmail: 25 April 2022
Documents received: 5 May 2022
Application approved: 23 May 2022
Passport printed: 25 May 2022
Passport received: pending
Documents received: pending

[FOCUS]

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 royalmail: 1st April 2022
Documents received: 12 April 2022
Application approved: 05 May 2022
Passport printed: 06 May 2022
Passport received: 09 May 2022
Documents received: Not Yet

Such a valuable Forum to every one , keep up all the great work Moderators . God Bless.

Documents received: 25/05/2022

Email received on 24/05 from Royal mail stating that they received my docs and will be delivered on 25/05

Called HMPO 23/05, but not much help, they were only saying the timings to get the doc back is 3-6 weeks now

[Ncl01]

Type: First adult British passport after naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 11 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 12 May 2022
Identity details received: 12 May 2022
Application received: 12 May 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail: 13 May 2022
Documents received confirmed: 25 May 2022
Application approved: Pending
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 (text message):24/5/2022
Application approved: TBC
Passport printed: TBC
Passport received: TBC
Supporting docs: TBC

[namviet]

Type: First adult British passport post naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Glasgow
Application submitted: 20 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 20 April 2022
Identity details received: 20 April 2022
Application received: 20 April 2022
Documents sent by Royal Mail (Signed For 1st Class): 20 April 2022
Documents delivered: 21 April 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 26 April 2022
Application being processed: N/A
Application approved: 19 May 2022
Passport printed: 21 May 2022
Passport received (delivered by TNT): 24 May 2022
Documents received: Pending

[bex654]

Type: First British Adult Passport post naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 14 April 2022
Identity details received: 14 April 2022
Application received:14 April 2022
Documents sent : 14 April 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 19 April 2022 (due to bank holiday)
Documents received by HMPO: 28 April 2022
Application approved: waiting
Passport printed: waiting
Passport received: waiting
Documents received: waiting
It has been almost 4 weeks since they have received my docs.

[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: waiting
Passport printed and waiting
Passport received: waiting
Document received:

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

[apple222]

Type: First adult British passport - after IRL
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Durham
Application submitted 7:13pm on 14 March 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 7:13pm on 14 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 8:54pm on 14 March 2022
Identity details received 9:07pm on 14 March 2022
Application received 9:07pm on 14 March 2022
Documents received 7:55am on 29 March 2022
Application being processed 4:27pm on 29 March 2022
Application approved 8:36am on 20 May 2022

Passport printed: 23 May 2022
Passport received: Pending
Documents received: Pending

[vfox]

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Application submitted: 21 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 21 March 2022
Identity details received: 21 March 2022
Application received: 21 March 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail: 23 March 2022
Documents received by HMPO: 4 April 2022
Application approved: 19 April 2022
Passport printed: Pending
Passport received: Pending
Documents received:Pending

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Application submitted: 21 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 21 March 2022
Identity details received: 21 March 2022
Application received: 21 March 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail: 23 March 2022
Documents received by HMPO: 4 April 2022
Application approved: 19 April 2022
Passport printed: 21 April 2022
Passport received: 26 April 2022
Documents received:Pending

Passport was delivered by DHL, not TNT.

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Application submitted: 21 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 21 March 2022
Identity details received: 21 March 2022
Application received: 21 March 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail: 23 March 2022
Documents received by HMPO: 4 April 2022
Application approved: 19 April 2022
Passport printed: 21 April 2022
Passport received: 26 April 2022
Documents received: 23 May 2022

Took almost a full month after my passport arrived for the documents to be returned. As with others, they came in a plain large envelope with no tracking.

[CR001]

@apple222 - 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.

[Rajux]

This is my friend passport timeline
Type: First British Adult Passport post naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 18th February 2022
Identity details received: 18 Feb 2022
Application received:19 Feb 2022
Documents sent : 28 Feb 2022
Documents received by HMPO: 8 March 2022
Applucation being processed 14 March 2022
Application approved: 16 May 2022
Thank you.

[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: waiting
Documents received: waiting

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

[apple222]

Type: First adult British passport - after IRL
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Durham
Application submitted 7:13pm on 14 March 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 7:13pm on 14 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 8:54pm on 14 March 2022
Identity details received 9:07pm on 14 March 2022
Application received 9:07pm on 14 March 2022
Documents received 7:55am on 29 March 2022
Application being processed 4:27pm on 29 March 2022
Application approved 8:36am on 20 May 2022

Passport printed: Pending
Passport received: Pending
Documents received: Pending

[Lasp2010]

ype: First adult passport ILR ROUTE
Mode: Online
Passport Office: BELFAST
Passport printed 9:44pm on 19 May 2022
Application approved 10:37am on 18 May 2022
Application being processed 8:15am on 17 May 2022
Documents received 12:13pm on 26 April 2022
Application received 6:07pm on 15 April 2022
Identity details received 6:07pm on 15 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 1:54pm on 15 April 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 1:43pm on 15 April 2022
Application submitted 1:43pm on 15 April 2022

Passport tracking on TNT available after few hours of passport printed message by using appl reference number

[montybs]

Type: First adult British passport - Spousal then ILR - US Citizen
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough
Application submitted: 16 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 16 May 2022
Identity details received: 17 May 2022
Application received: 17 May 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail: 18 May 2022
Documents received confirmed :Pending
Application approved: Pending
Passport printed: Pending
Passport received: Pending
Documents received: Pending

[migrant_uk16]

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

[Groent]

Type: First adult British passport after naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 16 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 16 March 2022
Identity details received: 16 March 2022
Application received: 16 March 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail: 17 March 2022
Documents received confirmed: 1 April 2022
Application approved: 19 April 2022
Passport printed: 19 April 2022
Passport received: 22 April 2022
Documents received: 18 May 2022

[a85]

Type: First British Adult Passport post naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough
Application submitted: 17th March 2022
Identity details received: 17th March 2022
Application received: 17th March 2022
Documents sent : 19th March 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 21th March 2022
Documents received by HMPO: 31th March 2022
Application approved: 14th April 2022
Passport printed: 20th April 2022
Passport received: 23th April 2022
Documents received: 18th May 2022 (paid for tracked delivery)

Thanks to everyone!

[65ahr]

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: First British passport after naturalisation
Method of application: online
Application submitted online: 23 March 2022
Date documents delivered by RM: 24 March 2022
Documents received confirmed: 4 April 2022
Application approved: 19 April 2022
Passport printed: 21 April 2022
Passport received: 22 April 2022
Supporting documents received: 18 May 2022

[Cristina88]

Type: First British Adult Passport post naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 6 April 2022
Identity details received: 6 April 2022
Application received:6 April 2022
Documents sent : 6 April 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 7 April 2022
Documents received by HMPO: 19 April 2022
Application approved: waiting Have urgent travel next week and super tensed
Passport printed: waiting
Passport received: waiting
Documents received: waiting

[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:

[vamsikaa]

First British passport after naturalisation
Passport office: Corby - Northamptonshire
Application submitted: 19/04/2022
Email sent for ID confirmation: 19/04/2022
Identity details confirmed:19/04/2022
Application received: 19/04/2022
Documents sent by RM: 20/04/2022
Documents received confirmation by HMPO: 25/04/2022
Application approved: 14/05/2022
Passport printed: 16/05/2022
TNT delivery message - out for delivery: 18/05/2022.
I am working in office, hopefully i can see my passport when i go home. Considering news about recent passport delays, getting first passport within 30 days of application seems to be pretty good service.
All the best for other applicants who are waiting for their passports.

[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:
Documents received:

[migrant_uk16]

Type: First British Adult Passport post naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 13th April 2022
Identity details received: 13th April 2022
Application received:13th April 2022
Documents sent : 13th April 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 14th April 2022
Documents received by HMPO: 27th April 2022
Application approved: waiting
Passport printed: waiting
Passport received: waiting
Documents received: waiting