British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[dipo1234]

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

Application submitted: 25/01/2022 17:15
Idenitity confirmation received by HMPO: 25/01/2022 17:28
Document sent: 25/01/2022
Document delivered: 27/01/2022
Document received by HMPO: 04/02/2022 10:25
Application processing: N/A
Photo rejected: 24/02/2022 19:11
New photo received: 24/02/2022 20:04
Application approved: 25/02/2022 09:07
Passport printed: 28/02/2022 09:38
Passport sent: 28/02/2022 (Received text at 09:42)
Passport failed attempted delivery: 01/03/2022 (Received text at 15:30)
Passport re-delivered: 02/03/2022
Supporting documents received: 24/02/2022

[myouss]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 23/03/2022
Email sent for identity verification: 23/03/2022
Identity verified: 23/03/2022
Application received: 23/03/2022
Documents sent: 23/03/2022 (special delivery before 1pm)
Documents delivered: waiting
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: waiting
Application being processed: waiting
Application approved: waiting
Passport printed and sent: waiting
Passport received: waiting
Documents received: waiting

[ablon]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 14 February 2022
Identity verified: 14 February 2022
Application received: 14 February 2022
Documents sent: 14 February 2022 (next day signed for delivery)
Documents delivered: 15 February 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 22 February 2022
Application approved: 4 March 2022
Passport printed and sent: 7 March 2022
Passport received: 9 March 2022 (via TNT , got text message and email regarding this delivery)
Documents received: 23 March 2022 (via Royal mail, got text message and email regarding this delivery)

[pistol242]

Type: First adult British passport (after naturalisation)
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Glasgow

Application submitted: 21/02/2022
Idenitity confirmed: 21/02/2022
Document sent: 21/02/2022
Document delivered: 22/02/2022
Document received by HMPO: 15/03/2022
Application processing: N/A
Application approved: 23/03/2022
Passport sent: waiting
Passport received: waiting
Supporting document received: waiting

[Asad564]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 24/01/2022
Email sent for identity verification: 24/01/2022
Identity verified: 25/01/2022
Application received: 25/01/2022
Documents sent: 26/01/2022 (next day signed for delivery)
Documents delivered: 27/01/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 03/02/2022. Second time received via text 16/02/2022.
Application being processed 22/02/2022
Application approved: 15/03/2022
Passport printed: 17/03/2022
Passport received: 23/03/2022
Documents received: waiting
Finally approved.

[AWMESTRIGE]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle

Online application submitted: 19/02/2022
Identity verified: 21/02/2022
Documents sent: 28/02/2022
Documents delivered: 01/03/2022 Royal Mail
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 16/03/2022
Application approved: Waiting
Passport printed and sent: Waiting
Passport received: Waiting
Documents received: Waiting

[ozgexguner]

Type: 2 Adult + 2 Minor
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle - HPMO Durham
Online application submitted: 3:36pm on 8 March 2022
Email sent for identity verification: 1:18pm on 9 March 2022
Identity verified: : 9:04am on 10 March 2022
Application received: 9:05am on 10 March 2022
Documents sent: 10 March 2022 (1st Class, Signed, Tracked)
Documents delivered: 11 March 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: Still waiting as of 22nd March
Application being processed :
Application approved:
Passport printed and sent:
Passport received:
Documents received:

[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.

[DanaF]

First adult passport application post naturalisation -
Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 23/02/2022
Identity verified: 23/02/2022
Documents sent: 26/02/2022
Documents delivered with Royal Mail: 28/02/2022 at 07h38
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 14/03/2022 at 11h40
Application being processed: N/A
Application approved: 17/03/2022 at 15h39
Passport printed and sent: 22/03/2022 at 07h54
Passport received: Waiting
Document received: Waiting

And

Adult passport First adult passport application post naturalisation [correction]
Office: Durham
Online application submitted: 23/02/2022
Identity verified: 23/02/2022
Documents sent: 26/02/2022
Documents delivered with Royal Mail: 28/02/2022 at 09h34
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 13/03/2022 at 11h35
Application being processed: Waiting
Application approved: Waiting
Passport printed and sent: Waiting
Passport received: Waiting
Document received: Waiting

[DanaF]

First adult passport application post naturalisation -
Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 23/02/2022
Identity verified: 23/02/2022
Documents sent: 26/02/2022
Documents delivered with Royal Mail: 28/02/2022 at 07h38
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 14/03/2022 at 11h40
Application being processed: N/A
Application approved: 17/03/2022 at 15h39
Passport printed and sent: 22/03/2022 at 07h54
Passport received: Waiting
Document received: Waiting

And

Adult passport Renewal application -
Office: Durham
Online application submitted: 23/02/2022
Identity verified: 23/02/2022
Documents sent: 26/02/2022
Documents delivered with Royal Mail: 28/02/2022 at 09h34
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 13/03/2022 at 11h35
Application being processed: Waiting
Application approved: Waiting
Passport printed and sent: Waiting
Passport received: Waiting
Document received: Waiting

[Jeuk]

First Passport application for adult/child after Naturalisation/Registration

Passport Office: Bootle (but later it looks like our applications were transferred to Newport)

Application submitted: 15 January 2022
(6weeks before my child turned 16! - the advice is that one can apply for child’s passport until 3 wks before their 16th birthday)

Identity verified: 16 Jan
Application received:16 January 2022
Documents sent: 18 Jan
Documents delivered: 19 Jan (via RM next day guarantee)

Documents received: 2 February 2022 only after an enquiry call
Application being processed: 3 February 2022

Documents received: Adult received 3 March

On 7March , we received a letter requesting my child to declare the application for now “adult’s passport” and asking to pay more fee given the difference in the application fee between adult’s passport and child’s. All sent back and paid by 11March.

Documents received: Child received on 18March

Both sets were received with a memo stating
- your passport application is being processed
- the documents submitted have been noted and are enclosed.

Application approved: Pending (now counting 9weeks and 3days….. seriously. And i asked to please consider as we heard the news that my father is not very well and even my mother was in hospital for the last few days)

Passport printed: Pending
Passport received: Pending

I thought we set the record for naturalisation, which was approved amazongly quick. And i think our passport application at this rate would be one of the longest in the last few months……..

[lagg]

Passport after naturalization

Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 15 February 2022
Identity verified: 15 February 2022
Documents sent: 17 February 2022
Documents delivered: 18 February 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 27 February
Application approved: 13 March 2022
Passport printed: 19 March 2022
Passport received: Pending
Documents received: Pending

[itmanager]

Passport Type: First Adult Passport online
Application Type: New
Online Application submitted: 15/02/2022
E-mail sent for identity verification: 15/02/2022
Identity verified: 15/02/2022
Application received: 15/02/2022
Documents sent: 15/02/2022
Documents delivered: 16 February 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 22/02/2022
Application approved: 12/03/2022
Passport printed and sent:14/03/2022
Passport received:19/03/2021

Documents received:

not sure why they need to hold the supporting documents after the application is approved

[Tar86]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle (Liverpool)

Application submitted: 23 Feb 2022
Idenitity confirmed: 24 Feb 2022
Document sent: 24 Feb 2022 (via Royal Mail Special Delivery)
Document delivered: N/A (Note: Royal mail tracker shows it’s still at Warrington mail center. However I called RM several times and all the advisor confirmed that the document was delivered on 25th but due to shear volume of Parcel delivered they couldn’t scan each item. Not sure how true is that!!)
Document received by HMPO: 14 Mar 2022
Application processing: N/A
Application approved: 18 Mar 2022
Passport sent: Waiting
Passport received: Waiting
Supporting document received: Waiting

[ezroda]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 21 February 2022
Identity verified: 22 February 2022
Documents sent: 23 February 2022
Documents delivered: 24 February 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 5 March 2022
Application approved: 11 March 2022 1:28am
Passport printed and sent: 14 March 2022 08:50am

[Package + Delivery Time of 18 March 2022 appeared on the TNT tracking today, 17 March 2022. I see this bit is particularly tricky as neither HMPO or TNT can give you an update while the passport changes hands between them - so really glad this is now done!]

Passport received: 18 March 2022 14:30
Documents received: Pending

COURAGE!

[itmanager]

Passport Type: First Adult Passport online
Application Type: New
Online Application submitted: 15/02/2022
E-mail sent for identity verification: 15/02/2022
Identity verified: 15/02/2022
Application received: 15/02/2022
Documents sent: 15/02/2022
Documents delivered: 16 February 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 22/02/2022
Application approved: 12/03/2022
Passport printed and sent:14/03/2022

Note: TNT says they havent received anything yet. HMPO says wait for 2 weeks

Passport received:
Documents received:

[ezroda]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 21 February 2022
Identity verified: 22 February 2022
Documents sent: 23 February 2022
Documents delivered: 24 February 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 5 March 2022
Application approved: 11 March 2022 1:28am
Passport printed and sent: 14 March 2022 08:50am

[Package + Delivery Time of 18 March 2022 appeared on the TNT tracking today, 17 March 2022. I see this bit is particularly tricky as neither HMPO or TNT can give you an update while the passport changes hands between them - so really glad this is now done!]

Passport received: Pending
Documents received: Pending

[beanw00]

Type: First adult passport - Automatic British citizen by UK birth (pre 1983)
Method: Online (overseas application, USA)
Passport Office: HMPO Durham
Online application submitted: 6:42pm on 6 January 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 6:42pm on 6 January 2022
Email sent for identity verification: 6:44pm on 6 January 2022
Identity verified: 9:19pm on 7 January 2022
Application received: 9:19pm on 7 January 2022
Documents sent: 1:59pm on 8 January 2022
Documents delivered: 9:07am on 11 January 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 7:49am on 12 January 2022
Application being processed 3:34pm on 12 January 2022
Application approved: 2:57pm on 1 March 2022
Passport printed and sent: 6:24pm on 2 March 2022
Tracking information received via text from DHL: 7:10am on 4 March 2022
Passport received: 7:40pm on 8 March 2022
Tracking information received via email from DHL: 5:05pm on 14 March 2022
Documents received: 6:12pm on 16 March 2022

This was a long, stressful journey, but I really appreciated the data points posted on this board and a couple other places I monitored to help me through it.

Additionally, I found the following information for DHL specifically for HMPO passport shipments: https://www.dhl.com/gb-en/home/our-divi ... vices.html. If you go to the "How do I track my items?" section it will give you info about tracking via your application number. Both my waybill numbers eventually showed up here, but it was a touch slower than when I received the info directly from DHL. It's a good option if you never receive info from DHL though.

Also, you can email liverpool@hmpo.gov.uk (regardless of where your passport was processed) to request your tracking information. You need to include your application number, name, date of birth, and address.

[Asad564]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 24/01/2022
Email sent for identity verification: 24/01/2022
Identity verified: 25/01/2022
Application received: 25/01/2022
Documents sent: 26/01/2022 (next day signed for delivery)
Documents delivered: 27/01/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 03/02/2022. Second time received via text 16/02/2022.
Application being processed 22/02/2022
Application approved: 15/03/2022
Passport printed and sent: 17/03/2022
Passport received: waiting
Documents received: waiting
Finally approved.

[smirnoffv]

First adult passport application after naturalisation
Office: Bootle

Application submitted - 1 March 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity - 1 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your - 1 March 2022
Identity details received - 1 March 2022
Application received - 1 March 2022
Documents sent by first class signed delivery - 1 March 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 2 March 2022
Documents confirmed received by HM Passport office - awaiting
Application approved - awaiting
Passport printed and sent - awaiting
Passport received - awaiting
Supporting documents received - awaiting

First adult passport application after naturalisation
Office: Bootle

Application submitted - 1 March 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity - 1 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your - 1 March 2022
Identity details received - 1 March 2022
Application received - 1 March 2022
Documents sent by first class signed delivery - 1 March 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 2 March 2022
Documents confirmed received by HM Passport office - 17 March 2022
Application approved - awaiting
Passport printed and sent - awaiting
Passport received - awaiting
Supporting documents received - awaiting

[imab]

Child 1:
Type: First child passport
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 03/02/2022
Identity verified: 03/02/2022
Documents sent by Royal Mail Signed Delivery: 04/02/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 13/02/2022
Request to re-verify identity: 22/02/2022
Identity re-verified by someone else: 22/02/2022
Application approved: 22/02/2022
Passport printed and sent: 23/02/2022
Passport received: 28/02/2022
Supporting Document received: 04/03/2022

Child 2:
Type: First child passport
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 02/02/2022
Identity verified: 03/02/2022
Documents sent by Royal Mail Signed Delivery: 04/02/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 13/02/2022
Request to re-verify identity: 22/02/2022
Identity re-verified by someone else: 22/02/2022
Application approved: 22/02/2022
Passport printed and sent: 23/02/2022
Passport received: 28/02/2022
Supporting Document received: 16/03/2022

In both cases, supporting documents were delivered by TNT in a 'Do not Fold' envelope.

[Asim007]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 09/02/2022
Identity verified: 09/02/2022
Documents sent: 10/02/2022
Documents delivered with Royal Mail: 11/02/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 17/02/2022
Application being processed: N/A
Application approved: 16 March 2022 (10:25pm)
Passport printed and sent: Pending
Passport received: Pending
Document received: Pending

[tapuk]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 28/02/2022
Identity verified: 28/02/2022
Documents sent: 28/02/2022
Documents delivered by Royal mail: 01/03/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 16/03/2022
Application approved: waiting
Passport printed and sent: waiting
Passport received: waiting
Documents received: waiting

[mdionx]

First adult passport application after naturalisation
Office: Bootle

Application submitted - 07 February 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity - 07 February 2022
Email sent to person confirming your - 07 February 2022
Identity details received - 08 February 2022
Application received - 08 February 2022
Documents sent by first class signed delivery - 8 February 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 09 February 2022
Documents confirmed received by HM Passport office - 16 February 2022
Application approved - 10 March 2022
Passport printed and sent - 14 March 2022
Passport received - 16 March 2022
Supporting documents received - awaiting

[psoltani]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Durham
Online application submitted: 2 February 2022
Identity verified: 2 February 2022
Application received: 2 February 2022
Documents sent: 3 February 2022 (next day signed for delivery)
Documents delivered: 4 February 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 10:27am on 13 February 2022
Application approved: 10:39am on 26 February 2022
Passport printed and sent: 10:35am on 1 March 2022
Passport received: 5 March 2022 (via TNT , got text message and email regarding this delivery)
Documents received: 16 March 2022 (via Royal mail, got text message and email regarding this delivery)