British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[maddyb]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 26/12/2021
Identity verified: 26/12/2021
Documents sent: 29/12/2021
Documents delivered: 30/12/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 31/12/2021
Application approved: 06/01/2022
Passport printed and sent: awaiting
Passport received: awaiting

[zen100]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 29/11/2021
Email sent for identity verification: 29/11/2021
Identity verified: 29/11/2021
Application received: 29/11/2021
Documents sent: 29/11/2021 (next day delivery)
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 06/12/2021
Application approved: 15/12/2021
Passport printed: 15/12/2021
Passport received: 17/12/2021
Documents received: waiting

[ps1234]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 21 Nov
Email sent for identity verification: 21 Nov
Identity verified: 21 Nov
Application received: 21 Nov
Documents sent: 22 Nov (next day delivery)
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 28 Nov
Application approved: 10 Dec
Passport printed: 10 Dec
Passport received: 13 Dec
Documents received: Still waiting!

[ksmile]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 09/12/2021
Identity verified: 21/12/2021
Documents sent: 23/12/2021
Documents delivered: 24/12/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 30/12/2021
Application approved: 5/01/2022
Passport printed and sent: 5/01/2021
Passport received: Pending

Thank you all for your support here

[kkkTier1]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 16/12/2021
Identity verified: 16/12/2021
Documents sent: 16/12/2021
Documents delivered: 20/12/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 21/12/2021
Application approved: 30/12/2021
Passport printed and sent: 31/12/2021
Passport received: 05/01/2022
Documents received: Waiting

[krish_only4u]

Passport Type : First Child Passport
Method of Application : Online
HMPO Office : Peterborough
Application submitted: 5:05pm on 17 December 2021
Identity verified: 5:45pm on 17 December 2021
Documents Sent: 18th December 2021
Documents received: 12:10pm on 24 December 2021
Application approved: 2:40pm on 30 December 2021
Passport printed and sent: 6:19pm on 30 December 2021
Passport Received: 09:30 AM on 05 January 2022
Documents Received: Waiting (Secure delivery)

[GondalUK]

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New (1st Passport after naturalisation)
Method of application: Online
Location of HMPO Office involved: BOOTLE
Date of application: 12:38pm on 13 December 2021
Identity verified: 3:18pm on 13 December 2021
Application received: 3:19pm on 13 December 2021
Documents sent: 13 December 2021 (guaranteed next day delivery)
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 3:27pm on 16 December 2021
Application approved: 9:03am on 29 December 2021
Passport printed and sent: 1:28pm on 29 December 2021
Date of passport receipt: 10:00am on 30 December 2021
Date of return of documents: waiting

[afrikano]

Type: 1st adult passport
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online application submitted: 02/12/2021
Email sent for identity verification: 02/12/2021
Identity verified: 02/12/2021
Application received: 02/12/2021
Documents sent: 03/12/2021
Documents delivered to HMPO: 06/12/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 08/12/2021
Application approved: 23/12/2021
Passport printed: 23/12/2021
Passport received: 30/12/2021
Documents received: Waiting

[Vladshin]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough
Online application submitted: 08/12/2021
Identity verified: 08/12/2021
Documents sent: 09/12/2021
Documents delivered: 10/12/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 15/12/2021
Application approved: 23/12/2021
Passport printed and sent: 24/12/2021
Passport received: 30/12/2021
Documents received: Waiting

[Nickotout]

Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online Application: 6/12/2021
Identity email sent: 6/12/2021
Identity details verified and received: 6/12/2021
Application received: 6/12/2021
Documents sent: 7/12/2021 (Royal Mail next day tracked)
Documents received: 9/12/2021
Application in Process:
Application approved: 17 December 2021
Passport printed and sent: 17 December 2021
Passport received: 20 December 2021
Documents received: 30 December 2021

A word of thanks to all Mods, Especially @Alterhase58
It's been quite a journey here, and the mods have been nothing short of fantastic.
All the best to everyone waiting, This is Nick Signing off.

[AdyM]

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New (1st Passport after naturalisation)
Method of application: Online
Location of HMPO Office involved: Peterborough
Date of application: 12/11/21 @ 20.01
Identity verified: 13/11/21 @ 12.49
Application received: 13/11/21 @ 12.49
Documents sent: 15/11/21 (guaranteed next day delivery)
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 18/11/21 @ 08.51
Application approved: 02/12/21 @ 15.03
Passport printed: 03/12/21 @ 09.26
Date of passport receipt: 06/12/21 @ 09.58
Date of return of documents: 30/12/21 @ 08.49

NB as the supporting documents were not returned in a carboard-backed envelope, my naturalisation certificate was bent in half and quite crumpled – not great when you want to frame your certificate for posterity.

[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.

[FloweringBud]

Passport received: 16 December 2021
Passport printed and sent: 15 December 2021
Application approved: 13 December 2021
Documents received: 27 November 2021
Application received: 21 November 2021
Identity details received: 21 November 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 21 November 2021
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 21 November 2021
Application submitted: 21 November 2021

Supporting Documents returned: 24 December 2021
Supporting Documents received: 24 December 2021

[Coljones]

Type: First adult passport after registration as a citizen
Method: Online from Australia
Passport Office: HMPO Durham
Online application submitted: 30/09/2021
Email sent for identity verification: 30/092021
Identity verified: 30/09/2021
Application received: 01/10/2021
Documents sent: 01/10/2021 (next day delivery)
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 14/10/2021
Asked again someone to identify: 02/11/21
Identity verified: 03/11/2021
Application approved: 03/11/21
Passport printed: 04/11/21
Passport sent: 8/11/21 via DHL
Passport received: 17/11/21 in Australia
Documents returned: 21/12/21 via DHL
Documents received: 27/12/21 in Australia

I resorted to a bit of encouragement via a link on
https://www.gov.uk/passport-advice-line
https://eforms.homeoffice.gov.uk/outrea ... iries.ofml
It may have worked but it seems that the turn around time in the Passport Office has sped up considerably.

[kkkTier1]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 16/12/2021
Identity verified: 16/12/2021
Documents sent: 16/12/2021
Documents delivered: 20/12/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 21/12/2021
Application approved: Waiting
Passport printed and sent: Waiting
Passport received: Waiting
Documents received: Waiting

[Desi Boy]

Type : First adult passport after naturalisation
Method : Online
Passport Office : Peterborough
Application Date Submitted :14. 12.2021
Identity Verified :14.12.2021
Documents Sent. 15.12.2021
Documents Delivered :16.12.2021
Documents Received by HMPO:20.12.2021
Application Approved : Waiting

[TerryGH]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 26/11/2021
Identity verified: 26/11/2021
Documents sent: 26/11/2021
Documents delivered: 30/11/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 3/12/2021
Application approved: 22/12/2021
Passport printed and sent: 23/12/2021
Passport received: 24/12/2021

[suryavarma]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 07/12/2021
Email sent for identity verification: 07/12/2021
Identity verified: 08/12/2021
Application received: 08/12/2021
Documents sent (Royal Mail Special Delivery): 08/12/2021
Documents received by HMPO (from Royal Mail): 15/12/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 15/12/2021
Application approved: 21/12/2021
Passport printed and sent: 22/12/2021
Passport received: 24/12/2021
Documents received: waiting

[suryavarma]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 07/12/2021
Email sent for identity verification: 07/12/2021
Identity verified: 08/12/2021
Application received: 08/12/2021
Documents sent (Royal Mail Special Delivery): 08/12/2021
Documents received by HMPO (from Royal Mail): 15/12/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 15/12/2021
Application approved: 21/12/2021
Passport printed and sent: 22/12/2021
Passport received: 24/12/2021
Documents received: waiting

[Jamesk21]

Type: First Adult passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle

Online Application submitted: 30 November 2021
Ask Someone to confirm Identity: 30 November 2021
Email sent by HMPO to person confirming identity: 30 November 2021
Identity verified by person: 30 November 2021
Documents posted to HMPO : 01 December 2021 (Royal Mail First Class)

Documents signed for at HMPO Bootle: 01 December 2021
Documents received acknowledgement email from HMPO Bootle: 7 December 2021
Application approved: 17 December 2021
Passport printed and sent: 17 December 2021
Passport received: 20 December 2021
Documents received: Waiting

[Jamesk21]

Type: First Adult passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle

Online Application submitted: 30 November 2021
Ask Someone to confirm Identity: 30 November 2021
Email sent by HMPO to person confirming identity: 30 November 2021
Identity verified by person: 30 November 2021
Documents posted to HMPO : 01 December 2021 (Royal Mail First Class)

Documents signed for at HMPO Bootle: 01 December 2021
Documents received acknowledgement email from HMPO Bootle: 7 December 2021
Application approved: 17 December 2021
Passport printed and sent: 17 December 2021
Passport received: 20 December 2021
Documents received: Waiting

[freeman02]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 04/11/2021
Email sent for identity verification: 04/11/2021
Identity verified: 04/11/2021
Application received: 04/11/2021
Documents sent (Royal Mail Special Delivery): 04/11/2021
Documents received by HMPO (from Royal Mail): 05/11/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 10/11/2021
Application approved: 28/11/2021
Passport printed and sent: 30/11/2021
Passport received: 03/12/2021
Documents received: 22/12/2021

[Cool_Cucumber]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online application submitted: 01/12/2021
Email sent for identity verification: 01/12/2021
Identity verified: 02/12/2021
Application received: 02/12/2021
Documents sent: 03/12/2021
Documents delivered: 07/12/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 07/12/2021
Application being processed: 16/12/2021
Application approved: Pending
Passport printed and sent: Pending
Passport received: Pending
Documents received: Pending

Observation: The applications going through to HMPO Bootle are getting processed quicker than applications going through to HMPO Peterborough.

[dean255]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 03/12/2021
Email sent for identity verification: 03/12/2021
Identity verified: 03/12/2021
Application received: 03/12/2021
Documents sent: 04/12/2021 (next day signed for delivery)
Documents delivered: 07/12/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 10/12/2021
Email sent for identity verification: 18/12/2021 (Asked for a second referee. No comms on why. I used the same Referees as my naturalisation)
Identity verified: 20/12/2021
Application approved: 21/12/2021
Passport printed and sent: 21/12/2021
Passport received: 22/12/2021
Documents received: waiting

[Nickotout]

Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online Application: 6/12/2021
Identity email sent: 6/12/2021
Identity details verified and received: 6/12/2021
Application received: 6/12/2021
Documents sent: 7/12/2021 (Royal Mail next day tracked)
Documents received: 9/12/2021
Application in Process:
Application approved: 17 December 2021
Passport printed and sent: 17 December 2021
Passport received: 20 December 2021 (Waiting for TNT to turn up)
Documents received: