British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[joele1992]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 30/11/2021
Email sent for identity verification: 30/11/2021
Identity verified: 01/12/2021
Application received: 01/12/2021
Documents sent: 01/12/2021 (next day delivery)
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 07/12/2021
Application approved: 17/12/2021
Passport printed: 17/12/2011
Passport received: 20/12/2021
Documents received: waiting

[DrAhmad]

Type: First UK passport after naturalisation

From: Inside the UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle

Online Application: 22/11/2021
Identity email sent: 22/11/2021
Identity details verified: 22/11/2021
Application received: 22/11/2021
Documents sent: 22/11/2021
(Royal Mail special delivery next day)
Documents delivered: 23/11/2021
Documents received: 26/11/2021
Application in Process: 26/11/2021
Application approved: 09/12/2021
Passport printed and sent: 10/12/2021
Passport received: 13/12/2021
Documents received: HMPO advised
"Your documents will arrive separately and could take up to 3 weeks to arrive. They won’t be in the same envelope as your new passport."

[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: Waiting
Documents received: Waiting

[avd]

Type: First child passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online Application: 3 Dec 2021
Identity email sent: 3 Dec 2021
Identity details verified and received: 3 Dec 2021
Application received: 3 Dec 2021
Documents sent: 3 Dec 2021 (next day delivery)
Documents delivered: 6 Dec 2021
Documents received: 9 Dec 2021
Application approved: 15 Dec 2021
Passport printed and sent: 15 Dec 2021
Passport received: 16 Dec 2021
Documents received: Waiting

[Voyager-2]

Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online Application: 24 November 2021
Identity email sent: 24 November 2021
Identity details verified and received: 24 November 2021
Application received: 24 November 2021
Documents sent: 25 November 2021 (next day delivery)
Documents delivered: 26 November 2021
Documents received: 01 December 2021
Application approved: 14 December 2021
Passport printed and sent: 15 December 2021
Passport received: 16 December 2021
Documents received: Waiting

[bsb-boy1]

Type: First child passport after registration
Method: In person
Passport Office: VFS Beijing
Application submitted: 16 August 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity : unknown
Identity details received: unknown
Application received: unknown
Documents received: unknown
Application being process : after much waiting and following up, and two requests for additional documents, scheduled for interview on 23 December
Application approved: pending
Passport printed and sent: pending
Passport received: pending
Documents received : pending

[Jojo30]

First Adult British passport after naturalisation

HM Passport office: Bootle

Ceremony done: 22/11/2021
Online application: 23/11/2021
Identity confirmed: 24/11/2021
Documents sent: 24/11/2021
Documents Delivered: 25/11/2021
Documents confirmed received by passport office: 01/12/2021 1.32pm
Application approved: 13/12/2021 5.46pm
Passport printed & sent: 14/12/2021 1.07pm
Passport delivered: 15/12/21 (Only received message Re delivery date from TNT on morning of delivery, tracking system wasn't working on my mobile phone or other devices but customer services extremely helpful) Driver needed access into my building as he needed to take picture of flat door)
Documents received: Pending

[Bash_]

Type: First Child passport after Registration
Method: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough

Documents Received: 14/12/2021
Passport Received: 25 November 2021 - should've been delivered on 22nd but TNT is in its darkest times.
Passport Printed: 19 November 2021
Application approved: 19 November 2021
Documents received: 4 November 2021 (HMPO)
Application received: 1 November 2021
Identity details received: 1 November 2021
Application submitted: 30 Oct 2021


Had to call TNT customer service and wait for 2 hrs to get to someone and ask for delivery, not sure what's the problem. The driver mentioned the same crap of Covid etc.

Finally supporting docs received, queried both HMPO & TNT twice and both claimed is with the other and I should wait. Suddenly the tracking info popped up on the ref num, and the docs were delivered earlier today.

If I didn't choose "secure" delivery, would've probably been delivered ages ago.

[CR001]

Please respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY thread and posts must be only timeline posts in the standard format. Any questions, discussions or chit chat that are not timelines will be removed.

[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: waiting (wondering if I should have sent a Royal Mail next day delivery envelope for my documents as I need my old passport urgently to surrender citizenship and then get a visa to my home country)

[Mrs F]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 10/10/2021
Email sent for identity verification: 10/10/2021
Identity verified: 10/10/2021
Application received: 10/10/2021
Documents sent: 11/10/2021 (next day delivery)
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 17/10/2021
Application approved: 09/11/2021
Passport printed: 10/11/2021
Passport received: 11/11/2021
Documents received: waiting

I sent request to Passport Office on 09/12/2021 regarding supporting documents not received in 4 weeks after receiving British passport despite that I paid extra for secure delivery. It was promised that it will be reviewed in 72 hours, didn't received any reply from Passport Office on it .
Documents delivered by TNT: 14/12/2021 (1 month and 3 days after British passport)
I am not sure if my request helped or I would get my documents back on that date anyway but I am happy that my 6,5 years immigration journey is over now.

[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:
Passport printed and sent:
Passport received:
Documents received:

[exestive]

Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online Application: 06 November 2021
Identity email sent: 06 November 2021
Identity details verified and received: 06 November 2021
Application received: 06 November 2021
Documents sent: 07 November 2021(next day delivery)
Documents received: 12 November 2021
Application in Process: 30 November 2021
Application approved: 9 December 2021
Passport printed and sent: 10 December 2021
Passport received: 13 December 2021
Documents received: Waiting

[MKSR84]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 17/11/2021
Email sent for identity verification: 17/11/2021
Identity verified: 22/11/2021
Application received: 22/11/2021
Documents sent: 22/11/2021 (next day delivery)
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 28/11/2021
Application approved: 08/12/2021
Passport printed: 09/12/2011
Passport received: 11/12/2021
Documents received: waiting

[Tar86]

Type: First Child Passport (Children born after parent granted ILR)
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online Application: 23 Nov 2021
Identity email sent: 23 Nov 2021
Identity details received: 24 Nov 2021
Application received: 24 Nov 2021
Documents sent: 25 Nov 2021(next day delivery)
Documents delivered: 26 Nov 2021 (Royal Mail)
Documents received: 01 Dec 2021
Application approved: 10 Dec 2021
Passport printed and sent: Waiting
Passport received: Waiting
Documents received: Waiting

[Jamesk21]

Passport for: Renewal - Child Passport.
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Durham
Application submitted: 6:55pm on 3 November 2021
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 6:55pm on 3 November 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 9:00pm on 3 November 2021
Identity details received: 1:48pm on 4 November 2021
Application received: 1:48pm on 4 November 2021
Documents received: 2:38pm on 12 November 2021
Application approved: 7:50pm on 26 November 2021
Passport printed and sent 9:22pm on 26 November 2021
Passport received/Delivered : 30 November
Total processing time from Application to delivery: 3 weeks and 6 days

[YA0148]

First Adult British passport after naturalisation

HM Passport office: Bootle

Ceremony done: 10/11/2021
Online application: 10/11/2021
Identity confirmed: 10/11/2021
Documents sent: 10/11/2021
Documents Delivered: 11/11/2021
Documents confirmed received by passport office: 15/11/2021
Application approved: 05/12/2021
Passport printed & sent: 06/11/2021
Passport delivered: 09/12/2021
Documents received: Pending

[YA0148]

First Child British passport after overseas birth

HM Passport office: Bootle


Online application: 10/11/2021
Identity confirmed: 10/11/2021
Documents sent: 17/11/2021
Documents Delivered: 18/11/2021
Documents confirmed received by passport office: 23/11/2021
Application approved: 07/12/2021
Passport printed & sent: 08/12/2021
Passport delivered: 09/12/2021
Documents received: Pending

[JDLR]

First child passport

Application online from Spain

Passport printed and sent 6:36pm on 8 December 2021
Application approved 1:06pm on 8 December 2021
Application being processed 3:31pm on 15 November 2021
Documents received 12:52pm on 11 November 2021
Application received 4:38pm on 23 October 2021
Identity details received 4:38pm on 23 October 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity 11:13am on 23 October 2021
Ask someone to confirm your identity 11:04am on 23 October 2021
Application submitted 11:04am on 23 October 2021

[Khadaffi2002]

THE IMMIGRATION JOURNEY IS OVER FOR ME!!!!

Type: 1st adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 16/11/2021
Email sent for identity verification: 16/11/2021
Identity verified: 16/11/2021
Application received:16/11/2021
Documents sent: 16/11/2021 (sent by next day guaranteed delivery)
Documents delivered to HMPO: 17/11/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 22/11/2021
Application approved: 04/12/2021
Passport printed & Sent: 06/12/2021
Passport received: 09/12/2021 (original delivery date according to the tracking was the 08/12/2021)
Documents received: Waiting

Thanks to everyone who posted their timelines, processings, answer question and gave advise. God bless you all.

[DrAhmad]

Type: First UK passport after naturalisation

From: Inside the UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle

Online Application: 22/11/2021
Identity email sent: 22/11/2021
Identity details verified: 22/11/2021
Application received: 22/11/2021
Documents sent: 22/11/2021
(Royal Mail special delivery next day)
Documents delivered: 23/11/2021
Documents received: 26/11/2021
Application in Process: 26/11/2021
Application approved 09/12/2021
Passport printed and sent:
Passport received:
Documents received:

[PatSirta]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 25/10/2021
Email sent for identity verification: 25/10/2021
Identity verified: 25/10/2021
Application received: 25/10/2021
Documents sent: 25/10/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 29/10/2021
Application approved: 17/11/2021 @ 8:10 am
Passport printed and sent: 17/11/2021 @ 12:02 pm
Passport received: 20/11/2021 @ 8:03 am
Documents received: 09/12/2021 @ 8:27 am

Good Luck to all of You!

[exestive]

Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online Application: 06 November 2021
Identity email sent: 06 November 2021
Identity details verified and received: 06 November 2021
Application received: 06 November 2021
Documents sent: 07 November 2021(next day delivery)
Documents received: 12 November 2021
Application in Process: 30 November 2021
Application approved: Waiting
Passport printed and sent: Waiting
Passport received: Waiting
Documents received: 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: Waiting
Passport printed: Waiting
Passport received: Waiting
Documents received: Waiting

[francispai]

Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online Application: 30 November 2021
Identity email sent: 30 November 2021
Identity details verified and received: 2 December 2021
Application received:2 December 2021
Documents sent: 2 December 2021(next day delivery)
Documents delivered: 2 December 2021 as per royal mail tracking
Documents received: 8 December 2021
Application in Process: Waiting
Application approved: Waiting
Passport printed and sent: Waiting
Passport received: Waiting
Documents received: Waiting