British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[Mrs P]

Type: first child passports after registration
From: UK
Method: online
Passport office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 11 august 2021
Ask someone to confirm identity: 11 august 2021
Documents posted: 12 august 2021. ( special next day delivery before12pm)
Documents received by HMPO Bootle: 16 august 2021
Application being processed: 6august 2021
Application approved: [12 October ]
Print and send: pending
Passport received: pending
Return document: pending

[Lorenzo94]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online Application submitted: 13/09/2021
E-mail sent for identity verification: 13/09/2021
Identity verified: 13/09/2021
Application received: 13/09/2021
Documents sent :14/09/2021 (received as per RoyalMail tracker:15/09/2021)
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 20/09/2021
Application approved: 11/10/2021
Passport printed: :11/10/2021
Passport received:TBC
Documents received: TBC

[pksjkd]

Type - Child First passport
Application date: 05/10/21
Location: Bengaluru, India
Documents sent by VFS: 06/10/21

Office: HMPO Liverpool
Payment Taken - 11/10/21

Ask someone to confirm identity:
Identity confirmed and application submitted:
Documents received:
Application approved:
Passport printed and send:
Passport received:
Documents received:

[onurdata]

Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online Application submitted: 06/10/2021
E-mail sent for identity verification: 06/10/2021
Identity verified: 06/10/2021
Application received: 06/10/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: TBC
Application approved: TBC
Passport printed: TBC
Passport received: TBC
Documents received: TBC

[mizoucsc]

Application date: 06/10/21
Office: bootle HMPO
Ask someone to confirm identity:06/10/21
Identity confirmed and application submitted:06/10/21
Documents sent: 06/10/21
Documents received:
Application approved:
Passport printed and send:
Passport received:
Documents received:

[mck2010]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online Application submitted: 8/9/2021
E-mail sent for identity verification: 8/9/2021
Identity verified: 9/9/2021
Application received: 8/9/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 14/09/2021
Application approved: 5/10/21
Passport printed: 5/10/21
Passport received: 7/10/21
Documents received:

[George111]

Two timelines for my wife and me.


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

Passport printed and sent 7 October 2021
Application approved 6 October 2021
Application being processed 17 September 2021
Documents received 16 September 2021 (physically received per RM on the 9th of September)
Application received 8 September 2021
Identity details received 8 September 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity 8 September 2021
Ask someone to confirm your identity 7 September 2021
Application submitted 7 September 2021

Supporting documents received: pending
Passport received: pending
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Type: First Adult passport after naturalization
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle


Passport printed and sent: 5 October 2021
Application approved 5 October 2021
Documents received 13 September 2021 (physically received per RM on the 10th of September)
Application received 9 September 2021
Identity details received 9 September 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity 8 September 2021
Ask someone to confirm your identity 8 September 2021
Application submitted 8 September 2021

Supporting documents received: pending
Passport received: pending

[Ougat]

Type: First Adult passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Got home after my Citizenship Ceremony and logged on to start the next step..


Passport Office: Cowcaddens Glasgow


Online Application submitted: 09/09/2021
Ask Someone to confirm Identity: 09/09/2021
Email sent by HMPO to person confirming identity: 09/09/2021
Identity verified by person: 10/09/2021
Application received: 10/09/2021
Documents received 15/09/2021
Application approved 3:07pm on 05/10/ 2021
Passport printed and sent 12:49pm on 06/10/2021


12 August 2021 Biometric appointment to now..55 days all in all.. what a ride and thank you to everyone else who I learned from

[mck2010]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online Application submitted: 8/9/2021
E-mail sent for identity verification: 8/9/2021
Identity verified: 9/9/2021
Application received: 8/9/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 14/09/2021
Application approved: 5/10/21
Passport printed: 5/10/21
Passport received:
Documents received:

[dddkay]

UPDATE!!!

Type: First Child passport after registration
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online Application submitted: 4/09/2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 4/09/2021
Identity details received: 04/09/2021
Online Application received: 04/09/2021
Documents sent: 04/09/2021
Documents delivered: 06/09/2021
Documents received by HMPO: 08/09/2021
Application being processed: N/A
Application approved: 28/09/2021
Passport printed and sent: 28/09/2021
Passport received: 30/09/2021
Supporting documents received: pending



Type: First Child passport after registration
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online Application submitted: 04/09/2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 04/09/2021
Identity details received: 04/09/2021
Online Application received: 04/09/2021
Documents sent: 04/09/2021
Documents delivered: 06/09/2021
Documents received by HMPO: 09/09/2021
Application being processed: N/A
Application approved: 01/10/2021
Passport printed and sent: 04/10/2021
Passport received: 05/10/2021
Supporting documents received: pending

[Lorenzo94]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online Application submitted: 13/09/2021
E-mail sent for identity verification: 13/09/2021
Identity verified: 13/09/2021
Application received: 13/09/2021
Documents sent :14/09/2021 (received as per RoyalMail tracker:15/09/2021)
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 20/09/2021
Application approved: waiting
Passport printed: :waiting
Passport received:waiting
Documents received: waiting

[helpneeded2018]

Application date: 1/9/21
Office: Peterborough HMPO
Ask someone to confirm identity: 1/9/21
Identity confirmed and application submitted: 2/9/21
Documents sent: 3/9/21
Documents received: 10/9/21
Application approved: 2/10/21 ( Saturday)
Passport printed and send: 11:42 am 4/10/21
Passport received: hopefully 6/10/21 as per tnt tracking
Documents received: pending

Its now time to take a deep breath and then make some long due travel plans

[CR001]

Please respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY thread. Any questions, discussions or chit chat that are not timelines will be removed.

[Red1985]

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

Application date: 29/09/2021
Identify confirmed: 30/09/2021
Documents sent: 30/09/2021
Documents received: 01/10/2021

I have booked airline tickets for 15th of October without knowing that I had to return my BRP card, meaning I am unable to travel until I receive my British passport.

[Adwan74]

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

Application submitted: 3:33pm on 31 August 2021
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 3:33pm on 31 August 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 3:35pm on 31 August 2021
Identity details received: 3:45pm on 31August 2021
Application received: 3:45 pm on 27 August 2021
Documents received (HMPO message): 10:22am on 7 September 2021
Application approved: 5:13pm on 28 September 2021
Passport printed and sent: 9:43 am 29 September 2021
Passport received: 30 September 2021
Document received:pending

[Xam]

First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle

Online Application sent: 23/08/2021@01/09/2021

E-mail sent for identity verification: 01/09/2021 @ 16:25

Identity verified: 01/09/2021

Application received: 01/09/2021 @ 16:23

Documents sent: 01/09/2021 ( Next day delivery)

Documents shown as delivered: 06/09/21

Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 01/09/21 @ 17.14


Application approved: 28/09/21 @ 13:24

Passport printed and sent: 28/09/21 @ 20:27

Passport will received: 01/10/2021( TNT tracking showing

Documents received: Pending

[sanahtalha]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle

Online Application sent: 23/08/2021@12.03am

E-mail sent for identity verification: 23/08/2021 @ 12.07am

Identity verified: 23/08/2021 @ 12.10pm

Application received: 23/08/2021 @ 12.11pm

Documents sent: 25/08/2021

Documents shown as delivered: 27/08/21

Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 3/09/21 @ 17.14

Application being processed: 6/09/21 @ 9.37

Application approved: 27/09/21 @ 12.47

Passport printed and sent: 28/09/21 @ 9.21

Passport received: 29/09/21 @ 10 via tnt delivery

Documents received: Pending

[Adwan74]

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

Application submitted: 3:33pm on 31 August 2021
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 3:33pm on 31 August 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 3:35pm on 31 August 2021
Identity details received: 3:45pm on 31August 2021
Application received: 3:45 pm on 27 August 2021
Documents received (HMPO message): 10:22am on 7 September 2021
Application approved: 5:13pm on 28 September 2021
Passport printed and sent: 9:43 am 29 September 2021

[Adwan74]

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

Application submitted: 3:33pm on 31 August 2021
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 3:33pm on 31 August 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 3:35pm on 31 August 2021
Identity details received: 3:45pm on 31August 2021
Application received: 3:45 pm on 27 August 2021
Documents received (HMPO message): 10:22am on 7 September 2021
Application approved: 5:13pm on 28 September 2021
Passport printed and sent: 9:43 am 29 September

[MKC]

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

Application submitted: 9:33pm on 26 August 2021
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 9:33pm on 26 August 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 9:50pm on 26 August 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 8:45am on 27 August 2021
Identity details received: 9:20am on 27 August 2021
Application received: 9:20am on 27 August 2021
Documents received (HMPO message): 12:16pm on 2 September 2021
Application approved: 8:20pm on 27 September 2021
Passport printed and sent: 2:05pm on 28 September 2021
Passport delivered: Morning on 29 September 2021

[Adwan74]

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

Application submitted: 3:33pm on 31 August 2021
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 3:33pm on 31 August 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 3:35pm on 31 August 2021
Identity details received: 3:45pm on 31August 2021
Application received: 3:45 pm on 27 August 2021
Documents received (HMPO message): 10:22am on 7 September 2021
Application approved: 5:13pm on 28 September 2021

[simujaet]

Interested members can post their passport application processing timelines here for the benefit of others.

Please include the following details when posting in this topic:

Application Timeline:subbmitted- 16/09/2021
Passport for: Adult / Minor- passport for minor
Ask someone to verify identity;16/09/2021
Email sent to person confirming identy;16/09/2021
Application Type: New / Replacement / Renewal - first passport
Method of application: Check & Send or Postal -online
Date of application: 16/09/2021
Date application received by -20/09/2021
Location of IPS Office involved: Bootle
Date of documents received:27/09/2021
Identity details verified :20/09/2021
Documents returned on -
Date of receipt of interview letter:
Date of Passport Appointment:
Date of Passport Receipt:

[Mrs P]

Type: first child passports after registration
From: UK
Method: online
Passport office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 11 august 2021
Ask someone to confirm identity: 11 august 2021
Documents posted: 12 august 2021. ( special next day delivery before12pm)
Documents received by HMPO Bootle: 16 august 2021
Application being processed: 6 September 2021
Ask more[/highlight] documents: 24 September 2021 ( parents responsibility error so ask for parents concern latter)
Application approved: pending
Print and send: pending
Passport received: pending
Return document: pending

Is there anyone else whose application took 3-4 weeks for being processing here in forum i read for most of the application they took around 3 weeks to approve..
Thank you

[MKC]

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

Application submitted: 9:33pm on 26 August 2021
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 9:33pm on 26 August 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 9:50pm on 26 August 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 8:45am on 27 August 2021
Identity details received: 9:20am on 27 August 2021
Application received: 9:20am on 27 August 2021
Documents received (HMPO message): 12:16pm on 2 September 2021
Application approved: 8:20pm on 27 September 2021

[LondonAussie]

Passport for: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Post Office Online Check & Send
Passport Office: HMPO Durham
Application submitted: 9:24am 31 August 2021
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 9:24am 31 August 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 6:11pm 31 August 2021
Identity details received: 7:39pm 02 September 2021
Application received: 7:40pm 02 September 2021
Documents received: 9:23am 06 September 2021
Application approved: TBC, 30 Septmber 2021 (Based on current average Processing Times.)
Passport printed and sent: TBC
Passport received: TBC

Bizarrely, my partner has got her new passport application approved now and I am still waiting......
Application submitted 9:11am on 31 August 2021
Ask someone to confirm your identity 9:11am on 31 August 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity 7:52pm on 31 August 2021
Identity details received 7:36pm on 2 September 2021
Documents received 9:02am on 6 September 2021
Application received 7:37pm on 2 September 2021
Application approved 12:01pm on 24 September 2021
Passport printed and sent 5:06pm on 24 September 2021

I wonder how often they don't review applications that come in together.