British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[mh1575]

Type: First Adult passport after naturalization
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 15/07/2021

Application received: 15/07/2021
Documents received: 20/07/2021

Application approved: 12/08/2021
Passport printed and sent: 13/08/2021

this was the end of my journey which began in May 2012
good luck everyone

[schawla1]

Documents received 2:29pm on 3 August 2021
Application received 2:23pm on 29 July 2021
Identity details received 2:23pm on 29 July 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity 1:56pm on 29 July 2021
Ask someone to confirm your identity 1:52pm on 29 July 2021
Application submitted 1:52pm on 29 July 2021

[islandfox]

and finally it's here! many thanks and good luck everyone

Type: First Adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 15/07/2021
Email sent to person confirming identity: 15/07/2021
Identity details received: 15/07/2021
Application received: 15/07/2021
Documents received: 20/07/2021
Request to confirm identity (2nd one): 03/08/2021
Email sent and identity confirmed: 03/08/2021
Application approved: 04/08/2021
Passport printed and sent: 04/08/2021
Passport received: 06/08/2021
Documents received : 12/08/2021

just a note on the supporting documents - I've paid for secure delivery, and was unsure when I would receive them. I haven't got a notification when they were shipped, but noticed that on 11 Aug a second record related to them appeared via the TNT online tracking link (under the same PEX application number). Would have been helpful if there was a notification

[egwalker]

Type: First Adult passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online Application submitted: 13/07/2021
Ask Someone to confirm Identity: 13/07/2021
Email sent by HMPO to person confirming identity: 13/07/2021
Identity verified by person: 13/07/2021
Documents posted to HMPO Peterborough: 14/07/2021 (Royal Mail next day Special Delivery)
Documents signed for at HMPO Peterborough: 15/07/2021
Documents received acknowledgement email from HMPO: 16/07/2021
Application approved: 30/07/2021
Passport printed and sent: 02/08/2021
Passport received: 03/08/2021
Documents received: 12/08/2021

[Kirmani_32]

Type: First Adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Peterborough
Application submitted: 20/07/2021
Email sent to person confirming identity: 21/07/2021
Identity details received: 21/07/2021
Application received: 21/07/2021
Documents Sent : 22/07/2021
Documents received: 26/07/2021
Application being process : No info
Application approved: 10/08/2021
Passport printed and sent: 10/08/2021
Passport received: 11/08/2021
Documents received : pending

[questionguy65]

Type: First Adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 30/07/2021
Email sent to person confirming identity: 30/07/2021
Identity details received: 30/07/2021
Application received: 30/07/2021
Documents Sent : 31/07/2021
Documents received: pending
Application being process : pending
Application approved: pending
Passport printed and sent: pending
Passport received: pending
Documents received : pending

[islandfox]

and finally it's here! many thanks and good luck everyone

Type: First Adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 15/07/2021
Email sent to person confirming identity: 15/07/2021
Identity details received: 15/07/2021
Application received: 15/07/2021
Documents received: 20/07/2021
Request to confirm identity (2nd one): 03/08/2021
Email sent and identity confirmed: 03/08/2021
Application approved: 04/08/2021
Passport printed and sent: 04/08/2021
Passport received: 06/08/2021
Documents received : pending

[Jimmyc05]

Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalization
Application: Online
HMPO: Bootle

Application history:

Naturalized Citizenship Ceremony on 21 July 2021 at 12.31pm
Application submitted 2:17pm on 21 July 2021 (including digital photo)
Ask someone to confirm your identity 2:17pm on 21 July 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity 2:27pm on 21 July 2021
Identity details received 2:40pm on 21 July 2021
Application received 2:40pm on 21 July 2021
Documents Sent via Royal Mail Special Delivery 4.50pm on 21 July 2021
Delivered according to Royal Mail Tracking at 10.00am on 22 July 2021
Documents received 5:43pm on 27 July 2021 official notification by HMPO
Application being processed 12:30pm on 28 July 2021
Application approved 1:09pm on 4 August 2021 ( Wed) (1 week from being processed to being Approved)
Passport Printed and Sent: 10.41am on 5 August 2021
Passport received : awaiting
Documents received: awaiting

Note: Most passport (99.9%) people get Status printed and sent on the same day when application approved with in hours but mine didn't until following day

[Jimmyc05]

Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalization
Application: Online
HMPO: Bootle

Application history:

Naturalized Citizenship Ceremony on 21 July 2021 at 12.31pm
Application submitted 2:17pm on 21 July 2021 (including digital photo)
Ask someone to confirm your identity 2:17pm on 21 July 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity 2:27pm on 21 July 2021
Identity details received 2:40pm on 21 July 2021
Application received 2:40pm on 21 July 2021
Documents Sent via Royal Mail Special Delivery 4.50pm on 21 July 2021
Delivered according to Royal Mail Tracking at 10.00am on 22 July 2021
Documents received 5:43pm on 27 July 2021 official notification by HMPO
Application being processed 12:30pm on 28 July 2021
Application approved 1:09pm on 4 August 2021 ( Wed) (1 week from being processed to being Approved)
Passport Printed and Sent: Status Awaiting
Passport received : awaiting
Documents received: awaiting

Note: Most passport (99.9%) people get Status printed and sent on the same day when application approved with in hours. ( Check others post on here which i find it very useful regarding time frame)
Mine is not yet Printed so i am a bit worried as i have a flight to catch on Friday night 06 Aug 2021. If my Status shows on Thursday (5 Aug 2021) as Passport Print and Sent then i am will receive it by evening on Friday and happy days...if not then i guess my flight tickets will "burn"...so truthfully i am slightly worried....is going to be tight but will update

[mafasantana]

on 4 August 2021
Request proof of parental right- sent a letter stating, his Portuguese birth certificate and my passport
Documents received 5:43pm on 21July 2021
Ducuments sent SD and signed by HMPO on 22 July at 10.00am according to Post Office Tracking
Application received 2:40pm on 21 July 2021
Identity details received 2:40pm on 21 July 2021

[Jimmyc05]

Documents returned: awaiting
Passport recived: awaiting
Passport printed and send : awaiting
Application approved 1:09pm on 4 August 2021
Application being processed 12:30pm on 28 July 2021
Documents received 5:43pm on 27 July 2021
Ducuments sent SD and signed by HMPO on 22 July at 10.00am according to Post Office Tracking
Application received 2:40pm on 21 July 2021
Identity details received 2:40pm on 21 July 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity 2:27pm on 21 July 2021
Ask someone to confirm your identity 2:17pm on 21 July 2021
Application submitted 2:17pm on 21 July 2021
Naturalised on 21 July on 12.31

[Butterpup]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online Application submitted: 28/07/2021
E-mail sent for identity verification: 28/07/2021
Identity verified: 29/07/2021
Application received: 29/07/2021
Documents delivered: 9:00 am 02/08/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 1.43 pm 03/08/2021
Application approved: Pending
Passport printed and sent: Pending
Passport received: Pending
Documents received: Pending

[Navisa7]

Please note this is my husbands British passport renewal timeline, not mine(hope you find this useful)

Date of passport application: 8/7/21(sent old passport by post)
Mode: online
Sent old passport : received by HM passport: 12/07/21
Purpose: renewal
Asked to re upload photo: 21/7/21, which he sent same day
Passport application approved: 22/7/21
Received new passport in the post: 23/7/21
Old passport received with edges cut: 26/7/21

[CR001]

Please respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY thread. Any questions, discussions or chit chat will be removed.

[Aendil]

Type: First Adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Peterbrough
Passport Received: 30 July 2021 at 10am by TNT
Passport printed and sent 9:51am on 29 July 2021
Application approved 1:34pm on 28 July 2021
Documents received 2:31pm on 16 July 2021
Application received 11:34am on 14 July 2021
Identity details received 11:34am on 14 July 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity 11:15am on 14 July 2021
Ask someone to confirm your identity 11:11am on 14 July 2021
Application submitted 11:11am on 14 July 2021

[manisha123]

Type: First Adult passport after naturalization for 3 applicants
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 22/07/2021
Email sent to person confirming identity: 24/07/2021
Identity details received: 24/07/2021
Application received: 24/07/2021
Documents Sent : 24/07/2021 (in single envelope with cover letter stating 3 references)
Documents received: 28/07/2021 (1applicant) and 29/07/2021 ( for 2 applicants)
Application being process : pending
Application approved: pending
Passport printed and sent: pending
Passport received: pending
Documents received : pending

[CR001]

Please respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY thread. Any questions, discussions or chit chat will be removed.

[a85]

Type: Child's First passport after MN1 registration
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online Application submitted: 30/06/2021
E-mail sent to friend for identity verification: 30/06/2021
Identity verified: 30/06/2021
Documents sent:01/07/2021 (Next day delivery)
Documents delivered: 02/07/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 05/07/2021
Application approved: 13/07/2021
Passport printed and sent: 13/07/2021
Passport received: 15/07/2021
Documents received: 28/07/2021

Thanks to everyone here. This is the end of road for my son and this forum was a big help through out the journey. However, still me and my partner have to deal with immigration office yet.... So you will see us around again

[golgoli13]

Type: First Adult Passport by Descent
From: London, UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Belfast

Application being processed 10:56am on 19 March 2021
Documents received 8:20am on 19 March 2021
Application received 8:46pm on 15 March 2021
Identity details received 8:46pm on 15 March 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity 12:51pm on 15 March 2021
Ask someone to confirm your identity 12:41pm on 15 March 2021
Application submitted 12:41pm on 15 March 2021

I was contacted maybe on the 24th of March saying my birth certificate and my parents' marriage certificate that I sent were of the wrong type, so I did all I could to retrieve the correct ones from Italy.
I could obtain everything and send it back only on the 5th of May (they were received on the next day) but then on the 14th of May I received a letter from the HMPO informing me there was a typo on the certified translation.
Turns out the typo was on my original birth certificate so I had to contact the civil registry office of my birthplace (AGAIN) to get it amended.
It took them a whole month to send it to me, I sent everything to the HMPO again which they received on the 1st of July (according to the tracking code) but no news from them yet

On 19th of July, I receive an email from them asking for this birth certificate AGAIN! of course I tell them I have sent it almost three weeks ago.
I call the advice line and give them the tracking code but after that I hear nothing from them.
I decide to call back on the 26th of July asking roughly how long is it going to take at this point (as I have no type of ID, as they took my other nationality’s passport for the application) but the person I spoke to told me he doesn’t know I ask what’s going on with my birth certificate, if it’s lost or what and he again says he doesn’t know.

[samapply]

Type: First Adult passport after naturalization
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 15/07/2021
Email sent to person confirming identity: 15/07/2021
Identity details received: 15/07/2021
Application received: 15/07/2021
Documents Sent : 15/07/2021
Documents received: 20/07/2021
Application being process : pending
Application approved: pending
Passport printed and sent: pending
Passport received: pending
Documents received : pending

[islandfox]

Type: First Adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 15/07/2021
Email sent to person confirming identity: 15/07/2021
Identity details received: 15/07/2021
Application received: 15/07/2021
Documents received: 20/07/2021
Application approved: pending
Passport printed and sent: pending
Passport received: pending
Documents received : pending

[NickFerns]

Type: First Child passport
From: Overseas
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Liverpool
Online Application submitted: 21/06/2021
Ask Someone to confirm Identity: 21/06/2021
Email sent by HMPO to person confirming identity:21/06/2021
Identity verified by person: 21/06/2021
Documents sent to HMPO Liverpool: 22/05/2021 (DHL Courier)
Documents signed for at HMPO Liverpool: 25/06/2021
Documents received acknowledgement email from HMPO: 28/06/2021
Application Processing: 28/06/2021
Application approved: 20/07/2021
Passport printed and sent:21/07/2021
Passport and Documents Dispatched courier notifications: 22/07/2021(sms) (Two separate packages via DHL)
Passport received: 24/07/2021
Documents received: 24/07/2021

Pleasantly surprised with the processing times specially when the estimate was 13 weeks for overseas applications. All the best everyone.

[jzag1989]

Type: First Adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Newport
Application submitted: 1/07/2021
Email sent to person confirming identity: 1/07/2021
Identity details received: 2/07/2021
Application received: 2/07/2021
Documents sent: 2/07/2021
Documents delivered: 5/07/2021
Documents received: 6/07/2021
Application being processed: 07/07/2021
Application approved: 18/07/2021 (on a Sunday at 9:27am)
Passport printed and sent: 20/07/2021
Passport received: 21/07/2021
Documents received: 20/07/2021

A very annoying thing happened. On the 20th I got a notification that my passport had been printed and sent. I received a tracking number and the letter itself came. Because I thought my passport was coming I tore through the letter it came in, but it turned out that it was my documents that came, not my new passport like the notification said! Watch out - I tore through my Naturalisation certificate that took 5.5 months to get

I'm going to try get a replacement certificate sorted for free, the notification/tracking system is a bit flawed. Wonder if this happens to anyone else hah.

Anyway - 6.5 months and I'm fully a British Citizen. Feels amazing. Thanks to this forum and everyone on it, been a massive help and comfort.

[Bazaar]

Type: First Adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 27/06/2021
Email sent to person confirming identity: 27/06/2021
Identity details received: 27/06/2021
Application received: 27/06/2021
Documents received: 01/07/2021 (and again on July 7th)
Application being processed: 08/07/2021
Application approved: July 21
Passport printed and sent: July 22
Passport received: July 23
Documents received : pending

passport delivered in hand (not through the letterbox).. courier took a photo of my front door, it shows on the TNT tracking page

[Hass112]

Type: First Adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted :2:27pm on 28 June
Ask someone to confirm your identity:2:27pm on 28 June
Email sent to person confirming your identity:2:56pm on 28 June
Identity details received:6:46pm on 28 June
Application received:6:47pm on 28 June
Documents sent: 29 June
Documents received:1:54pm on 30 June
Application being processed:11:44am on 8 July
Application approved:12:20pm on 21 July
Passport printed and sent:6:28pm on 21 July
Passport received: 11:45 23 July
Documents received: Pending

That’s end of the road for me I want to thank this forum for all the help. Good luck every one