British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[0ranges0da]

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Date of Application: 30 October 2019
Date Identity Verified: 30 October 2019
Date Documents Sent: 30 October 2019
Date Documents Delivered: awaiting...
Date Documents Received: awaiting...
Joined Processing Queue: awaiting...
Application Approved: awaiting...
Passport Printed and Sent: awaiting...
Date Passport Received: awaiting...
Date of Return of Documents: awaiting...

[CR001]

Please respect that this is a TIMELINES ONLY topic. Any questions, chit chat or discussion posts will be removed without notice!

[Aleezafatimah]

Application Type: First Child passport
Method of Application: Post Office (Check & Send Service)
Applied from: UK
Date of Application: 9th October 2019
Date Application Received: 10th October 2019
Text Received from HMPO: 11th October 2019 that passport should process by 02nd November 2019
Date of Application Approved: Awaiting
Date of Passport Printed: Awaiting

[wichmit]

Application Timeline
Passport for: Adult
Application Type: Adult First Passport After Registration
Applying from: Overseas
Method of application: Online ( followed by required documents via courier)
Date application received by IPS: 01 October 2019
Location of IPS Office involved: Durham
Date of receipt of interview letter: N/A
Date documents Delivered: 01/10/2019
Joined Processing Queue: 01/10/2019
Application Approved: 17/10/2019
Passport printed and sent: 17/10/2019
Courier Text Msg Received: 21 October 2019
Date of Passport Appointment:N/A
Date of Passport Receipt: 24 October 2019
Date of return of documents: 24 October 2019

Abroad, Overseas

[sajurol]

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Date of Application: 21 October 2019
Date Identity Verified: 21 October 2019
Date Documents Sent: 22 October 2019 (Peterborough)
Date Documents Delivered: 23 October 2019
Date Documents Received: 24 October 2019
Joined Processing Queue: 24 October 2019
Application Approved: Waiting
Passport Printed and Sent: Waiting
Date Passport Received: Waiting
Date of Return of Documents: Waiting

[Nubiya]

Applied online for 1st adult passport 10/10/2019
Referee confirmed my identy online 11/10/2019
Current and expired/non cancelled passport received by hm 16/10/2019
Application approved 23/10/2019
Passport dispatched 24/10/2019
To be received 28/10/109
Such a long journey being a family member of an EEA national that took 14 years but the system improved alot since the online application was introduced.

[World Traveller]

Update:

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Date of Application: 15 October 2019
Date Identity Verified: 15 October 2019
Date Documents Sent: 16 October 2019 (Peterborough)
Date Documents Delivered: 17 October 2019
Date Documents Received: 18 October 2019
Joined Processing Queue: 21 October 2019
Application Approved: 25 October 2019
Passport Printed and Sent: TBD
Date Passport Received: TBD
Date of Return of Documents: TBD

[Nickt61]

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Date of Application: 8 October 2019
Date Identity Verified: 8 October 2019
Date Documents Sent: 8 October 2019
Date Documents Delivered: 9 October 2019
Date Documents Received: 10 October 2019
Joined Processing Queue: 10 October 2019
Application Approved: 23 October 2019 (delay due applicant wanted profession added therefore HMPO had to validate with General Medical Council & contact applicant etc)
Passport Printed and Sent: 23 October 2019
Date Passport Received: 24 October 2019
Date of Return of Documents: 24 October 2019

[desiwanderlust]

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Date of Application: 20 October 2019
Date Identity Verified: 20 October 2019
Date Documents Sent: 20 October 2019
Date Documents Delivered: 22 October 2019
Date Documents Received: 22 October 2019
Application being processed: 24 October 2019
Application Approved: awaiting...
Passport Printed and Sent: awaiting...
Date Passport Received: awaiting...
Date of Return of Documents: awaiting...

[Alex91]

Application Timeline

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: Renewal
Method of application: Online
Applying from: Overseas
Location of IPS Office involved: Durham
Application Submitted: 7 October 2019
Application Received: 7 October 2019
Documents Sent: 9 October 2019
Documents Delivered: 15 October 2019
Application being Processed: 15 October 2019
Application Approved: 24 October 2019
Passport Printed: 24 October 2019
Passport Sent: awaiting...
Passport Received: awaiting...
Return of Documents: awaiting...

[Mathis]

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Date of Application: 10 October 2019
Date Identity Verified: 11 October 2019
Date Documents Sent: 14 October 2019
Date Documents Delivered: 15 October 2019
Date Documents Received: 15 October 2019
Joined Processing Queue: 17 October 2019
Application Approved: 18 October 2019
Passport Printed and Sent: 21 October 2019
Date Passport Received: 22nd October 2019
Date of Return of Documents: 23rd October 2019

[Plotoder]

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Date of Application: 7 October 2019
Date Identity Verified: 7 October 2019
Date Documents Sent: 7 October 2019
Date Documents Delivered: 8 October 2019
Date Documents Received: 8 October 2019
Joined Processing Queue: 8 October 2019
Application Approved: 18 October 2019
Passport Printed and Sent: 21 October 2019
Date Passport Received: 22 October 2019
Date of Return of Documents: 23 October 2019

[mkuddin]

Timeline for first British Passport:

(Newport Wales)

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Date of Application: 7 October 2019
Date Identity Verified: 7 October 2019
Date Documents Sent: 7 October 2019
Date Documents Delivered: 9 October 2019
Date Documents Received: 10 October 2019
Joined Processing Queue: 10 October 2019
Application Approved: 21 October 2019
Passport Printed and Sent: 21 October 2019
Date Passport Received: 23 October 2019
Date of Return of Documents: 22 October 2019

[Nickt61]

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Date of Application: 8 October 2019
Date Identity Verified: 8 October 2019
Date Documents Sent: 8 October 2019
Date Documents Delivered: 9 October 2019
Date Documents Received: 10 October 2019
Joined Processing Queue: 10 October 2019
Application Approved: 23 October 2019 (delay due applicant wanted profession added therefore HMPO had to validate with General Medical Council & contact applicant etc)
Passport Printed and Sent: awaiting...
Date Passport Received: awaiting...
Date of Return of Documents: awaiting...

[Nickt61]

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Date of Application: 8 October 2019
Date Identity Verified: 8 October 2019
Date Documents Sent: 8 October 2019
Date Documents Delivered: 9 October 2019
Date Documents Received: 10 October 2019
Joined Processing Queue: 10October 2019
Application Approved: awaiting...
Passport Printed and Sent: awaiting...
Date Passport Received: awaiting...
Date of Return of Documents: awaiting...

[CR001]

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

[Aleezafatimah]

Application Type: First Child passport
Method of Application: Post Office (Check & Send Service)
Applied from: UK
Date of Application: 9th October 2019
Date Application Received: 10th October 2019
Text Received from HMPO: 11th October 2019 that passport should process by 02nd November 2019
Date of Application Approved: Awaiting
Date of Passport Printed: Awaiting

Not sure how to Track of progress when we apply using Postal Services.

[abhijit19]

Application Type: First Child Passport
Method of application: Online
Applying from: UK
Date of Application: 1 October 2019
Date Application Received: 2 October 2019
Date Documents Delivered: 4 October 2019
Date Documents Received: 4 October 2019
Date of Application being Processed: 4 October 2019
Date of Application Approved: 17 October 2019 (Delayed cause i hadn't sent the birth certificate and had to resend it)
Date of Passport Printed: 17 October 2019
Date of Passport Delivered: 22 October 2019 (Delayed cause DX delivery said we didn't live in the address mentioned and then HMPO had to re-verify and redelivered again. Or else would have been delivered on the 18th of October)
Date of Return of Documents: 22 October 2019

[Alex91]

Application Timeline

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: Renewal
Method of application: Online
Applying from: Overseas
Location of IPS Office involved: Durham
Application Submitted: 7 October 2019
Application Received: 7 October 2019
Documents Sent: 9 October 2019
Documents Delivered: 15 October 2019
Application being Processed: 15 October 2019
Application Approved: awaiting...
Passport Printed: awaiting...
Passport Sent: awaiting...
Passport Received: awaiting...
Return of Documents: awaiting...

[Alex91]

Application Timeline

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: Renewal
Method of application: Online
Applying from: Overseas
Date of Application: 7 October 2019
Date Application Received: 7 October 2019
Date Documents Delivered: 9 October 2019
Date Documents Received: 15 October 2019
Date of Application being Processed: 15 October 2019
Date of Application Approved: awaiting...
Date of Passport Printed: awaiting...
Date of Passport Delivered: awaiting...
Date of Return of Documents: awaiting...

[mkuddin]

Timeline for first British Passport:

(Newport Wales)

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Date of Application: 7 October 2019
Date Identity Verified: 7 October 2019
Date Documents Sent: 7 October 2019
Date Documents Delivered: 9 October 2019
Date Documents Received: 10 October 2019
Joined Processing Queue: 10 October 2019
Application Approved: 21 October 2019
Passport Printed and Sent: 21 October 2019
Date Passport Received: TBD
Date of Return of Documents: TBD

[Mathis]

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Date of Application: 10 October 2019
Date Identity Verified: 11 October 2019
Date Documents Sent: 14 October 2019
Date Documents Delivered: 15 October 2019
Date Documents Received: 15 October 2019
Joined Processing Queue: 17 October 2019
Application Approved: 18 October 2019
Passport Printed and Sent: 21 October 2019
Date Passport Received: awaiting...
Date of Return of Documents: awaiting...

[World Traveller]

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Date of Application: 15 October 2019
Date Identity Verified: 15 October 2019
Date Documents Sent: 16 October 2019
Date Documents Delivered: 17 October 2019
Date Documents Received: TBD
Joined Processing Queue: TBD
Application Approved: TBD
Passport Printed and Sent: TBD
Date Passport Received: TBD
Date of Return of Documents: TBD

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Date of Application: 15 October 2019
Date Identity Verified: 15 October 2019
Date Documents Sent: 16 October 2019 (Peterborough)
Date Documents Delivered: 17 October 2019
Date Documents Received: 18 October 2019
Joined Processing Queue: 21 October 2019
Application Approved: TBD
Passport Printed and Sent: TBD
Date Passport Received: TBD
Date of Return of Documents: TBD

[Thuyngan2ha]

My partner's timeline:

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Date of Application: 01 October 2019
Date Identity Verified: 01 October 2019
Date Documents Sent: 01 October 2019 (HM Passport Office in Newport)
Date Documents Delivered: 02 October 2019
Date Documents Received: 03 October 2019
Joined Processing Queue: 05 October 2019
Application Approved: 10 October 2019
Passport Printed and Sent: 10 October 2019
Date Passport Received: 14 October 2019
Date of Return of Documents: 14 October 2019

Someone has mentioned in the forum that the tracking number from DX is the passport application number. It's correct in my case, however for my partner it is not her passport reference number.

[Thuyngan2ha]

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Date of Application: 01 October 2019
Date Identity Verified: 01 October 2019
Date Documents Sent: 01 October 2019 (HM Passport Office in Liverpool)
Date Documents Delivered: 02 October 2019
Date Documents Received: 03 October 2019
Joined Processing Queue: 05 October 2019
Application Approved: 08 October 2019
Passport Printed and Sent: 08 October 2019
Date Passport Received: 10 October 2019
Date of Return of Documents: 10 October 2019