British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[hamza12345]

Application Timeline
Passport for: Adult (first passport after registration)
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 22/03/19
Date application received by IPS: 25/03/19
Date of text received: 26/03/19 “we’ll let you know by 16/04 if any more info or an interview is required”
Location of IPS Office involved: London
Date of text confirming passport dispatched: Waiting
Date of return of documents: Waiting
Date of receipt of interview letter: Waiting
Date of Passport Appointment: Waiting
Date of Passport Receipt: Waiting

[kmlenna]

Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Post Office Check & Send
Date of Application: 27/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: 27/03/2019
Date Documents Sent: 27/03/2019
Date Documents Received: N/A
Date Application Received by HMPO: N/A
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: 30/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: 05/04/2019
Date of Text from Courier: 05/04/2019
Date of Return of Documents: Pending (paid extra for secure delivery)
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: N/A
Date of Passport Appointment: N/A
Date of Passport Receipt:05/04/2019

[northernwanderer2]

Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Post Office Check & Send
Date of Application: 21/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: N/A
Date Documents Sent: 21/03/2019
Date Documents Received: N/A - No tracking
Date Application Received by HMPO: N/A - No tracking
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: 27/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: 01/04/2019 (stating "You should receive your new passport within a few working days. we'll send your supporting documents separately")
Date of Text from Courier: 03/04/2019 (stating delivery date as 04/04/2019)
Date of Return of Documents: 04/04/2019 (secured Delivery- dropped through the letterbox)
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: NO INTERVIEW WAS NEEDED
Date of Passport Appointment: N/A
Date of Passport Receipt: 03/04/2019 (dropped through the letterbox)

[northernwanderer2]

Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Post Office Check & Send
Date of Application: 21/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: N/A
Date Documents Sent: 21/03/2019
Date Documents Received: N/A - No tracking
Date Application Received by HMPO: N/A - No tracking
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: 27/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: 01/04/2019 (stating "You should receive your new passport within a few working days. we'll send your supporting documents separately")
Date of Text from Courier: 03/04/2019 (stating delivery date as 04/04/2019)
Date of Return of Documents: AWAITING
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: NO INTERVIEW WAS NEEDED
Date of Passport Appointment: N/A
Date of Passport Receipt: 03/04/2019

NB : if you want to track your passport delivery they Use DX courier and the DX tracking number is the same number you get when you apply for your passport (if you use check & send : its the number you get on the receipt, for paper forms it is the barcode number at the top).

[Junior305]

This is my British Passport Renewal sent from Miami, FL, USA currently in progress...

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: Renewal
Method of application: Online/Postal
Date of application: 06/03/2019 (Postal Date From USA)
Date application received by IPS: Checked 14/03/2019 "Declaration form received, being processed"
Location of IPS Office involved: N/A
Date of return of documents: 03/04/2019
Date of receipt of interview letter: N/A
Date of Passport Appointment: N/A
Date of Passport Receipt: 03/04/2019

Those guys worked fast! I would've received my passport much sooner if they did not request additional info and if my passport cleared customs in the US a few hours earlier last Friday. Very impressed with the HM Passport Office!

[Alien2017]

Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Online + Documents Sent by Special Delivery (Liverpool)
Date of Application: 21/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: 21/03/2019
Date Documents Sent: 22/03/2019
Date Documents Received: 25/03/2019
Date of Text Approval from HMPO: 01/04/2019
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: 01/04/2019
Date of Text from Courier: 03/04/2019
Date of Return of Documents: 03/04/2019
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter:
Date of Passport Appointment:
Date of Passport Receipt: 03/04/2019

[Mev19]

Application type: First Adult Passport After Naturalisation
Method Of Application: Online + Royal 1st Class Delivery (Glasgow)
Date Of Application: 21/03/2019
Date of Application Received By HMPO: 21/03/2019
Date Of Identity Verified: 21/03/2019
Date of Documents Sent: 21/03/2019
Date of Documents Received: 26/03/2019
Date Of Acknowledgment From HMPO: 27/03/2018 Application is in the queue
Date of confirming Passport Dispatch: Waiting
Date of text from courier: Pending
Date of receipt of Interview: Pending
Date of Return Documents: Pending

[northernwanderer2]

Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Post Office Check & Send
Date of Application: 21/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: N/A
Date Documents Sent: 21/03/2019
Date Documents Received: N/A - No tracking
Date Application Received by HMPO: N/A - No tracking
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: 27/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: 01/04/2019 (stating "You should receive your new passport within a few working days. we'll send your supporting documents separately")
Date of Text from Courier: 03/03/2019 (stating delivery date as 04/04/2019)
Date of Return of Documents: AWAITING
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: AWAITING
Date of Passport Appointment: AWAITING
Date of Passport Receipt:AWAITING

[savage87]

My application:
Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Online + Royal Mail 1st Class Signed for to Liverpool
Date of Application: 25/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: 25/03/2019
Date Documents Sent: 26/03/2019
Date Documents Received: 27/03/2019
Date Application Received by HMPO: 25/03/2019
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: 27/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: 31/03/2019
Date of Text from Courier: 01/04/2019
Date of Return of Documents: Pending (paid extra £5 for secure delivery)
Date of Passport Receipt: 02/04/2019 8 days

My wife's application:
Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Online + Royal Mail 1st Class Signed for to Newport
Date of Application: 25/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: 25/03/2019
Date Documents Sent: 26/03/2019
Date Documents Received: N/A
Date Application Received by HMPO: 25/03/2019
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: Pending
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: Pending
Date of Text from Courier: Pending
Date of Return of Documents: Pending (paid extra £5 for secure delivery)
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: Pending
Date of Passport Appointment: Pending
Date of Passport Receipt: Pending

[Alien2017]

Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Online + Documents Sent by Special Delivery (Liverpool)
Date of Application: 21/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: 21/03/2019
Date Documents Sent: 22/03/2019
Date Documents Received: 25/03/2019
Date of Text Approval from HMPO: 01/04/2019
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: 01/04/2019
Date of Text from Courier:
Date of Return of Documents:
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter:
Date of Passport Appointment:
Date of Passport Receipt:

[Alien2017]

Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Online + Documents Sent by Special Delivery (Liverpool)
Date of Application: 21/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: 21/03/2019
Date Documents Sent: 22/03/2019
Date Documents Received: 25/03/2019
Date of Text Approval from HMPO: 01/04/2019
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch:
Date of Text from Courier:
Date of Return of Documents:
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter:
Date of Passport Appointment:
Date of Passport Receipt:

[northernwanderer2]

Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Post Office Check & Send
Date of Application: 21/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: N/A
Date Documents Sent: 21/03/2019
Date Documents Received: N/A - No tracking
Date Application Received by HMPO: N/A - No tracking
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: 27/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: 01/04/2019 (stating "You should receive your new passport within a few working days. we'll send your supporting documents separately")
Date of Text from Courier: AWAITING
Date of Return of Documents: AWAITING
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: AWAITING
Date of Passport Appointment: AWAITING
Date of Passport Receipt:AWAITING

[seansilva]

Application Timeline
Passport for: Adult
Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of application: Online + Royal Mail special delivery
Date of application: 13/03/2019
Date application documents received by HMPO: 15/03/2019
Location of HMPO Office involved: Belfast
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: 19/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming the Application Joining Processing Queue: 20/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming Application Approval: 26/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: 27/03/2019
Date of Text from Courier: 29/03/2019
Date of return of documents: pending
Date of receipt of interview letter: n/a
Date of Passport Appointment: n/a
Date of Passport Receipt: 29/03/2019

[blackamericano]

Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Online + Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed by 1pm
HMPO Office: Peterborough
Date of Application: 12/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: 13/03/2019
Date Online Application Received by HMPO: 13/03/2019
Date Documents Sent: 14/03/2019
Date Documents Received: 15/03/2019
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: 18/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming the Application Joining Processing Queue: 18/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming Application Approval: 26/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: 26/03/2019
Date of Text from Courier: 28/03/2019
Date of Return of Documents: 28/03/2019 (paid extra £5 for secure delivery)
Date of Passport Receipt: 28/03/2019

The same courier (DXDelivery) delivered both my passport and my documents, in separate envelopes.

[adazion]

Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: online and secured delivery
Date of Application: 07/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: 10/03/2019
Date Documents Sent: 11/03/2019
Date Documents Received: 12/03/2019
Date Application Received by HMPO BELFAST- 10/03/2019
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: 14/03/2019
Date application approved (got a text saying my application has been approved ) - 26/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: 27/03/2019
Date of Text from Courier: 27/03/2019
Date of Return of Documents:(paid extra for secure delivery) 26/03/2019
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: NA
Date of Passport Receipt:28/03/2019

Got my documents before my passport. Happy it arrived before holiday i booked for April

[Zinger22]

Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Post Office Check & Send (London)
Date of Application: 15/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: 15/03/2019
Date Documents Sent: 15/03/2019
Date Documents Received: N/A - No tracking
Date Application Received by HMPO: N/A - No tracking
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: 27/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: 27/03/2019
Date of Text from Courier: 28/03/2019
Date of Return of Documents: AWAITING (paid extra for secure delivery)
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: N/A
Date of Passport Appointment: N/A
Date of Passport Receipt:28/03/2019

[Zinger22]

Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Post Office Check & Send (London)
Date of Application: 15/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: 15/03/2019
Date Documents Sent: 15/03/2019
Date Documents Received: N/A - No tracking
Date Application Received by HMPO: N/A - No tracking
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: 27/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: 27/03/2019
Date of Text from Courier: AWAITING
Date of Return of Documents: AWAITING (paid extra for secure delivery)
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: AWAITING
Date of Passport Appointment: AWAITING
Date of Passport Receipt:AWAITING

[savage87]

My application:
Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Online + Royal Mail 1st Class Signed for to Liverpool
Date of Application: 25/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: 25/03/2019
Date Documents Sent: 26/03/2019
Date Documents Received: 27/03/2019
Date Application Received by HMPO: 25/03/2019
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: 27/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: Pending
Date of Text from Courier: Pending
Date of Return of Documents: Pending (paid extra £5 for secure delivery)
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: Pending
Date of Passport Appointment: Pending
Date of Passport Receipt: Pending

My wife's application:
Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Online + Royal Mail 1st Class Signed for to Newport
Date of Application: 25/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: 25/03/2019
Date Documents Sent: 26/03/2019
Date Documents Received: N/A
Date Application Received by HMPO: 25/03/2019
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: Pending
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: Pending
Date of Text from Courier: Pending
Date of Return of Documents: Pending (paid extra £5 for secure delivery)
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: Pending
Date of Passport Appointment: Pending
Date of Passport Receipt: Pending

[Junior305]

This is my British Passport Renewal sent from Miami, FL, USA currently in progress...

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: Renewal
Method of application: Online/Postal
Date of application: 06/03/2019 (Postal Date From USA)
Date application received by IPS: Checked 14/03/2019 "Declaration form received, being processed"
Location of IPS Office involved: Pending
Date of return of documents: Pending
Date of receipt of interview letter: Pending
Date of Passport Appointment: Pending
Date of Passport Receipt: Pending

Don't know how to edit my original post but the Passport Office emailed me on Sunday, March 17th requesting more information and I mailed what they've asked for the following day from Miami, FL USA.

I've checked my application status on their website this morning, March 27th, showing my application status as "Dispatched".

I am impressed at not only the efficiency and turnaround time (at least in my case) at the HM Passport Office, but at how quickly my mailings were able to reach to the UK via the US postal service.

I sent in for a renewal of my US passport the day after I sent for my UK renewal (which was received only two days after I mailed) and it's still has weeks left to process. Figure that...

[Maryam63]

Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Online + Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed by 1pm
Date of Application: 15/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: 15/03/2019
Date Online Application Received by HMPO: 15/03/2019
Date Documents Sent: 16/03/2019
Date Documents Received: 18/03/2019
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: 19/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming the Application Joining Processing Queue: 19/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming Application Approval: 25/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: 26/03/2019
Date of Text from Courier: 27/03/2019
Date of Return of Documents: Pending (paid extra £5 for secure delivery)
Date of Passport Receipt: 27/03/2019

[blackamericano]

Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Online + Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed by 1pm
Date of Application: 12/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: 13/03/2019
Date Online Application Received by HMPO: 13/03/2019
Date Documents Sent: 14/03/2019
Date Documents Received: 15/03/2019
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: 18/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming the Application Joining Processing Queue: 18/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming Application Approval: 26/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: 26/03/2019
Date of Text from Courier: Pending
Date of Return of Documents: Pending (paid extra £5 for secure delivery)
Date of Passport Receipt: Pending

[northernwanderer2]

Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Post Office Check & Send
Date of Application: 21/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: N/A
Date Documents Sent: 21/03/2019
Date Documents Received: N/A - No tracking
Date Application Received by HMPO: N/A - No tracking
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: 27/03/2019
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: AWAITING
Date of Text from Courier: AWAITING
Date of Return of Documents: AWAITING
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: AWAITING
Date of Passport Appointment: AWAITING
Date of Passport Receipt:AWAITING

[Zinger22]

Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Post Office Check & Send (London)
Date of Application: 15/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: 15/03/2019
Date Documents Sent: 15/03/2019
Date Documents Received: N/A - No tracking
Date Application Received by HMPO: N/A - No tracking
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: AWAITING
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: AWAITING
Date of Text from Courier: AWAITING
Date of Return of Documents: AWAITING (paid extra for secure delivery)
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: AWAITING
Date of Passport Appointment: AWAITING
Date of Passport Receipt:AWAITING

[savage87]

My application:
Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Online + Royal Mail 1st Class Signed for to Liverpool
Date of Application: 25/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: 25/03/2019
Date Documents Sent: 26/03/2019
Date Documents Received: N/A
Date Application Received by HMPO: 25/03/2019
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: Pending
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: Pending
Date of Text from Courier: Pending
Date of Return of Documents: Pending (paid extra £5 for secure delivery)
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: Pending
Date of Passport Appointment: Pending
Date of Passport Receipt: Pending

My wife's application:
Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Online + Royal Mail 1st Class Signed for to Newport
Date of Application: 25/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: 25/03/2019
Date Documents Sent: 26/03/2019
Date Documents Received: N/A
Date Application Received by HMPO: 25/03/2019
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: Pending
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: Pending
Date of Text from Courier: Pending
Date of Return of Documents: Pending (paid extra £5 for secure delivery)
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: Pending
Date of Passport Appointment: Pending
Date of Passport Receipt: Pending

[northernwanderer2]

Application Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method of Application: Post Office Check & Send
Date of Application: 21/03/2019
Date Identity Verified: N/A
Date Documents Sent: 21/03/2019
Date Documents Received: N/A - No tracking
Date Application Received by HMPO: N/A - No tracking
Date of Text Acknowledgement from HMPO: AWAITING
Date of Text Confirming Passport Dispatch: AWAITING
Date of Text from Courier: AWAITING
Date of Return of Documents: AWAITING
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: AWAITING
Date of Passport Appointment: AWAITING
Date of Passport Receipt:AWAITING