British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[bright_star]

Application Timeline
Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Online (overseas / from outside the UK)
Date of application: 13.04.16
Date application received by IPS: 18.04.16
Location of IPS Office involved: Durham
Date of return of documents: 25.04.16
Date of receipt of interview letter: N/A
Date of Passport Appointment: N/A
Date of Passport Receipt: 25.04.16

Ps. I am super happy with their service. I got my first British passport in one week!

[Daniel97]

Application Timeline for myself
Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 15/04/2016
Date application received by IPS:19/04/2015
Location of IPS Office involved:
Date of return of documents: 25/04/2016
Date of receipt of interview letter: 22/04/2016
Date of Passport Appointment: 25/04/2016
Date of sms received : 26/04/2016
Date of Passport receipt:

I need my passport by 10th May otherwise I cannot fly on 11th May

Your passport will be with you by tomorrow!!!!!

[alien.uk]

*** Final Update ***
Passport for: Adult
Application Type: First passport (naturalisation)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 06/04/16
Date of posting Documents: 06/04/16
Date application received by IPS: 08/04/16
Date of return of documents: 14/04/16
Date of receipt of interview letter: 20/04/16
Date of Passport Appointment: 22/04/16
Date of SMS received: 23/04/16
Date of Passport Receipt: 26/04/16

Full circle ends here - Started in 2009...Thanks would just be an understatement for assistance and help received from this group / moderators.

Now, Over to my beloved Indian Government for OCI.

[sherjan]

Application Timeline for myself
Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 15/04/2016
Date application received by IPS:19/04/2015
Location of IPS Office involved:
Date of return of documents: 25/04/2016
Date of receipt of interview letter: 22/04/2016
Date of Passport Appointment: 25/04/2016
Date of sms received : 26/04/2016
Date of Passport receipt:

I need my passport by 10th May otherwise I cannot fly on 11th May

[kanswam]

Passport Application Timeline
Passport for: 2 Children (born in UK)
Application Type: First passport
Method of application: Post Office Check and Send
Date of application: 18/04/16
Date of posting Documents: 18/04/16
Date application received by IPS: Not Known
Date of return of documents: Awaiting
Date of receipt of interview letter: N/A
Date of Passport Appointment: N/A
Date of SMS received: 22/04/16
Date of Passport Receipt: 25/04/16

Thank you all for the guidance provided on this forum. It was a smooth process. Best wishes to those that are waiting for their passports!

[sherjan]

Application Timeline for myself
Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 15/04/2016
Date application received by IPS:19/04/2015
Location of IPS Office involved:
Date of return of documents: 25/04/2016
Date of receipt of interview letter: 22/04/2016
Date of Passport Appointment: 25/04/2016
Date of sms received :
Date of Passport receipt:

I need my passport by 10th May otherwise I cannot fly on 11th May

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Passport Application Timeline
Passport for: 2 Children (born in UK)
Application Type: First passport
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 15/04/16
Date of posting Documents: 16/04/16
Date of Documents received:18/04/16
Date application received by IPS: Not Known
Date of return of documents: Awaiting
Date of receipt of interview letter: N/A
Date of Passport Appointment: N/A
Date of SMS received: 22/04/16
Date of Passport Receipt: 25/04/16

[kkuk]

Passport for:Adult
Application Type: First Adult Passport (Naturalisation)
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application:13/04/2016
Date application received by IPS: 14/04/2016( confirmed by calling)
Location of IPS Office involved:Belfast
Date of return of documents:22/04/2016
Date of receipt of interview letter:21/04/2016
Date of Passport Appointment:24/04/2016
Date of SMS received:25/04/2016
Date of Passport Receipt:

[Ziuta]

Right, after 6 weeks waiting I finally received my passport just to find a misspelling on it

Sending documents again for the reissue: 25/04/2015

[Casa]

Gentle reminder (& applies to all timeline threads) ...

Please refrain from chattering in this topic. To keep it high-value, please just read it and only post when you have an update to provide (timelines only).

Queries, pleasantries, off-topic posts, duplicate posts, multiple posts relating to the same application, request for updates, posts enquiring about current timelines, etc. are not be posted, will be deleted without notice, and members posting irrelevant posts in this topic that require moderators to waste their time in cleaning up the topic may have their access restricted.

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Thank you for consideration.

[kanswam]

Passport Application Timeline
Passport for: 2 Children (born in UK)
Application Type: First passport
Method of application: Post Office Check and Send
Date of application: 18/04/16
Date of posting Documents: 18/04/16
Date application received by IPS: Not Known
Date of return of documents: Awaiting
Date of receipt of interview letter: N/A
Date of Passport Appointment: N/A
Date of SMS received: 22/04/16
Date of Passport Receipt: Awaiting

[Mrykhami]

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New (Naturalisation)
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 22-04-2016
Date application received by IPS: waiting
Location of IPS Office involved: waiting
Date of return of documents: waiting
Date of receipt of interview letter: waiting
Date of Passport Appointment: waiting
Date of Passport Receipt: waiting

I'm very happy to see most people here got their passports within a month! I'm hoping for mine to be that fast!

[lbg]

Passport: Adult
Application type: First passport (Naturalisation)
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 20/04/2016
Supporting documents received by HM Passport: 21/04/2016
IPS Office: Durham
Interview letter received: waiting
Return of documents: waiting
Interview: 06/05/2016 (booked on 21/04/2016)
Interview Office: London Victoria
SMS received: waiting
Passport received: waiting

[sherjan]

Application Timeline for myself
Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 15/04/2016
Date application received by IPS:19/04/2015
Location of IPS Office involved:
Date of return of documents:
Date of receipt of interview letter: 22/04/2016
Date of Passport Appointment: 25/04/2016
Date of sms received :
Date of Passport receipt:

I need my passport by 10th May otherwise I cannot fly on 11th May

[Nomadder]

Passport Application Timeline

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: First Adult Passport (Naturalisation)
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 20/04/2016
Date application received by IPS: 21/04/2016 (confirmed by phoning IPS on 22/04/2016)
Location of IPS Office involved: Unknown
Date of return of documents: Waiting
Date of receipt of interview letter: Waiting
Date of Passport Appointment: Waiting
Date of SMS received: Waiting
Date of Passport Receipt: Waiting

[kkuk]

Passport for:Adult
Application Type: First Adult Passport (Naturalisation)
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application:13/04/2016
Date application received by IPS: 14/04/2016( confirmed by calling)
Location of IPS Office involved:Belfast
Date of return of documents:
Date of receipt of interview letter:21/04/2016
Date of Passport Appointment:24/04/16
Date of SMS received:
Date of Passport Receipt:

Supporting documents not received yet.Is this usual to receive those after interview letter or before?

[imoustache]

Passport: Adult
Application type: Newly naturalised citizen
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 05/04/2016
Supporting documents received/signed by HM Passport: 06/04/2016
IPS Office: Belfast
Status: 07/04/2016 (changed to processing)
Interview letter dated: 11/04/2016
Interview letter received: 14/04/2016
Return of documents: 19/04/2016
Interview: 20/04/2016
Interview Office: London Victoria
SMS received: 21/04/2016
Passport received: 22/04/2016

Very smooth process, HMPO have been great. Booked the interview appointment when the letter came, however, my 1st one was sometime next week. Called a couple of times to see if there were earlier appointments, and there were.

[jignesh455]

UPDATE

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: First passport (naturalisation)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 04/04/16
Date of posting Documents: 05/04/16
Date application received by IPS: 06/04/16
Date of return of documents: 13/04/16
Date of receipt of interview letter: 14/04/16
Date of Passport Appointment: 19/04/16
Date of SMS received: 20/04/16
Date of Passport Received: 21/04/16

[sherjan]

Application Timeline for myself
Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 15/04/2016
Date application received by IPS:19/04/2015
Location of IPS Office involved:
Date of return of documents:
Date of receipt of interview letter:
Date of Passport Appointment:
Date of sms received :
Date of Passport receipt:

I need my passport by 10th May otherwise I cannot fly on 11th May

[Jessie55]

Update:

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: First passport (naturalisation)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 30/03/16
Date of posting Documents: 30/03/16
Date application received by IPS: 31/03/16
Date of return of documents: waiting
Date of receipt of interview letter: 08/04/16
Date of Passport Appointment: 18/08/16
Date of SMS received: 19/04/16
Date of Passport Receipt: 20/04/16

[djkay12]

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: First Passport
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 20/04/2016
Date application received by IPS:WAITING
Date of return of documents: WAITING
Date of receipt of interview letter: WAITING
Date of Passport Appointment: WAITING
Date of Passport Receipt: WAITING

[planet299]

Passport Application Timeline
Application Type: First passport
Method of application: Post Office Check and Send
Date of application: 06/04/16
Date of return of documents:10/04/2016
Date interview : 17/04/2016 at Peterborough office
Date of SMS received: 18/04/2016
Date of Passport Receipt: 19/04/2016
very fast service which surprise me best of luck

[sonub4ualt]

Application Timeline for my wife
Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 01/04/2016
Date application received by IPS:
Location of IPS Office involved:
Date of return of documents:06/04/2016
Date of receipt of interview letter:08/04/2016
Date of Passport Appointment:14/04/2016
Date of sms received : No sms received
Date of Passport receipt: 19/04/2016

[kanswam]

Passport Application Timeline
Passport for: 2 Children (born in UK)
Application Type: First passport
Method of application: Post Office Check and Send
Date of application: 18/04/16
Date of posting Documents: 18/04/16
Date application received by IPS: Awaiting
Date of return of documents: Awaiting
Date of receipt of interview letter: N/A
Date of Passport Appointment: N/A
Date of SMS received: Awaiting
Date of Passport Receipt: Awaiting

[gulcurm]

UPDATE
Passport for:Adult
Application Type: First Adult Passport (Naturalisation)
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application:09/04/2016
Date application received by IPS: 12/04/2016
Location of IPS Office involved: Peterborough
Date of return of documents: 15/04/2016
Date of receipt of interview letter: 16/04/2016(I called IPS and they told me that the interview letter is sent on 15th, however they noticed that my surname was spelled wrong, and issued a new interview letter)
Date of Passport Appointment: 23/04/2016
Date of SMS received:
Date of Passport Receipt:[/quote]