British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[shiva321]

Method of Application: Post Office check & send
Date of Application: 22/03/2014
Application for: Myself, Spouse and Child (3yrs)
Date of SMS Received: 26/03/2014
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: 09/04/14 (Dated 07/04/14)
Date of Return of Documents: 10/04/14
Date of Interview booked: 19/04/14 - Reading.
Date of Child Passport Receipt : 08/04/14
Date of Adult Passports Receipt: waiting

[dadageer]

update:


Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New, first adult passport
Method of application: Special Delivery (self)
Date of application: 02.04.2014
Date application received by IPS: 8AM 03.04.2014 (Royal Mail Proof)
Date SMS Received: 04.04.2014
Date of deduction of fees: 07-04-2014
Date of return of documents: Pending
Date of receipt of interview letter: Pending
Date of Passport Appointment: Pending
Date of Passport Receipt: Pending

[Aujla]

Hi everyone. Just want to thanx this form . Finally I got my baby's british passport today after 4 weeks of application . As I was a portuguese national so I sent my 5 years employment history and my ID card . All done with the help of this form . Thank u so much everyone .

[Jasper_X]

Type : First Adult

Method : Post Office check & send
Date of Application: 27/03/2014
Date of Application Received by IPS: Unknown
Date of SMS Received: 2/04/2014

Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: Waiting..
Date of Return of Documents: Waiting..
Date of Interview booked: Waiting..
Date of Passport Receipt: Waiting..

[itsahmedawan]

Method of Application: check and send throughpost office
Date of Application: 17/03/2014
Date of Application Received by IPS: 19/03/14
Date of SMS Received: N/A
Date of Fees deduction: N/A
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: 4/04/14 (DATED 02/04/14)
Date of Return of Documents: 07/04/14
Date of Interview booked: 19/04/14(AT VICTORIA AND IT IS FOR AWAY)
Date of Passport Receipt:WAITING

i tried again to get early oppointment n victoria office but still no availbility so i have to wait for 17/4/14.

My wife's interview letter arrived today and they offered her Sunday the 13th at Victoria when she rang up. They said they had plenty of appointments left for this Sunday, so I rescheduled mine for then as well. Seems to depend on who you get on the phone as to what they can offer, as when I rang up originally they didn't mention Sunday as an option at all.

big boss
i just rang them and i told them that i wana reschedule my appointment for sunday and they said sunday is availble any time si itook afternoon and they took my email to send me confirmation and i received email as well.
at the end thnx alot for ur help even i rang them befor but they did not tell me that sunday is availble.
big surprise for me that passport office works on sunday.
thnx alot again.

[oakleigh841]

Method of Application: Post Office check & send
Date of Application: 20/03/2014
Date of Application Received by IPS: 21/03/14
Date of SMS Received: 26/03/2014
Date of Fees deduction: N/A
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: 08/04/14 (Dated 06/04/14)
Date of Return of Documents: waiting
Date of Interview booked: 13/04/14 - Victoria.
Date of Passport Receipt: waiting

[oakleigh841]

Method of Application: check and send throughpost office
Date of Application: 17/03/2014
Date of Application Received by IPS: 19/03/14
Date of SMS Received: N/A
Date of Fees deduction: N/A
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: 4/04/14 (DATED 02/04/14)
Date of Return of Documents: 07/04/14
Date of Interview booked: 19/04/14(AT VICTORIA AND IT IS FOR AWAY)
Date of Passport Receipt:WAITING

i tried again to get early oppointment n victoria office but still no availbility so i have to wait for 17/4/14.

My wife's interview letter arrived today and they offered her Sunday the 13th at Victoria when she rang up. They said they had plenty of appointments left for this Sunday, so I rescheduled mine for then as well. Seems to depend on who you get on the phone as to what they can offer, as when I rang up originally they didn't mention Sunday as an option at all.

[itsahmedawan]

hi
it is true coz u do not chase ur application if u send by check and send service so u ave to wait for a week so they put ur apps n system.

[UKc2be]

I applied for my first British passport via check and send. Apparently from what I have read is that the only way to see if the application has arrived at the Passport Office is to phone them and quote my details. I did that and the lady said to me it would take at least a week to show up on the system and that I should phone next week. I am just wondering if this is other people's experiences.

[mm2014]

Hi all,

I’m applying for first British passport for my son and in the form they wanted his non – British passport but actually I need this passport when I travel to my own country( middle east) .Is there any way I can keep his passport?

Thanks

[cadeaux]

HI,

Does anyone know contact number for Liverpool HMPO?

Many thanks

[collipu]

Anyone waiting for their interview letter? My app was sent on the 21st!

[teenboy]

Method of Application: Online application
Date of on-line (incl Fees) Application: 06/04/2014
Date of Application posted: 08/04/2014
Date of Application Received by IPS: 09/04/14
Date of SMS Received: ???
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: ???
Date of Return of Documents: ???
Date of Interview booked: ???
Date of Passport Receipt: ???

[oakleigh841]

Method of Application: Post Office check & send
Date of Application: 20/03/2014
Date of Application Received by IPS: 21/03/14
Date of SMS Received: 26/03/2014
Date of Fees deduction: N/A
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: 08/04/14 (Dated 06/04/14)
Date of Return of Documents: waiting
Date of Interview booked: 16/04/14 - Victoria.
Date of Passport Receipt: waiting

hi mat
u r lucky i received my interview letter on 4/4/14 and i got my oppointment 17/4/14.

I guess people cancel or change their appointments for one reason or another, maybe I got a slot from someone who'd cancelled. The whole naturalization/passport process takes so long anyway, an extra week or so doesn't make much difference.

[kir60]

Method of Application: Post Office check & send
Date of Application: 08/04/2014
Date of Application Received by IPS: waiting
Date of SMS Received: waiting
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: waiting
Date of Return of Documents: waiting
Date of Interview booked: waiting
Date of Passport Receipt: waiting

[djafar007]

Hi guys finaly its all over now

Application Timeline
Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send London
Date of application: 04/03/2014
Date application received by IPS: 06/03/2014
Date of return of documents: TBC im bit confused now i didnt receive my documents yet
Date of receipt of interview letter:26?03/2014
Date of Passport Appointment:04/04/2014
Date of Passport Receipt:07/04/2014
its all over now
PS please anyone in same situation? thank you



been to interview today at Victoria Office
very relax and took only 10min
just questions to confirm your identity

your name and spell it
date of birth
confirm your address
your previous address
how long u ve been living at this address
who is your landlord whats his name
how many bank account im holding and which bank
how many siblings
who is living with u
whats your wife's name
whats your son' name his date of birth
whats your job where did you work in the last 10 years
why did you apply for british passport? as im holding french passport (weird question)
describe where you live in and out
how long did it take me to get to IPS
where my son's school and how do i travel to and from the school
how do you travel to work
whats your car' make and model and registration number
just very personal questions to make sure your are the right person person
good luck to everyone

[itsahmedawan]

Method of Application: Post Office check & send
Date of Application: 20/03/2014
Date of Application Received by IPS: 21/03/14
Date of SMS Received: 26/03/2014
Date of Fees deduction: N/A
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: 08/04/14 (Dated 06/04/14)
Date of Return of Documents: waiting
Date of Interview booked: 16/04/14 - Victoria.
Date of Passport Receipt: waiting

hi mat
u r lucky i received my interview letter on 4/4/14 and i got my oppointment 17/4/14.

[tronca33]

Finally I get my passport.
I call for interview on Friday,had a Interview on Monday 24th March,and my passport come on 26th March .
So I would like to say thank you very much immibrationboards.com for all help received during last 7 months...
Good luck to all...

THANK YOU

[sam800]

Belated final update -

Application Timeline

Passport for: Adult
Application Type: New (By Naturalization)
Method of application: By Post
Date application sent : 06-MAR-2014 (By Special Delivery)
Date of receipt of application by IPS : 07-MAR-2014 (By tracking on Royal Mail website)
Date of SMS confirmation : Did not receive
Date of deduction of fees : 14-MAR-2014
Date of receipt of interview letter : 20-MAR-2014 (dated 19-MAR-2014)
Date of interview appointment : 01-APR-2014 (at London Victoria office)
Date of return of documents : 24-MAR-2014 (got back my non-GB pp and cert of reg)
Date of receipt of passport : 03-APR-2014

[khurrambutt]

Passport for: Adult + 2 Children
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send (Manchester/ Salford) Will be sent to Liverpool office.
Date of application: 11/03/2014
Date application received by IPS: 13/03/2014 for mine and 14/03/2014 for both children.
Date of SMS: 17/03/2014.
Date of return of documents: Mine on 01/04/2014 (Children still waiting)
Date of receipt of interview letter: 27/03/2014 (Dated 26/03/2014)
Date of Passport Appointment: 03/04/2014. Manchester.
Date of Passport Receipt: Children 31/03/2014 . (My daughter's name was spelt wrong in the passport, I took it to Liverpool and they issued me a new one in 2 hours)
Date of Passport Receipt: Mine 07/04/2014 (Printed on 03/04/2014, same day as my interview appointment)

Does any one know how long it takes for children's original doc to be received back. It has been more than a week and I need their Citizenship certs.

Dear khurrambutt,

Hope you are well, have you received the Documents sent with your Children passport application? I have sent my Child application on 18th March and Still waiting for Passport and Documents.

Hi Zahid,
I called DX Courier today and they confirmed they have two envelops from passport office out on delivery for me.

[cadeaux]

Hi,

I've applied for my first (adult) British passport on 23d of March, received sms on 26th of March. Called today HMPO and was said that it's under examination in Liverpool.
Do you if I can travel with existing passport if they return it before interview?
Also does anyone know direct phone for Liverpool office?
And if I need to travel in 10 days is there any way to speed up the process? Or the only way is to withdraw the application?

Many thankscadeaux
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[zahidnadeem77]

Passport for: Adult + 2 Children
Application Type: New
Method of application: Check & Send (Manchester/ Salford) Will be sent to Liverpool office.
Date of application: 11/03/2014
Date application received by IPS: 13/03/2014 for mine and 14/03/2014 for both children.
Date of SMS: 17/03/2014.
Date of return of documents: Mine on 01/04/2014 (Children still waiting)
Date of receipt of interview letter: 27/03/2014 (Dated 26/03/2014)
Date of Passport Appointment: 03/04/2014. Manchester.
Date of Passport Receipt: Children 31/03/2014 . (My daughter's name was spelt wrong in the passport, I took it to Liverpool and they issued me a new one in 2 hours)
Date of Passport Receipt: Mine 07/04/2014 (Printed on 03/04/2014, same day as my interview appointment)

Does any one know how long it takes for children's original doc to be received back. It has been more than a week and I need their Citizenship certs.

Dear khurrambutt,

Hope you are well, have you received the Documents sent with your Children passport application? I have sent my Child application on 18th March and Still waiting for Passport and Documents.

[Anand_2012]

Method of Application: Post Office Check and Send
Date of Application: 02/04/2014
Date of Application Received by IPS: Don't know
Date of SMS Received: 07/04/2014
Date of Fees deduction: N/A
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter:
Date of Return of Documents:
Date of Interview booked:
Date of Passport Receipt:

[h-khan]

Hello all, here is my passport application timeline:

Type: Adult first via Naturalisation
Date of Application: 20/03/14 by check & send London
Date of Receipt by HMPO: 25/03/14
Date of SMS Received: 26/03/14
Date of Documents received: not yet
Date of Interview letter received: 08/04/14 (dated 06/04/14)
Interview date: 15/04/14 Crawley
Passport receipt: N/A

Finally a long drawn journey has come to an end and all the best to all of you out there waiting for ILR, Naturalisation and passports! This is a useful forum and must be kept alive!

[oakleigh841]

Method of Application: Post Office check & send
Date of Application: 20/03/2014
Date of Application Received by IPS: 21/03/14
Date of SMS Received: 26/03/2014
Date of Fees deduction: N/A
Date of Receipt of Interview Letter: 08/04/14 (Dated 06/04/14)
Date of Return of Documents: waiting
Date of Interview booked: 16/04/14 - Victoria.
Date of Passport Receipt: waiting