British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[zacklee]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Glasgow
Citizenship ceremony: 1/11/22
Application submitted: 1/11/22
Identity confirmed: 1/11/22
Application received: 1/11/22
Document posted as special delivery: 1/11/22
Document arrived (track at royal mail): 2/11/22
Documents received and updated at application track website: 4/11/22
Application approved: 11/11/22
Passport printed: 11/11/22
Passport delivered: TBC
Documents received: TBC

[Beyou]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 06/10/22
Identity confirmed: 06/10/22
Application received: 06/10/22
Document posted as special delivery: 06/10/22
Document received : 11/10/22
Application approved: 02/11/22
Passport printed: 03/11/22
Passport delivered : 04/11/22
Documents received: Due to be delivered 12/11/22 according to courier

[Hermand]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Liverpool
Citizenship ceremony: 20/10/22
Application submitted: 20/10/22
Identity confirmed: 21/10/22
Application received: 21/10/22
Document posted as special delivery: 21/10/22
Document arrived (track at royal mail): 24/10/22
Documents received and updated at application track website: 24/10/22
Application approved: 02/11/22
Passport printed: 02/11/22
Passport delivered (not signed for, just put through letter box): 04/11/22
Documents received: 10/11/2022

End of the journey with UK immigration system. Good luck to those who are Still waiting hopefully you will have a positive outcome for your case

[mattaus]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle, Redgrave court
Naturalisation ceremony: -
Online application submitted: 24/10/22
Identity verified: 24/10/22
Application received: 24/10/22
Documents sent: 25/10/22 (guaranteed next day delivery)
Documents delivered: 26/10/22
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 27/10/22
Application approved: 2/11/2022
Passport printed and sent: 3/11/2022
Passport received: 4/11/2022
Documents received: TBC

11 days from submitting application to receiving passport. Potentially a new record.

[Bells]

Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 18th October 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 18th October 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 18th October 2022
Identity details received: 19th October 2022
Application received: 19th October 2022
Documents received: 25th October 2022
Application approved: 1st November 2022
Passport printed: 1st November 2022
Passport delivered: 3rd November 2022

[Newbie36]

First Adult Passport after Naturalisation

Method of application: Online
Date of application: 05/10/2022
Date identity confirmed: 05/10/2022
Identity details received: 05/10/2022
Application received: 05/10/2022
Documents posted: 06/10/2022
Documents received: 10/10/2022
Application approved: 01/11/2022
Passport printed: 02/11/2022
Passport received: 03/11/2022
Supporting docs returned: waiting

Wishing you all the best for the future

[Bu88]

Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Application submitted: 17/10/2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 17/10/2022
Identity details received: 19/10/2022
Documents sent: 20/10/2022
Documents received: 21/10/2022
Application approved: email and text received on Sunday 30/10/2022 10:23am
Passport printed: email received at 31/10/2022 01:04am
Passport delivered: 31/10/2022 13:40pm

[walterz]

Type: First Adult passport after Registration
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Glasgow
Application submitted: 12/10/2022
Identity confirmed: 12/10/2022
Application received: 12/10/2022
Document posted: 13/10/2022
Document arrived: 17/10/2022 (delayed due to Royal Mail strike)
Documents received and status updated on the HMPO website: 19/10/2022
Photo rejected: 21/10/2022
New photo received: 23/10/2022
Additional document requested: 28/10/2022 (letter dated 21/10/2002 arrived by post on 28/10/2022, this is not shown on HMPSO website)
Additional document arrived: 31/10/2022 (they rejected the Saturday delivery, there is also no status update for additional doc received)
Application approved: 01/11/2022
Passport printed: TBC
Passport received: TBC
Supporting documents received: TBC

Thank you very much for all the advice and support

[Newbie36]

First Adult Passport after Naturalisation

Method of application: Online
Date of application: 05/10/2022
Date identity confirmed: 05/10/2022
Identity details received: 05/10/2022
Application received: 05/10/2022
Documents posted: 06/10/2022
Documents received: 10/10/2022
Application approved: Pending
Passport printed: pending
Passport received: pending
Supporting docs returned: pending

I wish I knew the reason for the delay as others who submitted their application after me have received a response Still keeping my fingers crossed

[CK2022]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle, Redgrave court
Naturalisation ceremony: 11/10/22
Online application submitted: 11/10/22
Identity verified: 11/10/22
Application received: 11/10/22
Documents sent: 12/10/22 (guaranteed next day delivery)
Documents delivered: 13/10/22
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 17/10/22
Application approved: 26/10/2022 email came through 11:38am
Passport printed and sent:27/10/22
Passport received: attempted delivery 29/10/2022 ( delivery was attempted on the 28th but issues with driver)
Documents received: tbc

[Beyou]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 06/10/22
Identity confirmed: 06/10/22
Application received: 06/10/22
Document posted as special delivery: 06/10/22
Document received : 11/10/22
Application approved: ?
Passport printed: ?
Passport delivered : ?
Documents received:waiting

Seems like only mine from this timeline hasn’t been approved yet. They keep telling me there’s a 10 week timeline on the phone when everyone has received theirs

[gauravsundar]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 11/10/2022
Identity confirmed: 12/10/2022
Application received: 13/10/2022
Document posted (via Special Delivery): 13/10/2022
Document arrived: 17/10/2022 (post strike)
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 17/10/2022
Application approved: 26/10/2022
Passport printed: 27/10/2022
Passport received (not signed for, just via letter box): 28/10/2022
Supporting documents received: TBC

[iz1]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle, Redgrave court
Online application submitted: 07/10/22
Identity verified: 08/10/22
Application received: 08/10/22
Documents sent: 11/10/22 (guaranteed next day delivery)
Documents delivered: 12/10/22
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 13/10/22
Application approved: 25/10/22
Passport printed and sent:26/10/2022
Passport received: 27/10/22
Documents received: tbc

[ingacarey]

Type: First Adult Passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 12th October 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 12th October 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 12th October 2022
Identity details received: 12th October 2022
Application received: 12th October 2022
Documents received: 14th October 2022
Application approved: 25th October 2022
Passport printed: 26th October 2022
Passport delivered: 27th October 2022

[lanfranchi2]

I think this is possibly a record for a first naturalised passport for non-EU

Application submitted 11 October 2022
Documents received 12 October 2022
Application approved 24 October 2022
Printed 25 October 2022
Delivered 26 October 2022

[GlobalWorldCitizen]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 27/09/2022
Identity confirmed: 27/09/2022
Application received: 27/09/2022
Document posted (via Royal Mail Tracked 24): 28/09/2022
Document arrived: 29/09/2022
Documents received and status updated at the HMPO website: 30/09/2022
Application approved: 13/10/2022
Passport printed: 14/10/2022
Passport received (not signed for, just via letter box): 18/10/2022
Supporting documents received: 20/10/2022

[CK2022]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle, Redgrave court
Naturalisation ceremony: 11/10/22
Online application submitted: 11/10/22
Identity verified: 11/10/22
Application received: 11/10/22
Documents sent: 12/10/22 (guaranteed next day delivery)
Documents delivered: 13/10/22
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 17/10/22
Application approved: 26/10/2022 email came through 11:38am
Passport printed and sent:tbc
Passport received: tbc
Documents received: tbc

[lanfranchi2]

I think this is possibly a record for a first naturalised passport for non-EU

Application submitted 11 October 2022
Documents received 12 October 2022
Application approved 24 October 2022

[spartanking_007]

Type: CHILD FIRST UK Passport
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 06/10/22
Identity confirmed: 06/10/22
Application received: 06/10/22
Document posted as special delivery: 06/10/22
Document received : 07/10/22
Application approved: 19/10/22
Passport printed: 20/10/22
Passport delivered : 21/10/22
Documents received: TBC

[Follow_the_map]

First passport after Naturalisation

Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 06/10/2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 06/10/2022
Email sent to the person confirming your identity: 06/10/2022
Identity details received: 06/10/2022
Application received: 06/10/2022
Document posted as special delivery: 10/10/2022
Documents received: 12/10/2022
Application approved: 22/10/2022
Passport printed: TBA
Passport received: TBA
Documents received: TBA

[Kcampbell]

First passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 05/10/2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 05/10/2022
Email sent to the person confirming your identity: 05/10/2022
Identity details received: 05/10/2022
Application received: 05/10/2022
Application approved: 21/10/2022
Passport printed: 21/10/2022
Passport received: TBA
Documents received: TBA

[karthi44]

Type: First passport after Naturalisation (2 Adults and 1 child)
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 21/09/2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 21/09/2022
Email sent to the person confirming your identity: 21/09/2022
Identity details received: 22/09/2022
Application received: 27/09/2022
Application approved: 12/10/2022
Passport printed: 13/10/2022
Passport received: 14/10/2022
Documents received: 21/10/2022 (Royal mail tracking)

[amitfalana]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 03/10/2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 03/10/2022
Email sent to the person confirming your identity: 03/10/2022
Identity details received: 03/10/2022
Application received: 03/10/2022
Document posted as special delivery: 03/10/2022
Documents received: 05/10/2022
Application approved: 19/10/2022
Passport printed: 19/10/2022
Passport received: 20/10/2022
Documents received: Waiting

[anonvtic]

Type: First child UK passport after MN1 registration (1-week fast track service)
Method: Paper application with in-person appointment
Fees: £122 (1-week fast track) + £5 (secure courier delivery).
Passport Office: HMPO London Victoria
Application submitted: 13/10/2022 (in-person appointment, paper application form)
Ask someone to confirm your identity: Countersignatory had already signed Section 10 of paper application form
Email sent to the person confirming your identity: N/A since countersignatory had already signed Section 10 of paper application form
Identity details received: N/A (in-person appointment, paper application form)
Application received: 13/10/2022
Supporting documents sent: 13/10/2022 (along with paper application form during the in-person appointment)
Application approved: 13/10/2022
Passport printed: 14/10/2022
Passport scheduled for delivery: 17/10/2022 by TNT courier
Supporting documents returned by HMPO to applicant: Waiting (no information on this yet)

Passport delivered: 17/10/2022 by TNT courier
Supporting documents returned by HMPO delivered: 19/10/2022 by Royal Mail 2nd class signed for

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