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Bloody heck, so basically the system in place to verify the quality of the photo is not ideal then if that is what they have told you. I can’t remember which level my photo was marked as. I hope they don’t turn around and reject the application because of the picture. That would be really disappointing.
First adult passport after naturalisation
Application history
Passport colour: Burgundy
Documents Received: 10:30am on 12 June 2020 (Via TNT through letter box
Passport Received: 10:30am on 12 June 2020 (Via TNT through letter box)
Passport printed and sent: 10:44am on 10 June 2020
Application approved :10:11 am on 10 June 2020
Evidence sent for proof of urgency: 12:00pm on 8 June 2020
Application being processed: 8:21am on 4 May 2020
Documents received: 10:44am on 27 March 2020
Application received:3:05pm on 25 March 2020
Identity details received: 3:05pm on 25 March 2020
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 2:17pm on 25 March 2020
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 1:35pm on 25 March 2020
Application submitted: 1:35pm on 25 March 2020This was for an adult renewal which went to Peterborough:
Application history
TNT tried to deliver on 10th June and actually delivered on 12th June (today) Blue passport received
Passport printed and sent 3:08pm on 8 June 2020
Application approved 9:14am on 8 June 2020
Documents received 9:58am on 5 June 2020
(I posted the passport on 2nd June and it was signed for on 3rd June)
Application received 8:58am on 2 June 2020
Application submitted 8:57am on 2 June 2020This is for a child renewal which went to Durham:
Application history
Application being processed 8:52am on 10 June 2020
Documents received 3:11pm on 9 June 2020
(I posted the old passport on 2nd June and it was signed for on 3rd Jne)
Application received 9:58am on 2 June 2020
Identity details received 9:58am on 2 June 2020
Email sent to person confirming your identity 9:50am on 2 June 2020
Ask someone to confirm your identity 9:47am on 2 June 2020
Application submitted 9:47am on 2 June 2020Applied online
for an adult renewal on sat 6th June
Application acknowledged immediately
Posted passport to DURHAM mon 8th june
Was signed for 9am on tues 9th Jun
Sent recorded delivery not
the £6 express delivery.
The passport office have
not acknowledged receipt yet
I’m not concerned as i got plenty of time till
Holiday booked in September
just wondered if I needed to keep checking online
or when reciept gets acknowledged will they update me by
text e-mail etc.
Also do they update me every time it moves to the next stage or do I have to look.
Got to say some of the turnaround times here are a lot
quicker than I expected in these awful times
It does seem like straightforward renewals get through
quicker than the more complicated ones.
This is a great site and I started out this morning
wondering if my holiday would happen but now I’m fairly sure barring a picture rejection ( which seems rare )
or some other hiccup it shouldn’t be the passport that
throws a spanner in the works fingers crossed.
Will update progress once passport receipts acknowledged by Durham officeThanks for all the info everyone keep safe roger
Liverpool office is the worst for sure looking at this forum. Whilst good to see things age moving, seeing other peoples receiving passports significantly quicker is infuriating…
Id love to see the system – I have images in my head of hundreds of passports in a lottery style machine, spinning and spinning until it ejects the one lucky passport for that day…
Application being processed 4th May 11.22am 40 Days ago
Documents Received 27th March 10.20am 77 Days ago
Application Received 20th March 8.02am 84 Days ago
Application Submitted 20th March 8.02am 84 Days agoChildren passport renewal:
Documents received 4:30pm on 10 June 2020
Documents sent 1:30 on 5 June 2020
Application received 4:14pm on 4 June 2020
Identity details received 4:14pm on 4 June 2020
Email sent to person confirming your identity 4:07pm on 4 June 2020
Ask someone to confirm your identity 4:01pm on 4 June 2020
Application submitted 4:01pm on 4 June 2020Finally received mine and daughter’s passport after exactly 3 months since applying around mid March. Just simple renewals. Its crazy the seasons have changed to get the passport.
After all that the color is Burgundy (Was hoping it would be blue)
A few issues with DHL but was resolved very easily. Once the application is “approved,” things just proceed as you imagine it would, quite smoothly. Until then though the uncertainty is unbearable!! It should not be like that even amidst the covid crisis. If your going to take 2/3/4/5 months for a passport you should make it more transparent. I didn’t mind waiting provided it was for a finite period of time. The uncertainty I just couldn’t take it.
Old passports should be on their way by middle of coming week (god willing). Which will bring this saga to an end.
Glasgow office
Child renewalLets see how long it takes to print and send out. Any thoughts?
Application approved9:06pm on 12 June 2020
Application being processed12:46pm on 22 May 2020
Documents received10:24am on 22 May 2020
Application received10:48am on 19 May 2020
Identity details received10:48am on 19 May 2020
Email sent to person confirming your identity10:43am on 19 May 2020
Ask someone to confirm your identity10:38am on 19 May 2020
Application submitted10:38am on 19 May 2020Are the staff returning to work tomorrow?
Since everything is reopening.Also has anyone who applied by post received their passports?
I just found this website. It details the reopening of certain Visa Application Centres in the UK and overseas. The next key date seems to be 22 June. This will be of interest especially go people who have applied for UK passports overseas and whose applications were suspended in March (like for example my baby grandson in Vietnanm, whose application has been on ice since March along with all his identity documents stuck in Durham):
Check this out! Standard adult renewal:
Application history:
Passport printed and sent 12:00pm on 15 June 2020
Application approved 1:48pm on 12 June 2020
Documents received 12:39pm on 11 June 2020
Application received 10:57pm on 7 June 2020
Application submitted 10:56pm on 7 June 2020I live in Herts, but this was processed through the Glasgow office. They are clearly well organised in this office…
Adult renewal at Durham
Application approved 3:19pm on 15 June 2020
Documents received 8:59am on 15 June 2020
Application received 3:30pm on 5 June 2020
Application submitted 3:30pm on 5 June 2020I sent the old passport on 5 June. Confirmed delivery by royal mail on 8 june. Took them a week to link the passport to the application!
@JaMoUsE
3 months burnt!Application history
Photo rejected 9:40am on 12 June 2020
Application being processed 3:08pm on 18 March 2020
Documents received 11:44am on 18 March 2020
Application received 9:22am on 14 March 2020
Identity details received 9:22am on 14 March 2020
Email sent to person confirming your identity 9:13am on 14 March 2020
Ask someone to confirm your identity 9:08am on 14 March 2020
Application submitted 9:08am on 14 March 2020Your application won’t go to the back of the queue. Source:
@9984sarah If there is any issue with the photograph after it's checked you will be contacted and asked for a replacement. The application will then continue on from there, it won't go to the back of the queue. Emily
— Her Majesty’s Passport Office (@HM_Passport) June 15, 2020
It looks like the applications are being dealt with quicker, fingers crossed we see loads of successful applications this month!
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