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I submitted my online application on the 09th Jan 2021, sent my old passport on the 14thJan 2021 which has been recieved on 15th Jan 2021. see below:

Application history Status Date
Application being processed on 15 January 2021
Documents received on 14 January 2021
Application received on 9 January 2021
Application submitted on 9 January 2021

until today 09th march 2021 still not received my new passport
How long do they take to renew a passport now?

can someone help?

[tomjaw]

Adult renewal, was surprised it was so quick seeing the messages above.

Passport received 24 June 2021
Application approved 22 June 2021
Old Passport received on 16 June 2021
Application received on 15 June 2021

[stonemotions]

For others to reference
-Child Renewal
-Bootle office (Liverpool)
-Online Application
-Both Parents Passport Details Entered
-Married before child’s birth

Old passport was actually received 21/7 (sent via RM Guaranteed) took 1 more day to show

Application Submitted – 08:46 on 20 July 2021
Ask someone to confirm your identity – 08:46 on 20 July 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity – 09:13 on 20 July 2021
Identity Details Received – 14:16 on 20 July 2021
Application Received – 14:17 on 20 July 2021
Documents Received – 13:51 on 22 July 201
Application Approved – 13:09 on 5 August 2021

Just waiting for printing, postage and delivery now. I will update once complete

[ben_89]

Hi, I am in a similar situation to you but a few week behind. Application started on the 03.08.2021, documents received on the 06.08.2021, no update since.

Have you not received your passport following the application approved on the 05.08.2021? I am hoping my timeline would be similar to yours, meaning 2 weeks from documents received the passport is approved, which gives me a week to receive passport following approval before my flight.

Thanks.

[haifever]

Hi Ben
I submitted my son’s application on 26th – documents received on 30th July.
Will let you know how we get on.
My friends renewed their children’s passports 2 weeks before we submitted our application and theirs was a 14 day wait from application submission to receiving passports. I am hopeful although it does appear there’s a bit of a slowdown in processing times this month.

Good luck

[ben_89]

Thanks haifever, good luck. Hope it all works out for us all!

[Babyshark]

First child passport

Application history
StatusDate
Passport printed and sent 6:29pm on 13 August 2021
Application approved 12:39pm on 13 August 2021
Documents received 11:42am on 27 July 2021
Application received 10:00am on 23 July 2021
Identity details received 10:00am on 23 July 2021
Email sent to person confirming your identity 9:32am on 23 July 2021
Ask someone to confirm your identity 9:28am on 23 July 2021
Application submitted 9:28am on 23 July 2021

[haifever]

Hey Ben
Have you had any updates?
Totally losing my mind hitting refresh on the application. Totally unreasonable for them not to quote an eta. Esp seeing other ppls applications go to Bootle this month and they’ve already received their passports but we aren’t even being processed yet 3 whole weeks later. Looks like we won’t get to go see my parents which is depressing as I’m worried we will have flight restrictions in October or over xmas. Sigh … hope everyone else is well and seeing more progress !
Haifa

[TomWoking]

Hi is Bootle the same as Liverpool?
We submitted a child renewal application on 28 July, and docs received 2 Aug. But it has been stuck on that ever since, 14 days now.

@haifever is yours a straightforward application or is there some complexity? We are days after you, but we are due to fly next week on 24th Aug.
Does anyone know what are the stages expected after Documents Received, and how long it should take from that to receiving the passport in the post?
The average of 16 days shown on this site is today for me….

[TomWoking]

The blank in my post is @ haifever

[TomWoking]

Sorry just 2 more things:
– what is the number to call to follow up on the application? Some people seem to have luck doing thst.
– does Bootle/Liverpool get all the foreign applications, i.e. from outside the UK?
Thanks

[haifever]

Hi Tom
Bootle is Liverpool (AFAIK!)
Ours is a straightforward child renewal. It got moved to “approved” this afternoon but no updates on dispatch yet. We were due to fly yesterday, hoping to fly by Friday if we receive the passport in the next 48 hours. My sister received both her children’s renewals in saudi arabia 48 hours after approval so hope local post is as efficient as DHL 🙂 I will update when it gets posted/received. Good luck!

[TomWoking]

Oh wow that’s great that yours got approved, congrats. So how long is that from docs received? i.e. how many days for you from docs received to approval today? Thanks

[haifever]

The number to call is on this page https://www.gov.uk/passport-advice-line
you might wait for like 45 minutes- the staff are lovely and try to be helpful but there aren’t many updates to be had.
I am not sure where international applications are going to, we applied from London.

[haifever]

links appear to be hidden but it’s to the right on the first line 🙂
pasting the number here in case you cant access it.
Telephone: 0300 222 0000
From outside the UK: +44 (0)300 222 0000

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