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Hang tight. The document will be scanned next week and as soon as it is, anyone can approve it, I.e your upgrade can be processed. I’ve read on here that people have received their passports 48 hours before their flight. Child renewals are moving a lot faster than first passports. My older son got his renewal within 2 weeks. I’m confident you’ll get your passport. It is unbelievably stressful and quite frankly it’s ridiculous that so many people are being put through this.
Hi,
I wanted to reply because I had a very similar situation with a child’s first passport (Bootle office). Here is my timeline:
Application history
StatusDate
Passport printed 2:08pm on 9 June 2022
Application approved 3:58pm on 8 June 2022
Documents received 11:58am on 10 May 2022
Application received 10:12am on 27 April 2022
Identity details received 10:10am on 27 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 9:53am on 27 April 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 9:48am on 27 April 2022
Application submitted 9:48am on 27 April 2022On 26th of May I was emailed and asked for my own birth certificate. Fortunately I was at home and able to post that day. According to Royal Mail it was received on Friday 27th of May. I heard nothing until it was approved on Wednesday 8th of June and it was in my hand by yesterday lunchtime. Considering there were 2 bank holidays for the jubilee, I think this means you should get your passport in time. Additional documents are fast tracked. They don’t take as long as first time applications to be scanned. I’m therefore certain you will get your passport before your holiday.
Good luck.@richimus23. If it has printer, you will have it in your hand by the end of the week. I received my renewal within 48 hours of the ‘printed’ message.
This seems crazy! What is the purpose of this service if all you get is radio silence?! Very worried as I too will be in this position next week.
@Passplease. Have you contacted the upgrade team and heard nothing back? The system seems to be very temperamental.
Yes, but I was hoping not to have to explore that option as I’ve seen some people report that it hasn’t been very reliable.
Hi NS2022,
Thanks for your reply. This gives me hope. The document was received on Friday 27th of May (according to Royal Mail). I was unsure whether I would get a new ‘document received’ update. Hopefully my application is running appropriately 1 week behind yours. I was surprised that they approved your application on a Sunday. Maybe they’re working overtime to clear the backlog.
Thanks for your update. Really helpful and reassuring.Does anyone have any first hand experience of how long it takes for additional documents to be looked at for a ‘first child passport’? I was asked to provide my own birth certificate. We have already been waiting 4-5 weeks and are due to go on holiday at the end of June. Can’t afford to wait another 5 weeks.
Many thanks in advance 🙏🏻
