[highndry]

Think you _might_ be ok. My “passport sent” notification came on Thursday about 6pm.
Nothing the next working day Friday until about 4pm when it showed on the TNT system. Then got a couple of scans with last being Saturday early morning it being delivered to local depot.

Monday was out for delivery (and don’t want to rub it in as I started getting jealous reading of other people get theirs which is ridiculous I know….) but got the bugger 1pm today – no knock on door just pushed through letterbox which is good.

If yours follows that timescale then presumably it would be added on to the TNT system some time later today and hopefully delivered tomorrow.

Now off to buy my flights and might treat myself to business class after all this bloody waiting ….. 😎

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[highndry]

Shame you can’t “like” posts on here as that was a really good one OTM. Did you get the “printed and sent out” update a few hours later? Maybe its different at the weekend.

Think I agree about the “processing” stage. If you hit that you’re gonna have some days or weeks added on to the total time.

My passport is supposed to be delivered tomorrow. I wish I knew for 100% if they would post it through the letterbox if no answer. Details like this are important for some people – why don’t they make it clear?

[highndry]

In my case, I got approved Thursday. Then about 3 hours later at about 6pm it sent it was being sent out.

It then took nearly 24 hours before I could use the TNT tracking system.

Now I can see it in the TNT system and says Monday delivery but I’m not counting my chickens….

[highndry]

Peterborough. If your passport got approved on Sunday or before (I think they do work Sundays or some of them do) I guess its technically possible it might just arrive on Monday or maybe as marchants said you might be able to pick it up from their depot.

Marchants, good idea but I’ll probably see what Monday brings as every day counts but I’ve waited this long a couple more days I can wait without clogging up the phone lines.

Shame they can’t let Amazon sort it – it would have been here yesterday…. There’s no doubt at all I would have paid another hundred quid to have got this done in 2 days if I’d known about these delays.

[highndry]

Well, seems like my roll of good luck is running out. Just missed the cut off (by minutes I reckon) for TNT delivery today. It took nearly 24 hours for them to put my reference on their system and its now showing Monday delivery. Oh well, if it arrives then just 3 more days to wait until I can book my tickets to see my family….

[highndry]

It seems many people get theirs back about 3 weeks after docs received. Wouldn’t rely on that though.

[highndry]

I can’t believe it. 3 hours after that I got the message it has been printed and sent out.

So in theory it could arrive tomorrow which is just crazy since a few hours ago I was thinking in terms of weeks. BUT I’m still assuming it will be early next week. Does TNT deliver passports on the weekend anyone know??

I’m sort of lucky in that I don’t have expensive tickets or time off from work riding on it but I haven’t seen my 4 year olds who live abroad for too long. I only came back to the UK to “quickly” get a new passport. I’m kicking myself for not checking how long it would take…

If anyone cares, I’ll update if (touch wood) and when it arrives. Good luck to all !!!

[highndry]

Here’s some positivity. Passport Approved !!!

Application approved 3:21pm on 21 October 2021
Documents received 10:17am on 1 October 2021
Application received 7:52pm on 21 September 2021
Application submitted 7:52pm on 21 September 2021

Looks like Sadie applied on tyhe same day as me but surely it took more than 2 days for documents received stage? Hopefully you’ll get yours asap.

Of course I shouldn’t count my chickens as need to jump the TNT hurdle….

[highndry]

Let us know when you get yours brm1.

I applied Sep 21 with docs sent immediately special delivery. Took ’till Oct1 for them to acknowledge receipt. I’m thinking I might move to “approved” by next week – what do you reckon?

I did think about pulling out (upgrading) but despite reading countless Twitter replies to HMPO I didn’t see the one you are referring to and so thought I should just hold tight. Did you do Fastrack and select “lost” passport ? Or did you do premium and sort of say “HMPO has my passport” ?

[highndry]

Here’s my timeline.

Reading through hundreds of similar posts here and elsewhere, I’ve often wondered what “processing” means. Some people get it and some don’t. My total guess is it means something needs approving by a more senior checker (or whatever they are called) – maybe the photo is borderline etc.

Anyway, I’m also very p****d off. I need it so see my family including 4 year old twins as we/they have just emigrated.

I’m thinking my application might get updated by Friday ?? It will either go approved or “processing”……

aaarrrggghhh

Documents received 10:17am on 1 October 2021
Application received 7:52pm on 21 September 2021
Application submitted 7:52pm on 21 September 2021

[highndry]

I hope you let us know what happens Kazii? How long have you been waiting?

[highndry]

I can’t help you directly but just to say there are many in your position and some worse.

I haven’t seen my 4 year old twins for a 6 weeks because they are with their mother in another country. Earlier in the year it took less than 14 days to get a passport for a family member so I stupidly assumed it would be the same now. I was supposed to be back with my family long ago but I’m stranded without a passport.

I’m not joking but when I go to sleep I start dreaming about how they manage 10,000 (my estimate) of old passports arriving at their office every day. I drift off thinking about giant boxes filled to the top with hand written special delivery and tracked letters containing old passports and birth certificates and how they manage so many.

A total guess is they have some kind of physical first-in-first-out system of documents taking up enormous space. Once your old passport has gone into that system nobody could retrieve it to make it go any faster because there are literally a million or two old passports there. Until your old passport eventually makes it to the front of the queue its not going anywhere and that would explain why that can’t return old passports to people quickly when they realise they should have applied fast track.

Probably all rubbish but it keeps my brain from worrying. Buy yes the whole situation is bloody terrible.

[highndry]

Just to say finally on Oct 1 I moved to “Documents Received”. Application was submitted 21 Sep and tracking shows old passport was received 23 Sep.

From what I’ve read here, it looks like it could be another 3 weeks before getting another update.

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[highndry]

Update: So even though I sent my docs same day as application via special delivery it took them 10 days just to register “documents received” ! Yours took 5 so I imagine I’ll be waiting a lot longer than you. I’m kicking myself for not putting in a fast-track or premium.

Documents received 10:17am on 1 October 2021
Application received 7:52pm on 21 September 2021
Application submitted 7:52pm on 21 September 2021

[highndry]

Which office are you going through? I’m at Peterborough. So far I’m 8 days in and they _still_ haven’t said my old passport has arrived which I know it has via the special delivery tracking (arrived 8 days ago).

I’ve tried to call but get through to a message that basically says “….we’re too busy at the moment to answer calls…please try later……BEEEEP……”

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