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I received my kids passports on Monday! I didn’t even bother waiting 6/10 weeks to start chasing it up. I started chasing it at 2 weeks. I rang my MP at 3 weeks and she contacted HMPO then after a few days a got a call from HMPO to tell me they received a call in regards to my passport. Then a week later o got the passports!
Please guys DO NOT WAIT 6 weeks to start getting in contact with MP. Do it as soon as it in two weeks of applying for your passport and just tell them you need to ASAP! They didn’t ask for proof of travel they asked me when I was traveling which is 31st august but I told them I need it by the 6th of August. So they got them printed within a day and posted the next day! So just keep chasing your MP and the HMPO email them with whatever email address you have for them. Ringing them is pointless because the staff have no clue what to say.Hey hope everyone is well. I applied for my kids first passport of the 29/6/22. I rang up and spoke to one of the colleagues they told me that the passports will be getting processed at Durham to send the relevant documents (birth certificates) to Durham which I did, later on i received a text and email saying to send the docs to glasgow but by then it was to late as that morning I posted it to Durham so this caused me to panic abit as I thought it would cause a delay in my application. So every day god knows how many times a day I kept ringing to make them aware of what happened. I also sent a covering letter the next day to Durham of what happened. Anyways 2 and a half weeks have gone by I contact my MP and tell her the situation she said she would contact the passport office, on Tuesday o got a call from the passport office- she said that we got a call from your MP I regards to the docs going to the wrong office, she said she will be contacting Durham to locate the docs. After an hour I got a email and txt to say that we’ve received your documents. So that was that. Yday I got a call to say the same thing we heard the docs have gone to wrong office but they can’t actually locate them we’re they are, few hours later they manage to find it. I got a call this morning saying passports are being printed got an email and txt to say it’s been approved and being printed. Will be dispatched soon. Best thing to do is ring them everyday and contact the MP even tho I was only 3 weeks in I didn’t wanna wait to put myself in thr position of waiting 6-10 weeks!
@grumpy. Can I ask what number I was it that you called?
Passport applications should have a turn around time of 2-3 weeks this waiting 10 weeks for a passport is a joke. The amount of stress people have to go to to get them, like traveling different parts of the UK to stand out side the office and que up for hours on end. ESP when your traveling in 48hours time.
Does anyone know how I can get in contact with my MP? Im based in Manchester
I fast tracked mine but when I was applying for my kids they were no fast track appointments I was looking everyday all day for two weeks I thought I can’t keep doing this for another week or so il just apply online for the standard one and take it from there. I applied for my fast track last week my appointment is on the 1st of aug
No they haven’t received the docs yet. So will ring next week for an update. Hopefully they have it by then.
No they haven’t had my docs yet! So stressful! BecUse they told me to send to the wrong office!! Wow it took that long! Hopefully it comes asap
I hope I get it soon! Like within next couple weeks otherwise il have to cancel my holiday which I don’t want to do. Calendar days so Monday to satuday? My tracking on the passport tracking website says – Application received 4:34pm on 30 June 2022. So nothing yet I keep getting texts saying we have received your docs. That’s because the agent on the fone gave me the wrong address to send it to when they should have went to glasgow instead of Durham. So hopefully, they scan it internally electronically. And they can see it.
This is stressful! I’m only two weeks in and I can’t be bothered with the stress of waiting and I defo don’t wanna wait 48 hours before travelling
Hi guys hope your well! I think we’re all on the boat with waiting for our passports! Such a stressful time! Especially when we have holidays booked! I applied for my kids first ever passport two weeks ago. They needed birth certificate but the guy on the fone said to send it to Durham then I got a txt to say send them to glasgow! Such a nightmare! Does anyone have the number for the MP for Manchester area. So I can contact them. I don’t want to wait 10 weeks!
