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Oh no! What a nightmare! I found it so hard to confirm whether my passport would be invalid or not. Some online sources said it would be fine, and others said it wouldn’t be. I decided not to risk it and hope that that my new passport would arrive within 7 weeks! I can’t believe I found out this information on TikTok haha! I hope you get your passport soon and enjoy your holiday in May!

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Hey guys! Just thought I’d share my experience. Thankfully it was a positive one! Thanks to a random TikTok video, I realised that my passport may be invalid when I travel to the EU in May! So I decided to renew my (adult) passport just in case! Here’s how it went:

Application submitted: 7:20pm on 21 March 2022
Application received: 7:21pm on 21 March 2022
Sent old passport (Royal Mail Tracked 24): 5:00pm on 22 March 2022
Delivery confirmation: 23 March 2022
Documents received: 3:23pm on 30 March 2022
Application approved: 3:30am on 1 April 2022
Passport printed: 7:46am on 6 April 2022
Passport delivered: 7 April 2022

So all in all, it took just over 2 weeks! Or 15 days from when my old passport was delivered to their office.

Just a note: I received a message this morning to say that the passport was scheduled for delivery today, but didn’t get a delivery confirmation, and I couldn’t seem to track it.

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