Now I’m worried! I applied for my passport on 11 March. I had also lost my old passport, so I cancelled it just before applying for a new passport. My passport application has been showing as processing since 21 March, and I received a message saying that my old passport was cancelled on the 25th of March. Do I have to advise the passport office of the cancellation reference? I have tried calling the passport office several times, but after sitting on hold for a while (being told there is only a 10 minute wait time), I then get told that there is nobody to take my call and get cut off! I’m flying to Italy on 28 May, and am beginning to get stressed as my application has been showing as ‘Processing’ for over a month 😖