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1st Adult Passport
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
London
Submission Date:
2023-01-02
Date Received:
2023-01-09
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Passport application sent off 2/01 and old passport sent off via post office on 3/01. Updates at least daily. Arrived very promptly just in time for my holiday in February. Very happy with the result.
Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2022-12-29
Date Received:
2023-01-09
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2022-12-19
Date Received:
2023-01-09
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2023-01-04
Date Received:
2023-01-09
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-03
Date Received:
2023-01-09
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Excellent turn around in under a week.
Passport Received 10:20am on 9 January 2023
Passport printed 12:35am on 6 January 2023
Application approved 5:07pm on 5 January 2023
Documents received 2:23pm on 4 January 2023
Application received 3:38pm on 3 January 2023
Application submitted 3:37pm on 3 January 2023
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Peterborough
Submission Date:
2022-12-12
Date Received:
2022-12-21
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-03
Date Received:
2023-01-09
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Durham
Submission Date:
2023-01-04
Date Received:
2023-01-09
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Sent it via post office digital send and check. Excellent service, very fast! Now waiting for the old passport to arrive.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Peterborough
Submission Date:
2023-01-03
Date Received:
2023-01-09
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Peterborough
Submission Date:
2023-01-01
Date Received:
2023-01-09
Overall Experience:
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Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-02
Date Received:
2023-01-09
Overall Experience:
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Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2022-12-28
Date Received:
2023-01-09
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Most of the time was the Royal Mail not delivering as paid for.
Online sub. 28.12.22
Sent Next day delivery 29.12.22
Signed for 3.1.23
Acknowledged, Approved and sent to Print 5.1.23
Sent to print 6.1.23
Dispatch 6.1.23
Received 9.1.23
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-12-30
Date Received:
2023-01-05
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Took about 5 days including postage over new year. I got the old passport received and new passport being printed text messages within 1hr. Very quick. I had been expecting a lot longer and very impressed by service.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2022-12-30
Date Received:
2023-01-09
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Used online renewal option. Very smooth process but we did pay extra for secure delivery due to Christmas holidays and postal strikes.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2022-12-19
Date Received:
2022-12-30
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Renewal inc a name change
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-04
Date Received:
2023-01-09
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Super speedy delivery
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Peterborough
Submission Date:
2023-01-03
Date Received:
2023-01-09
Overall Experience:
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Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Peterborough
Submission Date:
2022-12-13
Date Received:
2023-01-09
Overall Experience:
3 Star – Average
Comments:
Post office strike meant that the old passport didn’t go out for a number of days. Christmas and New Year presumably affected it too.
Office dealing with the application was Corby (not in the list on this website):
HM Passport Office
UK-DAP
PEX xxx xxx xxxx
Long Croft Road
Corby
NN18 8UA
Child Renewal
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2022-12-29
Date Received:
2023-01-09
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
All done online, with photo upload from local photo company.
Excellent service
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-12-31
Date Received:
2023-01-09
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Very smooth. It was a normal application, not fast track. We stuck to the rules and received the passport in 5 working days!
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2023-01-08
Date Received:
2023-01-09
Overall Experience:
Please Rate out of 5