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1st Adult Passport
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-09-20
Date Received:
2022-10-11
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-10-06
Date Received:
2022-10-06
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2022-09-21
Date Received:
2022-10-10
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
No issues- very quick. All done online with a photo taken on my phone
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-10-05
Date Received:
2022-10-11
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Excellent, arrived in less than a week.
5/10/22 – applied online with digital photo from booth, 6/10/22 sent old passport by Special Delivery, 7/10/22 old passport received, 8/10/22 approved, 10/10/22 printed, 11/10/22 delivered by TNT.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2022-09-21
Date Received:
2022-10-11
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Came much quicker than expected even though the website says up to 10 weeks.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Peterborough
Submission Date:
2022-09-23
Date Received:
2022-10-11
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Really easy – good updates. Was printed one day and arrived the next day. Approved and received within 4 days – excellent
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-09-24
Date Received:
2022-10-11
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Everything went very quiet between documents received and application approved but other than that good service.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-09-26
Date Received:
2022-10-11
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2022-09-24
Date Received:
2022-10-11
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
1st Child Passport
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Durham
Submission Date:
2022-08-05
Date Received:
2022-10-07
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2022-09-22
Date Received:
2022-10-11
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-09-13
Date Received:
2022-10-11
Overall Experience:
3 Star – Average
Comments:
To long wait and request more documents
Child Renewal
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Belfast
Submission Date:
2022-09-19
Date Received:
2022-10-11
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-09-19
Date Received:
2022-10-07
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Peterborough
Submission Date:
2022-09-27
Date Received:
2022-10-11
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Overseas Passport Application
Type of Application:
Adult Renewal (Overseas Application)
Passport Office:
Durham
Submission Date:
2022-09-06
Date Received:
2022-10-10
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy