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1st Adult Passport
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2022-07-29
Date Received:
2022-08-22
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Can’t complain considering others experience. My boyfriend did everything at the same time as me and is still waiting tough. We posted the passports in the same day and his for some reason only appeared as received one day later and no update since.
Passport printed 12:46am on 20 August 2022
Application approved 7:24pm on 18 August 2022
Documents received 1:14pm on 2 August 2022
Application received 4:28pm on 29 July 2022
Application submitted 2:41pm on 29 July 2022
Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-07-31
Date Received:
2022-08-22
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Well within 10 weeks!
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-08-08
Date Received:
2022-08-12
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Did online application- very easy and kept informed at each stage. Was pleasantly surprised at how quick I got my new passport.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2022-06-14
Date Received:
2022-08-15
Overall Experience:
3 Star – Average
Comments:
The waiting and non helpful staff were were more of the issue and the fact it states waiting for a while but when accepted and passed to print it took a few days to arrive.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
London
Submission Date:
2022-08-03
Date Received:
2022-08-22
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Fast track passports take longer than standard! I was hoping to head to France from Leeds around 26 Aug, then realised my passport was issued on 22 Aug 2012 (expires Feb 2023). Grrr. Went to post office for a form on 1 Aug to fast track it. Going on website, the first appointment was on 22 Aug, which plus a week delivery, makes the “Fast Track” at least a month long. And where was the only office offered? Belfast! I mean, I want a passport to go on holiday, NOT go on holiday to get a passport!! As for the “on the day” option – not currently offered “due to Covid”. So, I resigned myself to a ten week wait, and applied online on 3 Aug. On 19 Aug, I got a text saying it is printed and ready and in the hands of the courier, and it arrived 3 days later, on the very first day I could have gone for a “fast track” appointment, having paid for a return flight to Ireland! So, very pleased with the speed, but now have to re-arrange a holiday asap which I’d given up on.
1st Child Passport
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-07-20
Date Received:
2022-08-22
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Surprisingly quick but lack of information after documents received is daunting
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-07-27
Date Received:
2022-08-17
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Passport printed 7:39am on 17 August 2022
Application approved 5:18pm on 16 August 2022
Documents received 12:02pm on 29 July 2022
Application received 8:53am on 27 July 2022
Identity details received 8:53am on 27 July 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 8:46am on 27 July 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 8:39am on 27 July 2022
Application submitted 8:39am on 27 July 2022
Was a very easy process and thankfully came quicker than the average stated on this site.