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1st Adult Passport
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2022-07-15
Date Received:
2022-08-17
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Straight forward and pleasant.
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-07-20
Date Received:
2022-08-18
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
applied online for the first adult passport after naturalisation.
Application status history:
Passport printed on 18 August 2022
Application approved on 17 August 2022
Documents received on 26 July 2022
Application received on 20 July 2022
Identity details received on 20 July 2022
Application submitted on 20 July 2022
Still waiting for the supporting documents. Overall the experience was really great, received my passport within 4 weeks of application.
Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
London
Submission Date:
2022-08-08
Date Received:
2022-08-23
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Quick and efficient service, with regular automated updates provided by email. Thank you HMPO!
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Newport
Submission Date:
2022-08-10
Date Received:
2022-08-18
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Renewal was extremely quick. They did not receive my old passport until 15 August and renewal was issued within 24 hours and passport received just 8 days after I applied. Standard online service used, not fast track.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-08-05
Date Received:
2022-08-23
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Thought would be complex as was for 17 year old replacing child passport to now adult and change of his surname. But was straightforward.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2022-08-09
Date Received:
2022-08-23
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Passport printed 8:39am on 22 August 2022
Application approved 9:59am on 20 August 2022
Documents received 6:17pm on 16 August 2022
Application received 2:31pm on 9 August 2022
Application submitted 2:30pm on 9 August 2022
Easier than expected, online application very easy to follow, updates received as they promised.
1st Child Passport
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-08-01
Date Received:
2022-08-23
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Documents sent to Bootle.
I emailed after 2 weeks of waiting for status to change from “documents received” to check it was actually still at Liverpool.
Received confirmation of approval 2hrs later (no reply to the email)
Passport printed Monday night and arrived midday Tuesday
Child Renewal
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Newport
Submission Date:
2022-08-08
Date Received:
2022-08-23
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Arrived very quickly and page updated regularly. Was not expecting to receive passport back so soon especially as average waiting time was 46 days at the time of sending.
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2022-08-06
Date Received:
2022-08-23
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Sent to Hemel Hempstead but not an option below.
Overseas Passport Application
Type of Application:
Adult Renewal (Overseas Application)
Passport Office:
Durham
Submission Date:
2022-05-01
Date Received:
2022-08-19
Overall Experience:
1 Star – Very Stressful