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1st Adult Passport
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-10
Date Received:
2023-01-20
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2023-01-12
Date Received:
2023-01-23
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Quick process
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-12
Date Received:
2023-01-23
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Peterborough
Submission Date:
2023-01-15
Date Received:
2023-01-20
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-12
Date Received:
2023-01-23
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2023-01-09
Date Received:
2023-01-21
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Picture process very long and nearly paid double the amount for a fast track. Glad I didn’t bother as it arrived in under 2 weeks.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-09
Date Received:
2023-01-23
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-11
Date Received:
2023-01-23
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-10
Date Received:
2023-01-23
Overall Experience:
Please Rate out of 5
Comments:
Very easy application and delivered in under two weeks.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-10
Date Received:
2023-01-20
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Panic stations when the website is telling you 10 weeks wait and I am due to travel at the start of March. Fair play as it arrived in just under 2 weeks. Tracking fairly straight forward and informative!
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-12
Date Received:
2023-01-23
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Application submitted the 12th, posted old passport the same day, Bootle received these on 16th, passport received 23rd – 2 weekends in between so actual processing was 8 working days.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2023-01-07
Date Received:
2023-01-23
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Very easy, kept me informed all the way through.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-15
Date Received:
2023-01-23
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Online renewal prior to price increase on 2nd Feb. Done entirely online w/ online photo code from a photo booth.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2023-01-12
Date Received:
2023-01-23
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
The whole system amazed me as it was so easy and quick. The progress feedback at every stage was first class. The government is to be congratualed on getting a world class system it would be hard to make any better.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Durham
Submission Date:
2023-01-13
Date Received:
2023-01-23
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
IMO if you make the process as easy as possible for the HMPO staff, they are more likely to process your application promptly.
Process may have been even even quicker if I had applied earlier in the week and sent my old passport the same day. Overall very efficient with plentiful updates on progress.
Fees increase by around 10% on 2 February!
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2023-01-11
Date Received:
2023-01-23
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
I returned my old passport the same day that I submitted the online application so that processing can begin as soon as it is received. Received regular notifications at each stage. All very quick and easy.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-12
Date Received:
2023-01-23
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
I put a note on my letterbox with the TNT reference and the delivery driver popped it through. Saved me waiting in my home 12 hours as they are not allowing tracking.
1st Child Passport
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2023-01-07
Date Received:
2023-01-20
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-10
Date Received:
2023-01-23
Overall Experience:
Please Rate out of 5
Comments:
No issues at all and delivered in under two weeks. Always kept informed by text and email.
Child Renewal
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2023-01-12
Date Received:
2023-01-23
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Hassle-free, easy to track application.
Official website still saying ‘up to 10 weeks’, but for straightforward applications, like simple renewals, which go through the automated system it’s much quicker: passportwaitingtime.co.uk average was spot-on as a prediction.
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2023-01-09
Date Received:
2023-01-21
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Was just so simple and quick! I also took the picture on my phone!
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-11
Date Received:
2023-01-23
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy