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1st Adult Passport
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2023-01-13
Date Received:
2023-01-01
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Belfast
Submission Date:
2023-01-01
Date Received:
2023-01-13
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-24
Date Received:
2023-01-31
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2023-01-22
Date Received:
2023-01-31
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Durham
Submission Date:
2023-01-23
Date Received:
2023-02-01
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Worried when 10 weeks quoted at Post Office! However Post Office processing was very efficient once started.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2023-01-16
Date Received:
2023-02-01
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Great result. 2 weeks and 2 days from submitting online to actual receipt of new passport.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-19
Date Received:
2023-02-01
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Passport printed 5:00am on 31 January 2023
Application approved 9:58am on 30 January 2023
Documents received 11:46am on 24 January 2023
Documents delivered by Royal Mail 11:05am on 22 January 2023
Documents posted 12:04pm on 20 January 2023
Application received 11:48pm on 19 January 2023
Application submitted 11:47pm on 19 January 2023
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2023-01-18
Date Received:
2023-02-01
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Excellent experience of online passport renewal process, easy and much quicker than the 10 weeks they give as an estimate on the website. I hope your experiences is as smooth!
Timeline:
18/01/23 – application submitted online and old passport sent by special delivery
24/01/23 – old passport marked as received online (arrived at the office 19/01/23 but took several days to be updated online)
30/01/23 – application approved
31/01/23 – new passport printed
01/02/23 – new passport received
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-27
Date Received:
2023-02-01
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Extremely quick and easy especially for the standard service.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-20
Date Received:
2023-02-01
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
1st Child Passport
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2022-11-30
Date Received:
2023-02-01
Overall Experience:
1 Star – Very Stressful
Comments:
Worst and very stressful experience. I have applied on 30th of November. Still didn’t receive any update from the passport office. This website says approximately 14 days waiting day. In my case it is shocking..
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-20
Date Received:
2023-02-01
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Delivered before tracking received!
Child Renewal
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-16
Date Received:
2023-01-31
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Child renewal with surname change , online and sent relevant documents , was updated every stage via text was much quicker than anticipated ! 15 days total !
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-01-18
Date Received:
2023-02-01
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Overseas child renewal
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2023-01-20
Date Received:
2023-02-01
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Easy – uploaded photo online for this application
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2023-01-14
Date Received:
2023-01-25
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy