Adult Renewal Passport
Submission Date
2022-02-23
Date Received
2022-04-15
Overall Experience:
2 Star – Stressful
Date Received is unknown..as my passport is being printed.
Status as at 02April 2022 = Application Approved.
Passport is being printed. We’ll update this page on the website when it’s ready to dispatch..! (www.passport.sevice.gov.uk)
There is no way to know how long it takes them to print & dispatch.
Very poor communication & no way to contact and find out..!
Submission Date
2022-03-10
Date Received
2022-04-05
Overall Experience:
2 Star – Stressful
Old passports signed for on Saturday 12/3/22 but nothing was done with them for 2 weeks or so when the system acknowledged receipt. Glad passports arrived well within the 10 weeks quoted.
Submission Date
2022-03-20
Date Received
2022-04-05
Overall Experience:
Please Rate out of 5
Documents were sent to bootle
Submission Date
2022-01-27
Date Received
2022-03-23
Overall Experience:
1 Star – Very Stressful
Posted to wrong address by TNT unable to track
Submission Date
2022-02-21
Date Received
2022-04-04
Experience:
2 Star – Stressful
It took nearly 6 weeks for my passport to arrive, when I rang the passport office no one was able to let me know where it was up to or if I would receive it in time for my holiday so just had to wait.
I got a text to say it had been printed on the Friday and although it says on TNT link it would be sent out the following Tuesday it must’ve been sent out the same day and arrived on the Monday.
Submission Date
2022-03-17
Date Received
2022-04-04
Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Passport came within 19 days. But tracking was stressful. Also it’s not clear that they update when old passport is has been scanned in the office. Not when it has actually been delivered. Thereby causing unnecessary stress that old passports have gone missing in the post. Thankfully, I could track it on Royal Mail signed for.
Submission Date
2022-03-14
Date Received
2022-04-05
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Easy online renewal. Although, when uploading photo it said the rating was good but still got rejected. Make sure there are no shadows, plain clear background I used my bedroom wall.
Submission Date
2022-01-27
Date Received
2022-03-23
Experience:
1 Star – Very Stressful
Posted to wrong address by TNT. To contact the passport office and get answers is terrible, waiting time to speak to anyone is 90 min. The whole system is broken.
1st Child Passport
Submission Date
2022-02-28
Date Received
2022-04-05
Overall Experience:
3 Star – Average
Two week delay to confirm receipt of documents.
Submission Date
2022-02-17
Date Received
2022-04-05
Experience:
1 Star – Very Stressful
Very disappointing service. Poor communication. Poor response times.
Child Renewal Passport
Submission Date
2022-02-28
Date Received
2022-04-05
Overall Experience:
2 Star – Stressful
Long wait time between submitting old passport and acknowledge receipt. 1 week between approval and receipt of passport. Allow at least 8 weeks for end to end process but recommend Premium
1 week fast track. If you submit your old Passport you can’t then cancel to premium so opt for this beforehand.
Submission Date
2022-02-16
Date Received
2022-04-05
Overall Experience:
3 Star – Average
[Passport dispatched 4 April, delivered overseas DHL 5 April]
Passport printed 1:07pm on 1 April 2022
Application approved 10:21am on 28 March 2022
Documents received 10:50am on 20 March 2022
[Documents delivered & signed for – sent from overseas – 1 March 2022]
Application received 3:11pm on 18 February 2022
Identity details received 3:10pm on 18 February 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 1:15pm on 16 February 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 5:17am on 16 February 2022
Application submitted 5:17am on 16 February 2022
Submission Date
2022-03-18
Date Received
2022-04-04
Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Tracking is stressful. TNT didn’t contact but I was able to track it a few days before using the application number from passport.
Submission Date
2022-02-17
Date Received
2022-04-05
Overall Experience:
2 Star – Stressful
Application for child renewal submitted on 17th February. I had imagined our application would be straightforward but on the 7th March I received a request for my son’s birth certificate. I sent it out the same day with next day delivery and HMPO signed for it on the 8th March. I rang to chase receipt of birth certificate on the 21st and told to wait a bit longer. Rang again on the 24th March spoke to someone who seemed like they would help, taking note of our intended travel date (8th April). Application went to approved the next day. Never did get another official ‘documents received’ update for the birth certificate. Rang again 4th April to chase after not hearing anything after ‘printed’ update. HMPO said TNT should have it. Rang TNT, they said they didn’t have it. After regularly checking the TNT tracker online using the passport application reference number, the passport suddenly appeared on the tracker with no notification. I checked at 3pm on 4th April and was still getting an error, then 4.30pm there was with the delivery date of 6th April. I changed the delivery date to 5th April to be on the safe side and it was delivered as expected. HMPO application tracker still says ‘printed’ even after successful delivery.
I still don’t understand why a child renewal needed a birth certificate. Our details and circumstances have not changed. There was no clear explanation, and it further delayed our application. Every step of the process was very stressful. Not truly knowing when things would progress and what the true status of the application was. The HMPO application tracker didn’t really reflect what was happening in real time.
Timeline:
Delivered 4.00pm on 5th April
Appeared on TNT tracking 4.30pm on 4th April
Passport printed 11:43am on 30 March 2022
Application approved 3:06pm on 25 March 2022
Documents received 2:36pm on 1 March 2022
Application received 6:42pm on 17 February 2022
Identity details received 6:42pm on 17 February 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 5:45pm on 17 February 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 3:09pm on 17 February 2022
Application submitted 3:09pm on 17 February 2022
Submission Date
2022-03-08
Date Received
2022-04-05
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Delay with the tracking system prompted me to uneccesarily ring them
Submission Date
2022-03-19
Date Received
2022-04-05
Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Application 19th March
Docs submitted 21 March
Docs received 22 March
Approved 25 March
Printed 30 March
Arrived 5 April
Submission Date
2022-03-06
Date Received
2022-04-05
Experience:
1 Star – Very Stressful
The wait is on, it’s busy at the moment! My sons renewal went to the Glasgow office.
Application submitted- 6 March 22
Old documents received – 23 March (but arrived at HMPO 13 March Royal Mail signed for).
Documents approved – 28 March
Passport printed – 3rd April (they work on Sunday)
Passport delivered – hopefully today 5th March – TNT website says it’s out for delivery. Go to the website and type in postcode and PEX no without the ‘PEX’ and no spaces for accurate tracking. Nothing showing on the app for me!
It’s been a tense wait for us, we had to push our holiday back a week! I had false confidence after my others were done within a week! The moral is to fast track or leave the 10 weeks.