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Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
10-04-2024
Date Received:
25-04-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
The update on passport portal took a few more days after it was actually received (signed for service recieved on Tuesday by passport office but portal not updated as received until Friday)
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
14-04-2024
Date Received:
24-04-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Old passport received 16 April
Application approved 20 April
New passport printed 23 April
New passport arrived 24 April
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
15-04-2024
Date Received:
25-04-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Used a Photo-Me photo booth
Submission Date:
14-04-2024
Date Received:
25-04-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
15-04-2024
Date Received:
25-04-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
28-03-2024
Date Received:
12-04-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
it worked well.. just need to spend a bit of time making sure the photo is acceptable..
and for me making sure someone was helping at the computer as i hate them…
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
14-04-2024
Date Received:
25-04-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Passport received 25 April 2024
Passport printed 4:36am on 24 April 2024
Application approved 7:31am on 23 April 2024
Documents received 9:25pm on 17 April 2024
Application received 11:42pm on 14 April 2024
Application submitted 11:42pm on 14 April 2024
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
06-04-2024
Date Received:
19-04-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Application sent and accepted on Saturday 6 April
Old passport posted on Monday 8 April
Old document received on Thursday 11 April
Application approved on Tuesday 16 April
Printed in Wednesday 17 April
Passport received on Friday 19 April
Total process was 13 days
Old passport received a couple of days later
Very simple online process.
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1st Child Passport
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
15-04-2024
Date Received:
25-04-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Child Renewal
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Photo Method
Other Photo service shop
Submission Date:
18-04-2024
Date Received:
25-04-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Other by professional photographer
Submission Date:
15-04-2024
Date Received:
25-04-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Overseas Passport Application
Type of Application:
Adult Renewal (Overseas Application)
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
10-04-2024
Date Received:
25-04-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
The hardest part was Chronopost in France not understanding that there was no phone number for the address to send my old passport.
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