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Whether you’re eagerly waiting for your passport or planning to apply soon, this page offers valuable insights from others who have gone through the process.
How This Page Works
Every day, applicants like you share their passport application experiences on our site. They provide:
- Application Date: When they submitted their passport application.
- Receipt Date: When they received their new passport.
- Photo Method: How they obtained their passport photo (e.g., at home, pharmacy, professional service).
- Processing Office: The passport office or centre that handled their application so you can check to see how quick the agency you have been assigned is processing passports.
Additionally, applicants often share helpful tips and observations that can assist you in managing your application or understanding current processing trends.
Stay Informed
Monitor the latest wait times and gain a realistic expectation for when your passport might arrive based on real-world data. Knowing what to expect can ease anxieties and assist in planning your travels.
Compare Processing Times
See how different agencies and photo methods impact processing speeds. This can help you choose the best options to potentially reduce your wait time.
Learn from Others
Benefit from the experiences of fellow applicants. Many share crucial advice, like which agencies are processing faster or tips for avoiding common pitfalls.
Share Your Experience
Help us keep this page accurate and useful by submitting your own passport wait time once you receive your passport. Your contribution will assist others and contribute to a clearer picture of the current processing landscape.
Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Used a Photo-Me photo booth
Submission Date:
07-01-2025
Date Received:
11-01-2025
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:
02-01-2025
Date Received:
14-01-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Very good communications about progress of application from the Passport Office. The longest part of the waiting time was the delay between posting the old passport and it’s receipt by the office. In my case, this delay accounted for five days out of the total of 12 days. This was in spite of having used first class postage.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Other Timpsons with physical images and digital photo code
Submission Date:
09-01-2025
Date Received:
14-01-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Renewal & Name Change after Marriage – Standard Online
Application submitted: 12:38am – 9th Jan 2025
Documents delivered by RM: 08:49 – 10th Jan 2025
Documents acknowledged and paired: 14:31 – 10th Jan 2025
Application approved: 14:56 – 13th Jan 2025
Passport printed: 21:03 – 13th Jan 2025
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Used a Photo-Me photo booth
Submission Date:
08-01-2025
Date Received:
14-01-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Used Morrisons Timpsons booth for passport photo – photo verified online with passport office by Timpsons, digital code for photo provided to use in online application.
Posted old passport first class 9 January, the day after online application was submitted.
Easy process, fast processing. Good email & sms updates at each stage by passport office.
Application submitted 6:54pm on 8 January 2025
Application received 6:54pm on 8 January 2025
Documents received 3:36pm on 10 January 2025
Application approved 2:36am on 11 January 2025
Passport printed 4:05am on 13 January 2025
Passport delivered ( royalmail): 14 January 2025
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
05-01-2025
Date Received:
10-01-2025
Overall Experience:
Please Rate out of 5
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
02-01-2024
Date Received:
14-01-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
The process was fairly easy. The only part that took longer than expected was between post office delivered (6th) and HMPO acknowledgement (9th).
In the end took nearly 2 weeks but not the end of the world.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Peterborough
Photo Method
Other Post Office check and send service
Submission Date:
20-12-2024
Date Received:
04-01-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
02-01-2025
Date Received:
08-01-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
So easy to do
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Used a Photo-Me photo booth
Submission Date:
08-01-2025
Date Received:
14-01-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
super fast and easy! really impressed with this process
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
06-01-2025
Date Received:
10-01-2025
Overall Experience:
Please Rate out of 5
Comments:
Got txt and email every step of the way, delighted.
Just wish it was clearer when doing more than 1 in a family, that even if you’re given different addresses to send to, you can use one envelope and send to either office (with both PEX numbers on envelope)
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Other Max Spielmann iPhoto
Submission Date:
07-01-2025
Date Received:
11-01-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
02-01-2025
Date Received:
09-01-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
The application from start to finish was very simple, quick and efficient. Really happy with the service. Thank you
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Lost or Stolen Passport Application
Type of Application:
Lost/Stolen Passport
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Photo Method
Other
Submission Date:
13-01-2025
Date Received:
13-01-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
1st Child Passport
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Other Max Spielman
Submission Date:
04-01-2025
Date Received:
14-01-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Really quick had to send the birth certificate and they received it and processed it within a matter of days. Printed it out at 9pm and received it by 12pm next day.
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
19-10-2023
Date Received:
25-10-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Very simple to do. Hardest part was getting the documents to the passport office as they needed originals!
Child Renewal
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
05-01-2025
Date Received:
14-01-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
05-01-2025
Date Received:
14-01-2025
Overall Experience:
Please Rate out of 5
Overseas Passport Application
Type of Application:
First UK Passport (Overseas Application)
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Please select
Submission Date:
17-11-2024
Date Received:
27-12-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
I’m the daughter of an Englishman who’s grown up in the US, naturalised citizen born in California, only ever had a US passport. After the election I figured it’s a good a time as any to get my UK passport and it really couldn’t have been easier. The only part that was tricky was coordinating the delivery with DHL. The online system was so simple and user-friendly and really makes me question how tedious everything is in the US!
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