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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.
1st Adult Passport
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Used a Photo-Me photo booth
Submission Date:
05-03-2025
Date Received:
28-03-2025
Overall Experience:
1 Star – Very Stressful
Comments:
It shouldn’t take so long time all process is not good so complicated . In Spain you get passport and Id card within 30 minutes last I applied mine and my two daughters passport received in 9 days from Spanish consulate
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Used a Photo-Me photo booth
Submission Date:
19-03-2025
Date Received:
27-03-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Used a Photo-Me photo booth
Submission Date:
20-03-2025
Date Received:
29-03-2025
Overall Experience:
3 Star – Average
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
22-03-2025
Date Received:
02-04-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Durham
Photo Method
Other Max Spielmann photoshop
Submission Date:
19-03-2025
Date Received:
28-03-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Applied 19 March
Old passports posted 19 March
Old Passports received 20 March
Application approved 26 March
Passports printed and posted 27 March
Received 28 March
From the photoshop partner and I went to the post office where the staff there filled, checked and sent out old passports. It took a week overall for the renewal passports to be received.
Great service
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Used a Photo-Me photo booth
Submission Date:
19-03-2025
Date Received:
28-03-2025
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:
21-03-2025
Date Received:
29-03-2025
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:
21-03-2025
Date Received:
29-03-2025
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:
24-03-2025
Date Received:
29-03-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Never had a passport arrive this quickly before. Very impressed with the passport office this time around.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
24-03-2024
Date Received:
02-04-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
100 page passport requested, photo taken by colleague against plain background with clean office lighting. Old passport sent on 25th by first class tracked, was marked received by HMPO at around 8pm on 26th.
New passport now with RM and scheduled for delivery tomorrow, so assuming that goes as planned then that’s 9 days from application to receipt.
Status Date
Passport printed 6:40am on 1 April 2025
Application approved 8:42am on 31 March 2025
Documents received 8:19pm on 26 March 2025
Application received 10:02am on 24 March 2025
Application submitted 10:01am on 24 March 2025
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1st Child Passport
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
19-03-2025
Date Received:
29-03-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
21-03-2025
Date Received:
01-04-2025
Child Renewal
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
21-03-2025
Date Received:
28-03-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
21-03-2025
Date Received:
29-03-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
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