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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.
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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.
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1st Adult Passport
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
15-06-2024
Date Received:
29-06-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Process was very easy and quick, I replaced my first adult passport due to changing my name and needed a new one as I’m going on holiday in 6 months.
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Used a different photo booth (Not Photo-Me)
Submission Date:
10-06-2024
Date Received:
28-06-2024
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Passport received in hand 12:26pm on 28 June 2024
Passport printed 3:39am on 27 June 2024
Application approved 8:30am on 26 June 2024
Documents received 2:48pm on 19 June 2024
Application received 3:29pm on 10 June 2024
Application submitted 3:28pm on 10 June 2024
Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Used a Photo-Me photo booth
Submission Date:
20-06-2024
Date Received:
28-06-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Application Online on the 20th Jun
Posted Old Passport on the 20th Jun First Class Tracked
Arrived at Passport Office Jun 26th
Application Approved Jun 27th
Posted Jun 27th
Arrived Jun 28th
Would have probably been quicker if royal mail didn’t take 5 days to deliver the old passport first class. Probably best if you use tracked 24/48.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
17-06-2024
Date Received:
27-06-2024
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Slowest bit was me buying a stamp and getting my documents sent to the passport office – once they received these, a week after I submitted online, it only then took 7 working days before I received it.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Used a Photo-Me photo booth
Submission Date:
14-06-2024
Date Received:
26-06-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
very easy. definitely recommend using a Photo booth to avoid delays in the photo being accepted.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Photo Method
Used a Photo-Me photo booth
Submission Date:
03-05-2024
Date Received:
10-06-2024
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Newport
Photo Method
Other Digital photo taken by Post Office staff using their digital check and send service
Submission Date:
17-06-2024
Date Received:
29-06-2024
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:
18-06-2024
Date Received:
29-06-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Passport received 29 June 2024
Passport printed 5:24am on 28 June 2024
Application approved 12:05pm on 27 June 2024
Documents received 7:44pm on 20 June 2024
Application received 10:14am on 18 June 2024
Application submitted 10:13am on 18 June 2024
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
15-06-2024
Date Received:
28-06-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
I submitted my application on the 15th and sent off my old passport on the 17th. The passport office received my old passport 2 days later on the 19th, and it took them 1 week to process and approve my application. My application was approved on the 26th, printed and sent on the 27th and received a day after being sent, on the 28th.
Overall a very easy and smooth process.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Used a Photo-Me photo booth
Submission Date:
21-06-2024
Date Received:
28-06-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
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Child Renewal
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
17-06-2024
Date Received:
28-06-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Pleasantly surprised by the turn around time! Submitted Monday, photo verficiation sent in online next day, returned passport that same evening and it was logged the following day (weds 5.30pm). Took a week then to approve and was worried the photo id taken would be rejected but all fine. Passport due to arrive today!
Overseas Passport Application
Type of Application:
Adult Renewal (Overseas Application)
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
13-06-2024
Date Received:
27-06-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Very impressed by the speed. Sent my old passport from Finland on 13 June (Thursday) via Posti Exprès, it arrived Sunday and was logged as received the evening of Monday (17 June). The application was approved a week later on 24th, printed on the 25th and in my hands via DHL courier on the 27th June. In total almost exactly 2 weeks.
Type of Application:
Adult Renewal (Overseas Application)
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Other Photographer
Submission Date:
07-06-2024
Date Received:
02-07-2024
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Renewal from New Zealand. Passport process was clear, biggest waiting/stress time was the postage.
Docs arrived at home in NZ 3:00am on 2 July 2024
Passport printed 6:40am on 25 June 2024
Application approved 1:19pm on 24 June 2024
Documents received 6:27am on 18 June 2024
Documents posted 4:00am on 7 June 2024
Application received 3:41am on 7 June 2024
Application submitted 3:41am on 7 June 2024
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