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1st Adult Passport
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
30-03-2023
Date Received:
05-06-2023
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Application online was easy to follow through on my own. Didn’t take much time. I initially sent my documents via DPD not realising that Royal Mail is the only method you can use to send your documents to the passport office. I had the proof of delivery from Royal Mail two weeks before the passport office confirmed receipt of the documents which was stressful! But then my passport was approved about 6 weeks later, printed that evening and then delivered the next working day. So not a bad experience overall.
Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
23-05-2023
Date Received:
05-06-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
DAMAGED PASSPORT (Rip on photo ID page)
Passport printed 7:19am on 3 June 2023
Application approved 12:05pm on 2 June 2023
Documents received 2:51pm on 24 May 2023
Application received 12:55pm on 23 May 2023
Application submitted 12:54pm on 23 May 2023
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
01-05-2023
Date Received:
17-05-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Very straight forward, arrived a lot quicker than expected
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
22-05-2023
Date Received:
06-06-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Submitted application – 22/5/23
Old passport received – 24/5/23 (sent 23/5/23 guaranteed next day)
Application approved – 1/6/23
Passport delivered – 6/6/23
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
26-05-2023
Date Received:
06-06-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Very quick. It did take six days from when i posted my old passport in until they said they had received it.
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1st Child Passport
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
07-05-2023
Date Received:
25-05-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Really pleased with the whole process and the quickness of the delivery.
Child Renewal
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Submission Date:
2022-04-24
Date Received:
2022-05-12
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Applied online with a photo I took myself on an iPhone, the photo was pre-approved by the Gov website, sent the old passport by registered next day delivery and was lucky the whole process was dealt with amazingly quickly, just under 3 weeks from start to finish. The passport was processed at the Peterborough Office.
Overseas Passport Application
Type of Application:
Adult Renewal (Overseas Application)
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
16-04-2023
Date Received:
31-05-2023
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Sent from Spain.
Summary
Application 16th April
Old Passport sent 17th April
Notification of receipt 2nd May
Application approved 19th May
Printed 19th May
Sent 19th May
Received 31st May
The online application process was very easy and quick. The big delays were Corby receiving the old passport and me receiving the new one.
I sent my old passport on 17th and got a notification from the post office here in Spain that it had arrived 4 days later. I didn’t get confirmation of this until 2nd May – hence the 4stars. I also knocked it down because of the haphazard notifications – sometimes text, sometimes email.
Using this website I realised that I wouldn’t have to wait long following the approval for the process to finish but I was surprised at just how long it took from being sent to actually physically receiving it. That might well be a Spanish issue or new guidelines following brexit.
Type of Application:
First UK Passport (Overseas Application)
Passport Office:
Durham
Submission Date:
05-05-2023
Date Received:
01-06-2023
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Good experience from Dubai, UAE.
Application submitted 05/05/2023
Email sent to person confirming your identity 05/05/2023
Identity details received 08/05/2023
Application received 08/05/2023
Documents handed to DHL in Dubai 09/05/2023
Documents received in the Passport office (DHL notification) 11/05/2023
Documents received in the Passport office (Passport office notification) 12/05/2023
Application approved 24/05/2023
Passport printed 25/05/2023
Passport received in Dubai 01/06/2023
Supporting documents returned by the Passport Office 05/06/2023
Estimated arrival of supporting documents in Dubai 07/06/2023
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