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1st Adult Passport
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
18-06-2023
Date Received:
08-07-2023
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
29-06-2023
Date Received:
08-07-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Passport Received via Royal Mail 8 July 2023
Passport printed 3:20am on 7 July 2023
Application approved 12:46pm on 6 July 2023
Documents received 9:03am on 4 July 2023
Application received 5:07pm on 29 June 2023
Application submitted 5:06pm on 29 June 2023
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
14-06-2023
Date Received:
07-07-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
*DAMAGED PASSPORT*
Note: The gap between application and documents received date was mainly my fault.
Passport received – Afternoon of 7th July 2023
Passport printed 2:16am on 6 July 2023
Application approved 2:44pm on 5 July 2023
Documents received 3:02pm on 23 June 2023
Documents marked as arrived by Royal Mail – 10:02am 20 June 2023
Documents sent – 16th June (Dropped it off in the evening so dispatched Mon.19th with next day delivery – Essentially I ‘sent’ it on the 19th)
Application received 3:35pm on 14 June 2023
Application submitted 3:34pm on 14 June 2023
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Child Renewal
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
29-06-2023
Date Received:
08-07-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
26-06-2023
Date Received:
04-07-2023
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
1 Week Fast Track Application
Type of Application:
1 Week Fast Track Service
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
05-07-2023
Date Received:
08-07-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Fast track for adult renewal – was in and out of the Liverpool office in 15 minutes and received the passport in 3 days on a Saturday delivered by Royal Mail.
Overseas Passport Application
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal (Overseas)
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
24-06-2023
Date Received:
08-07-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
I sent my UK passport renewal from Qatar on the 24th of June and received it back on the 8th July….this was for a 40 page passport…
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