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1st Adult Passport
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
25-07-2023
Date Received:
09-08-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Passport Delivered 9 August 2023
Passport printed 7 August 2023
Application approved 7 August 2023
Documents received 31 July 2023
Documents Posted 25 July 2023
Application submitted 25 July 2023
Still waiting on Application documents
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
30-07-2023
Date Received:
09-08-2023
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Was a first adult passport after an expired child passport who had since turned 17. Wasn’t asked to confirm identity though unlike most others.
18:19 30/07- Application Submitted
18:20 30/07- Application Received
18:36 01/08- Documents Received
17:46 07/08- Application Approved
07:57 08/08- Passport Printed
09/08- Passport delivered early afternoon, unsure of who delivered but post came a few minutes later so unlikely to be Royal Mail.
Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
03-08-2023
Date Received:
08-08-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Very Quick turnaround….
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
30-07-2023
Date Received:
09-08-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Took us 3 goes to get a photo that the online tool was happy with but the one it rated as ‘Good’ was accepted without a problem. Great experience otherwise – very quick.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
30-07-2023
Date Received:
09-08-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Sent signed and tracked delivery.
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Lost or Stolen Passport Application
Type of Application:
Lost/Stolen Passport
Passport Office:
London
Submission Date:
19-07-2023
Date Received:
04-08-2023
Overall Experience:
3 Star – Average
Comments:
I lost my passport a couple years back. Cancelled it but never bothered to get a new one as I wasn’t travelling any time soon. Applied for my new passport and was told that I had to cancel my old passport first. I had about 7 conversations with HMPO telling them that I had already done this. Eventually I was given a call back, an apology, and told that my application has now been approved. As soon as it was approved the passport was received very quickly
Application History
Passport printed 6:45am on 3 August 2023
Application approved 3:00pm on 2 August 2023
Identity details received 8:41pm on 24 July 2023
Email sent to person confirming your identity 2:59pm on 24 July 2023
Email sent to person confirming your identity 5:01pm on 21 July 2023
Ask someone to confirm your identity 8:31pm on 19 July 2023
Application submitted 8:31pm on 19 July 2023
Child Renewal
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
29-07-2023
Date Received:
09-08-2023
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Took photo on smart phone, gov website said it was good but got rejected due to slightest shadow on bottom of face which wasn’t visible unless looking for it
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