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Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
04-07-2023
Date Received:
11-07-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Passport printed 12:03am on 11 July 2023
Application approved 9:52pm on 7 July 2023
Documents received 9:08am on 7 July 2023
Application received 10:31pm on 4 July 2023
Application submitted 10:30pm on 4 July 2023
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Peterborough
Submission Date:
03-07-2023
Date Received:
12-07-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
07-07-2023
Date Received:
12-07-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Sent old passport via 1st class Royal Mail.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
02-07-2023
Date Received:
12-07-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
New Passport received 12 July 2023
New Passport sent 11 July 2023
Passport printed 11:25pm on 10 July 2023
Application approved 8:00pm on 10 July 2023
Documents received 7:52am on 6 July 2023
Documents signed for 4 July 2023
Documents sent 3 July 2023
Application received 4:30pm on 2 July 2023
Application submitted 4:30pm on 2 July 2023
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
01-07-2023
Date Received:
12-07-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Application made Saturday 1st July
Old passport sent Monday 3rd July
Passport received Thursday 6th July
Passport approved Tuesday 11th July
Passport received Wednesday 12th July
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Lost or Stolen Passport Application
Type of Application:
Lost/Stolen Passport
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
04-07-2023
Date Received:
11-07-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Needed a passport urgently as I am moving abroad for a job. Somehow it has been misplaced after being passed from bureaucratic office to bureaucratic office. Could have been my own error, who knows. Either way, I needed one urgently for visas and all those kinds of paperwork things.
04-07-2023 – Passport application submitted
04-07-2023 – Old passport reported lost/stolen
04-07-2023 – Request for identity details sent
04-07-2023 – Identity details confirmed
07-07-2023 – Application approved
11-07-2023 (00:20) – Passport printed
11-07-2023 (10:00) – Passport delivered
Now, I am in the process of reapplying for visas and those other paperwork things one needs for working abroad. I cannot express the relief I felt having the service be speedy and reliable, especially when you read all the horror stories. I thought I’d end up stuck in the U.K and not be able to work abroad!
1st Child Passport
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
01-07-2023
Date Received:
12-07-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Amazed how easy and quick it was. Took a photo of our baby using my iPhone and a plain white background (bed sheet).
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
23-06-2023
Date Received:
12-07-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Passport delivered 12:25pm on 12th July 2023
Passport printed 5:38pm on 10 July 2023
Application approved 11:40am on 10 July 2023
Documents received 10:13pm on 3 July 2023
Application received 7:45pm on 27 June 2023
Identity details received 7:44pm on 27 June 2023
Email sent to person confirming your identity 11:34pm on 23 June 2023
Ask someone to confirm your identity 4:46pm on 23 June 2023
Application submitted 4:46pm on 23 June 2023
Child Renewal
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
28-06-2023
Date Received:
07-07-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
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