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1st Adult Passport
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-04-16
Date Received:
2023-05-18
Overall Experience:
1 Star – Very Stressful
Comments:
i applied for two applications for first adult passport one for me one for my wife my wife get approved 1 week but im still waiting until now there is nothing
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2023-05-04
Date Received:
2023-05-17
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Excellent service and updates.
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
2023-05-03
Date Received:
2023-05-18
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
First adults (has had child) exactly 2 weeks from them receiving old passport received email to say approved then received following day. Didn’t pay extra for postage and came with tnt courier anyway
Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-04-28
Date Received:
2023-05-09
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Online application with self taken photo was very straight forward and easy to do.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2023-05-08
Date Received:
2023-05-16
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Husband and wife passports submitted same day. Husband above so quick. Very impressive. Wife passport renewal request received and old passport receipt acknowledged. Further progress awaited!
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2023-04-20
Date Received:
2023-05-11
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
I used the standard service and it arrived on the 12th May 2023. I flew on the 15th. I used the method on some advice from the post office. Now obviously I made the gamble and it paid off but for the stress that I went through if its less than 3 weeks until your fly date just go for fast track.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2023-05-12
Date Received:
2023-05-18
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Really helpful staff on the phone line given that I rang up to fast track my application as I have a holiday booked in June and panic set in that I may have to wait a possible 10 weeks before I receive my passport. But got it faster than I had imagined and saved 3 figures in the process.
Passport printed 11:47pm on 16 May 2023
Application approved 2:26am on 16 May 2023
Documents received 3:04pm on 15 May 2023
Application received 12:14pm on 12 May 2023
Application submitted 12:13pm on 12 May 2023
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2023-05-03
Date Received:
2023-05-18
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Passport printed 2:46am on 18 May 2023
Application approved 10:26am on 17 May 2023
Documents received 12:38am on 6 May 2023
Application received 5:49pm on 3 May 2023
Application submitted 5:49pm on 3 May 2023
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2023-05-02
Date Received:
2023-05-18
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Submitted at nearby Post Office. Slightly awkward experience of queuing at the only desk manned and spent 10 minutes watching them enter details on a tablet then them having to come out into the public area and take my photo in full view of a queue of around 10 people.
Applied on 2/5, application received by passport office on 5/2, approved on 16/2 and received passport on 18/5.
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1st Child Passport
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2023-04-28
Date Received:
2023-05-10
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Application history
Passport printed 6:29am on 16 May 2023
Application approved 1:20pm on 15 May 2023
Documents received 9:32am on 4 May 2023
Application received 10:41am on 29 April 2023
Identity details received 10:41am on 29 April 2023
Email sent to person confirming your identity 2:08pm on 28 April 2023
Ask someone to confirm your identity 1:59pm on 28 April 2023
Application submitted 1:59pm on 28 April 2023
Child Renewal
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2023-04-14
Date Received:
2023-05-18
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Received 18 May drop down but not working properly above! (PWT – Thanks for letting us know)
1 Week Fast Track Application
Type of Application:
1 Week Fast Track Service
Passport Office:
Peterborough
Submission Date:
2023-05-02
Date Received:
2023-05-05
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
I set up notifications from UK Fast Track & Premium Passport Appointments twitter account (@ukpassportcheck) to find when FastTrack appointments were released and got an appointment on the second try. The process of getting my passport was really simple. I went to Peterborough and was seen slightly earlier than my appointment time. I would say I was in and out within 10 minutes. I had both a renewal and a name change. I had my appointment on the Tuesday and they told me it would be with me by no later than 10 May (the following Wednesday) but my passport arrived on the Friday.
Overseas Passport Application
Type of Application:
Adult Renewal (Overseas Application)
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
2023-04-26
Date Received:
2023-05-16
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Very easy. The mailing of my old passport from the US to the UK took the longest. Once they had that, it was a remarkably quick turnaround.
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