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1st Adult Passport
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
06-10-2023
Date Received:
18-10-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Easy application process and very fast turnaround!
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
06-10-2023
Date Received:
16-10-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
10-10-2023
Date Received:
18-10-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Really quick and easy- very impressed!
Arrived 10AM on 18 October 2023
Passport printed 4:18am on 17 October 2023
Application approved 12:48pm on 16 October 2023
Documents received 10:36am on 13 October 2023
Application received 8:50pm on 10 October 2023
Application submitted 8:50pm on 10 October 2023
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
06-10-2023
Date Received:
17-10-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
07-10-2023
Date Received:
17-10-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
08-10-2023
Date Received:
18-10-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Included name change using Marriage Certificate
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
10-10-2023
Date Received:
18-10-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Very happy, 7/8 days turnaround. As of writing website still shows printed, not dispatched etc. but did get a text yesterday from Royal Mail, assumed old passport but turned out was new one and dispatched yesterday afternoon before website updated around midnight.
Passport delivered (website just shows printed still) 11:58 on 18 October 2023
Passport printed 12:30am on 18 October 2023
SMS from Royal Mail Manchester MC 14:53pm on 17 October 2023
Application approved 9:08am on 17 October 2023
Documents received 9:48pm on 13 October 2023
Documents delivered 9:48am on 12 October 2023
Documents sent 15:55pm on 11 October 2023
Application received 11:33pm on 10 October 2023
Application submitted 11:32pm on 10 October 2023
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Child Renewal
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
07-10-2023
Date Received:
18-10-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
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