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Feedback, experiences, timelines, tips and useful information from people that have recently been through the UK passport application process. View which passport office has processed the passport and different types of application.
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1st Adult Passport
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
14-02-2024
Date Received:
22-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Great experience overall, I was very surprised try used with the quick turnaround.
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
07-02-2024
Date Received:
14-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Easy and fast process.
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
16-02-2024
Date Received:
23-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Quick process
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
04-02-2024
Date Received:
24-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Applied for my first UK passport (after recently acquiring British Citizenship by naturalisation) . I submitted my application on the 4th Feb 2024, but didn’t send in the required documents for about 10 days later as I needed to travel (and therefore couldn’t send HMPO my current passport). Once the paper work was eventually sent to them, the process was incredibly fast, it took only 2 days! Genuinely impressed by how efficient this service is! Well done HMPO!
Passport printed: 9:26pm on 22 February 2024
Application approved: 6:15pm on 22 February 2024
Documents received: 8:11am on 21 February 2024
Application received: 8:03am on 5 February 2024
Identity details received: 8:03am on 5 February 2024
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 6:04pm on 4 February 2024
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 5:59pm on 4 February 2024
Application submitted: 5:59pm on 4 February 2024
Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Peterborough
Submission Date:
12-02-2024
Date Received:
22-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Excellent service & great communication from HM Passport Office.
Application submitted (Through Post Office Digital Check & Send): 12/02/24
Old Passport sent (as above): 12/02/24
Old Passport received at HMPO: 17/02/24
Application approved: 20/02/24
New passport printed: 21/02/24
New passport received: 22/02/24
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
23-01-2024
Date Received:
31-01-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
14-02-2024
Date Received:
23-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Passport delivered 11:45am on 23 February 2024
Passport printed 12:33am on 22 February 2024
Application approved 4:23pm on 21 February 2024
Documents received 10:18am on 20 February 2024 (Post Office confirmed delivered 16 Feb 9:30am)
Application received 2:36pm on 14 February 2024
Application submitted 2:36pm on 14 February 2024
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
15-02-2024
Date Received:
23-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Excellent service. I was very pleased my home taken photo met their biometric requirements – huge leaps forward in technology and photo quality. I sent my old passport special delivery for speed. Could not be happier.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
15-02-2024
Date Received:
23-02-2024
Overall Experience:
Please Rate out of 5
Comments:
Excellent swift service for only the standard charge.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
13-02-2024
Date Received:
23-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Passport Delivered 13:30 on 23 February 2024
Passport printed 10:58pm on 22 February 2024
Application approved 8:06pm on 21 February 2024
Documents received 11:46pm on 16 February 2024
Application received 3:37pm on 13 February 2024
Application submitted 3:37pm on 13 February 2024
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
06-02-2024
Date Received:
13-02-2024
Overall Experience:
Please Rate out of 5
Comments:
Used the online standard online application, rather than fast track. Posted at local Post Office using signed for, rather than the extra cost of tracked. Very impressed with the turnaround time and the communication from the Passport Office
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
15-02-2024
Date Received:
24-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Passport delivered on 24 February 2024
Passport printed 5:08am on 23 February 2024
Application approved 3:12pm on 22 February 2024
Documents received 8:53am on 21 February 2024
Application received 3:58pm on 15 February 2024
Application submitted 3:57pm on 15 February 2024
Whole online experience was great, including the assessment of photo submitted (I submitted a selfie against a plain painted wall with natural light). Great to have alerts for each part of the process too.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
20-02-2024
Date Received:
24-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Excellent follow on messages form Passport Ofice over receipt of application and receipt of my old passport.
Very user friendly and supportive process.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
19-02-2024
Date Received:
24-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
really quick, super easy! I took my own passport photo via my iPhone which was accepted also, very happy.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
18-02-2024
Date Received:
24-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Awesome turnaround, a much better experience than the last time when May broke the service.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
16-02-2024
Date Received:
24-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Application Submitted: 16 February 2024
Documents Posted: 16 February 2024
Documents Delivered: 19 February 2024
Documents Marked as Received: 21 February 2024
Application Approved: 22 February 2024
Passport Printed: 23 February 2024
Passport Delivered: 24th February 2024
Overall, the service is incredibly quick, It’s a shame the office doesn’t deliver supporting documents on a Saturday, but I can’t complain.
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1st Child Passport
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
10-02-2024
Date Received:
24-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Passport printed 2:24am on 23 February 2024
Application approved 9:12am on 22 February 2024
Documents received 7:20pm on 20 February 2024
Application received 9:56pm on 10 February 2024
Identity details received 9:56pm on 10 February 2024
Email sent to person confirming your identity 9:56pm on 9 February 2024
Ask someone to confirm your identity 9:22pm on 9 February 2024
Application submitted 9:22pm on 9 February 2024
Really straight forward, birth certificate posted on 12-02-2024 Royal Mail tracked 24 but it wasn’t delivered until after 4pm on 15-02-2024 so then took 5 days from delivery to them acknowledging them
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
14-02-2024
Date Received:
23-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Received passport 11:45am on 23 February 2024
Passport printed 9:47pm on 21 February 2024
Application approved 4:46pm on 21 February 2024
Documents received 10:18am on 20 February 2024
Royal Mail delivered 09:30am on 16 February 202
Application received 5:53pm on 14 February 2024
Identity details received 5:53pm on 14 February 2024
Email sent to person confirming your identity 4:28pm on 14 February 2024
Ask someone to confirm your identity 3:05pm on 14 February 2024
Application submitted 3:05pm on 14 February 2024
4 applications done at the same time (2 x adult renewal, 2 x first child) went through process together, applied 14 Feb, all delivered 23 Feb.
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
14-02-2024
Date Received:
23-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Passport delivered 11:45am on 23 February 2024
Passport printed 12:33am on 22 February 2024
Application approved 4:23pm on 21 February 2024
Documents received 10:18am on 20 February 2024 (Post Office confirmed delivered 16 Feb 9:30am)
Application received 5:50pm on 14 February 2024
Identity details received 5:50pm on 14 February 2024
Email sent to person confirming your identity 4:26pm on 14 February 2024
Ask someone to confirm your identity 2:53pm on 14 February 2024
Application submitted 2:53pm on 14 February 2024
Child Renewal
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Submission Date:
17-02-2024
Date Received:
24-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
16-02-2024
Date Received:
24-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
1 Week Fast Track Application
Type of Application:
1 Week Fast Track Service
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
23-08-2023
Date Received:
26-08-2023
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Ordered fast track child’s renewal at 10an Liverpool on the Wednesday was here Saturday morning.
Overseas Passport Application
Type of Application:
Adult Renewal (Overseas Application)
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
11-02-2024
Date Received:
23-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Application submitted 11.02.24
DHL delivered documents 13.02.24
Documents marked received 19.02.24
Application approved 20.02.24
Passport printed 21.02.24
Passport delivered by DHL 23.02.24
Type of Application:
First UK Passport (Overseas Application)
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
02-02-2024
Date Received:
25-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Fast, easy, effortless
Type of Application:
First UK Passport (Overseas Application)
Passport Office:
Corby
Submission Date:
29-01-2024
Date Received:
23-02-2024
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
No surprises and the process was exactly as I expected:
StatusDate
Passport printed 10:16pm on 20 February 2024
Application approved 11:07am on 19 February 2024
Documents received 4:35pm on 15 February 2024
Application received 4:31pm on 1 February 2024
Identity details received 4:31pm on 1 February 2024
Email sent to person confirming your identity 4:03pm on 30 January 2024
Ask someone to confirm your identity 10:30pm on 29 January 2024
Application submitted 10:30pm on 29 January 2024
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