Passport processing times

[chazwozza]

Ph'ers - everyone I know seems to be getting passports in about 3 weeks. Submitted mine 25th August and all documents required sent same day and received by HMPO 27th August. It's a renewal, anyone here got a recent timescale? Apparently they are supposed to be turned round in 5 weeks at the moment.... please give honest answers.

Won't go into detail but not been away for 6 1/2 years and quite stressed.....
My online application just shows as 'being processed'....

Thanks

Chaz

[monty999]

Did mine on-line, renewal and uploaded own photo. Really easy process, never done on-line before but was impressed with how easy it was even for a technophobe like me. Sent old passport off, acknowledged receipt by email. Had my new passport back within 3 weeks, followed by old passport a few days later.

[chazwozza]

monty999 said:

Did mine on-line, renewal and uploaded own photo. Really easy process, never done on-line before but was impressed with how easy it was even for a technophobe like me. Sent old passport off, acknowledged receipt by email. Had my new passport back within 3 weeks, followed by old passport a few days later.

How long ago? Funnily enough after writing this I got my approval confirmation last night. Did it take long for it to be printed and sent from approval stage?

[ScotHill]

Interested in this - applied today, supposed to be flying in 4 weeks. Either it comes on time and everything's good; or it's late and have to re-book flights and am delayed; I do a fasttrack a passport and suck up the £49 for the standard application; or do a fasttrack passport and the standard one arrives on time so I suck up the £140 fasttrack cost. :-/

Edit - applying late because only just got baby's birth certificate, safest option is probably to do a fasttrack.

Edited by ScotHill on Friday 24th September 17:29

[Jamesgt]

I recently did an initial for one son and a renewal for the other son. The initial was in my hand in approximately a week. 5 weeks for the renewal. From the point of it being approved it took about 3 days to get it. It turned up yesterday via TNT at 8am.

[monty999]

chazwozza said:

monty999 said:

Did mine on-line, renewal and uploaded own photo. Really easy process, never done on-line before but was impressed with how easy it was even for a technophobe like me. Sent old passport off, acknowledged receipt by email. Had my new passport back within 3 weeks, followed by old passport a few days later.

How long ago? Funnily enough after writing this I got my approval confirmation last night. Did it take long for it to be printed and sent from approval stage?

About 3 or 4 days for my new ‘British’ passport to arrive followed a day or so later by the old passport
(This was last week)

[WyrleyD]

monty999 said:

chazwozza said:

monty999 said:

Did mine on-line, renewal and uploaded own photo. Really easy process, never done on-line before but was impressed with how easy it was even for a technophobe like me. Sent old passport off, acknowledged receipt by email. Had my new passport back within 3 weeks, followed by old passport a few days later.

How long ago? Funnily enough after writing this I got my approval confirmation last night. Did it take long for it to be printed and sent from approval stage?

About 3 or 4 days for my new ‘British’ passport to arrive followed a day or so later by the old passport
(This was last week)

Same here, last week.

[RedWhiteMonkey]

Did my daughter's first passport application from overseas a few months back. From submission to receipt was two and a half weeks.

[Tyre Smoke]

Got my NZ passport in one week. That has to be a record.

[CorradoTDI]

Other half got hers yesterday via TNT.

Application done online just under 3 weeks ago but I think the holdup was them receiving the old one... we sent it the same day first class but she only got a message to say it was received a few days ago.

[ScotHill]

Jamesgt said:

I recently did an initial for one son and a renewal for the other son. The initial was in my hand in approximately a week. 5 weeks for the renewal. From the point of it being approved it took about 3 days to get it. It turned up yesterday via TNT at 8am.

To clarify, your son's first passport arrived a week after you applied? How long ago was this?

Edited by ScotHill on Saturday 25th September 19:10

[chazwozza]

Hi folks.

So I applied online on 25th August and it arrived 22nd Sept, I fly this coming Thursday, 30th. Hope that may be of use to some of you. Fwiw I got the approval on the 20th, so 2 days to print and post.

Big relief in the Chazwozza household!!!!!

Good luck to anyone waiting

[North West Tom]

Just bumping this thread to see if anyone has renewed this month? Everyone I know who did theirs recently said 3-4 weeks total turn around. It's now coming up to 3 weeks without any further updates since they received my old passport.

Documents received: 3:42pm on 7 October 2021
Application received: 10:38pm on 30 September 2021
Application submitted: 10:38pm on 30 September 2021

I travel on the 17th November. If I need to rearrange, I can change Eurostar and hotel free of charge if it's 7+ days before the date, so the 10th November. So that's around 2 weeks from now for it to be sorted - I am starting to panic!

[rfsteel]

I renewed mine last month, longest waits were for the PA to receive my old passport, and then for them to return it which was on the 23/10 where as the new one was in my hands on 02/10;

Passport printed and sent 1:36pm on 29 September 2021
Application approved 10:54am on 29 September 2021
Documents received 10:53am on 29 September 2021
Application received 10:05am on 21 September 2021
Application submitted 10:05am on 21 September 2021

[Rob P]

I emailed them after 4 weeks, as others in the household had come back. Maybe a coincidence but the same day it was completed and dispatched.

[paddy1970]

They received my application on 08/09/21 and sent me the passport on 28/09/21.

[sly fox]

chazwozza said:

Ph'ers - everyone I know seems to be getting passports in about 3 weeks. Submitted mine 25th August and all documents required sent same day and received by HMPO 27th August. It's a renewal, anyone here got a recent timescale? Apparently they are supposed to be turned round in 5 weeks at the moment.... please give honest answers.

Won't go into detail but not been away for 6 1/2 years and quite stressed.....
My online application just shows as 'being processed'....

Thanks

Chaz

Filled out the online form stuff, digital photo etc. Start to finish in under 2 weeks.

Website that shows you progress didn't work. Went from - you've made an application and we are awaiting your old passport in the post -directly to it's being delivered tomorrow.

[DB4DM]

Applied at a main post office on 14 Oct, new passport delivered on 22 Oct, 6 working days. Printing of new passport initiated 40 minutes after receipt of old one according to timings of automated texts

[Freakuk]

I posted about this a few weeks ago, anyway so far for me: -

27/9 - Applied on-line (renewal)
29/9 - Returned old passport
5/10 - Confirmation of receiving old passport
25/10 - Application approved
26/10 - Printed and ready for delivery
27/10 - Scheduled to be delivered today apparently - watch this space.

[thehop]

My eldest Daughter went to renew her UK passport in Bangkok, Thailand on 20 October. All applications in Thailand require a F2F interview/application process. She was told it would take 13 weeks.......