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Chinho2k wrote:Application Type: First Passport
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 31 Jul 2017
Date application received by HMPO: 01/08/2017
Date of text acknowledgement from HMPO: 03/08/2017
Text confirming passport despatched: 10/08/2017
Date of return of documents: Documents not received yet
Date of receipt of interview letter: No Interview
Date of Passport Appointment: No Interview
Date of Passport Receipt: 11 Aug 2017

First passport after naturalisation (postal naturalisation application), passport also postal without check and send, 10 working days from application and passport received without attending an interview.

mbfill wrote:Passport for: Adult
Application Type: First Passport after Naturalisation
Method of application: Check & Send
Date of application: 28 July 2017
Date application received by SMS: 02 August 2017 - "We'll contact you by 23/08 if more info or an interview is required. If not, expect your passport by this date. No further update on progress will be given."

UPDATE: SMS received today "You should receive your new passport within a few working days. We'll send your supporting documents separately" (Confused over this - does it mean I may not have an interview?)

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Casa wrote:If the application is submitted through the NCS JCAP service no interview is required.

Chinho2k wrote:There appears to have been a review of the rules of some sort as I did not submit my application through NCS, it was a postal application and so was the passport application which was not via check and send and I have seen one other similar situation on this forum. As secret.simon said, for once the Home Office using a common sense approach, after so many ID checks including the ceremony, why complicate things further with a passport interview.