British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[Vilandra]

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Newport
Date of Application: 1 November 2020
Date Identity Verified: 3 November 2020
Date Documents Sent: 3 November 2020
Date Documents Delivered: 4 November 2020
Date Documents Received Status updated: 5 November 2020
Application Approved: 16 November 2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 17 November 2020
Date Passport/Doc Received: 19 November 2020/waiting
Passport Colour: Very Very Vey Dark Blue

I'm a bit concerned about the supporting documents, I can see that most people received theirs back either on the same day or a day before or after, I paid for the secure delivery but so far no records of docs being despatched :/

[Escaliber12]

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Belfast
Date of Application: 21 November 2020
Date Identity Verified: 21 November 2020
Date Documents Sent: 23 November 2020
Date Documents Delivered:
Date Documents Received Status updated:
Application Approved:
Passport Printed and Sent:
Date Passport/Doc Received:
Passport Colour:

[rayclark]

Type: Child's Renewal
From: Singapore
Method: Online Application + paper form for photo verification (online photo verification can only be done by UK residents)
Date of Online Application: 20/09/2020
Date Documents Sent: 21/09 /2020 (by FedEx)
Documents delivered to: HMPO Liverpool
Documents delivered and signed: 23/09/2020 (Impressive service by FedEx. SG to UK in just 2 days in Covid times)
Date Documents Received status: 28/09/2020
Application being processed: 29/09/2020
Called on 27/10/2020 to enquire status. I was told the application hadn't been assigned to anyone for processing yet!
Application Approved: 04/11/2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 05/11/2020 (no tracking number provided)
Nothing delivered after 1 week so called on 11/11/2020 to check status. They gave me the DHL tracking number and expected delivery date of 12/11/2020. Other expat Brits have reported receiving an SMS from DHL with tracking number and delivery date, but I didn't get anything like that.
Date Passport Received: 12/11/2020
Passport Colour: Blue (almost black)
Date of Return of Documents: 21/11/2020

[Jo122]

Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Newport

Online Application Date: 2/11/2020
Identity Verified: 2/11/2020
Documents Sent: 2/11/2020
Documents delivered via Royal Mail: 3/11/2020
Date Documents Received Status: 4/11/2020
Application Being processed: 4/11/2020

Application Approved: 19/11/2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 19/11/2020
Date Passport Received: 23/11/2020
Date Docs Received: 23/11/2020
(2 separate envelopes but same delivery)
Passport Colour: A very dark blue

Whole process was a very fast (in my opinion) 3 weeks on the dot (21 days). Best of luck to the rest!

[IrobotZ]

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Newport
Date of Application: 9 Nov 2020
Date Identity Verified: 9 Nov 2020
Date Documents Sent: 9 Nov 2020
Date Documents Delivered: 10 Nov 2020
Date Documents Received Status updated: 11 Nov 2020
Application Approved: pending
Passport Printed and Sent: pending
Date Passport/Doc Received: pending

[bppartnerclub]

First adult passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Belfast
Date of Application: 29 October 2020
Date Identity Verified: 30 October 2020
Date Documents Sent: 31 October 2020
Date Documents Delivered: 02 November 2020
Application Approved: 19 November 2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 19 November 2020
Date Passport/Doc Received: 24 November 2020/23 November 2020
Passport Colour: Black

[apostrophe]

Type: First passport after naturalization
From: Poland
Method: Online
Passport office: HMPO Liverpool - > HMPO Durham

Online Application: 11 Oct 2020
Identity Verified: 11 Oct 2020
Documents Sent: 12 Oct 2020
Date Documents Received Status update by HMPO: 22/10/2020
Application Being processed: 26/10/2020
Application Approved: 17/11/2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 17/11/2020
Date Passport Received: 24/11/2020
Date Documents Received: Pending
Passport Colour: Navy Blue (really dark tho)

After almost 3 weeks without any response from HMPO I decided to send them an email asking if everything was fine with my application. I was told that my application had been transferred to HMPO Durham. I received a response on 12/11, on 17/11 they approved my apllication. I was applying from overseas, Poland, and had no interview. Passport was sent yesterday, today morning I had it in my hands. I'd say it's a very efficient service, given I applied from Poland, and it took them around a month to process it. Very pleased.

[Escaliber12]

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Belfast
Date of Application: 21 November 2020
Date Identity Verified: 21 November 2020
Date Documents Sent: 23 November 2020
Date Documents Delivered: 25 November 2020
Date Documents Received Status updated:
Application Approved:
Passport Printed and Sent:
Date Passport/Doc Received:
Passport Colour:

[Stefan Piatek]

update

Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: online
Office: HMPO DURHAM>>HMPO GLASGOW>>HMPO LONDON

Online Application: 06/10/2020
Identity Verified: 07/10/2020
Documents Sent: 07/10/2020
Documents delivered and signed: 08/10/2020
Documents Received status: 09/10/2020
Application being processed: 12/10/2020
Application Approved: 14/10/2020

Passport Printed and Sent: 24/11/2020
Passport Received: 25/11/2020
Passport Colour: Blue
Date of Return of Documents:25/11/2020

7 weeks.
THE END

[Escaliber12]

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Belfast
Date of Application: 21 November 2020
Date Identity Verified: 21 November 2020
Date Documents Sent: 23 November 2020
Date Documents Delivered: 25 November 2020
Date Documents Received Status updated: 25 November 2020
Application Approved:
Passport Printed and Sent:
Date Passport/Doc Received:
Passport Colour:

[kampk121]

Passport for: Child first passport after right of abode from Pakistan
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Durham
Date of Application: 5th Sep, 2020
Date Identity Verified: 5th Sep, 2020
Date Documents Sent 5th Sep, 2020
Date Documents Delivered: 6th Sep, 2020
Documents Received Status updated: 7th Sep, 2020
Application is process status, 9th Sep, 20
Application Approved: 24 Nov, 20
Passport Printed and Sent: 24 Nov 20
Date Passport/Doc Received: 25 Nov 20
Supporting documents came in the same envelope as passport.
Passport Colour: blue dark
Total time start to finish. 7.5 weeks

[Learning18]

UPDATE:

Passport for: Adult 1st passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: United Kingdom

Method of Application: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Newport

Date of Application: 31 October 2020
Date Identity Verified: 31 October 2020

Date Documents Sent: 02 November 2020
Date Documents Delivered: 03 November 2020
Date Document received status: 04 November 2020
Date application processing: 05 November 2020

Application Approved: 21 November 2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 23 November 2020

Date Passport/Doc Received: 26 November 2020
Passport Colour: Blue

I have come to the end of my journey, thank God. I wish all of you all the best

[iwich]

Passport for: Adult 1st passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: United Kingdom

Method of Application: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Newport

Date of Application: 16 November 2020
Date Identity Verified: 16 November 2020

Date Documents Sent: 17 November 2020
Date Documents Delivered: 18 November 2020
Date Document received status: 19 November 2020
Date application processing: 23 November 2020

Application Approved: 25 November 2020
Passport Printed and Sent: TBA

Date Passport/Doc Received: TBA
Passport Colour: TBA

[adubeys2020]

Passport for: Adult 1st passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: United Kingdom
Method of Application: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Peterborough
Date of Application: 14 November 2020
Date Identity Verified: 14 November 2020
Date Documents Sent: 15 November 2020
Date Documents Delivered: 17 November 2020
Date Document received status: 18 November 2020
Date application processing: 20 November 2020
Application Approved: 26 November 2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 26 November 2020
Date Passport/Doc Received: Pending
Passport Colour: Pending

[Yawboat]

Passport for: Adult/ first passport after naturalisation
Application Type: New
Applied from: United Kingdom
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 25/11/2020
Date application received by IPS: 25/11/2020
Date identity verified: 25/11/2020
Date documents posted : 26/11/2020
HMPO: Newport
Date of return of documents:
Date of Passport Receipt:

[JanisZiemelis]

Passport for: Adult 1st passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: United Kingdom
Method of Application: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Peterborough
Date of Application: 17 November 2020
Date Identity Verified: 17 November 2020
Date Documents Sent: 17 November 2020
Date Documents Delivered: 18 November 2020
Date Document received status: 19 November 2020
Date application processing: 23 November 2020
Application Approved: 23 November 2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 24 November 2020
Date Passport/Doc Received: 26 November 2020
Passport Colour: Blue

Whole thing done in just under 2 weeks, very impressed! My journey is now over, good luck everyone else!

[Roxen]

Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: online

Date of Online Application: 03/11/2020
Date Identity Verified: 04/11/2020
Date Documents Sent: 05/11/2020
Documents delivered to: HMPO Newport
Date Documents Received: 06/11/2020
Application being processed: 09/11/2020
Application Approved: 23/11/2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 24/11/2020
Date Passport Received: 26/11/2020
Passport Colour: Dark Blue
Date of Return of Documents: 25/11/2020

I would like to say thank you to everyone on this forum and all the members who helped everyone one, advised everyone and kept theirs patience high as I was waiting for this day since March 2020. This may be my last post on this forum but sometimes I may be reading other member's posts. Finally this 17 years of journey is over now. I wish all the very best to all the remaining members on this forum that their journeys will be over soon. Good Luck to everyone. Stay blessed.

[Lopand]

Passport for: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: United Kingdom
Method of Application: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Newport

Date of Application: 10 November 2020
Date Identity Verified: 10 November 2020
Date Documents Sent: 11 November 2020
Date Documents Delivered: 12 November 2020
Date Document received status: 12 November 2020
Date application processing: 16 November 2020
Application Approved: 27 November 2020
Passport Printed and Sent: Pending
Date Passport/Doc Received: Pending
Passport Colour: Pending

[Escaliber12]

Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Belfast
Date of Application: 21 November 2020
Date Identity Verified: 21 November 2020
Date Documents Sent: 23 November 2020
Date Documents Delivered: 25 November 2020
Date Documents Received Status updated: 25 November 2020
Application being processed: 26 November 2020
Application Approved:
Passport Printed and Sent:
Date Passport/Doc Received:
Passport Colour:

[mrduplicity]

Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Office: HMPO Peterborough

Online Application: 13/10/2020
Identity Verified: 15/10/2020 (paper form)
Documents Sent: 16/10/2020 Special Delivery next working day
Documents delivered and signed: 19/10/2020
Documents Received status: 21/10/2020
Application being processed: 21/10/2020
Application Approved: 16/11/2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 16/11/2020
Passport Received: 18/11/2020
Passport Colour: Blue/Almost black
Date of Return of Documents: 27/11/2020 (took a little more than a week for my documents to be returned to me for some reason, and my naturalisation certificate came back really bent )

I can't believe this 9 month journey is now over. Good luck to all and thank you to everyone on the forum!

[Yawboat]

Passport for: Adult/ first passport after naturalisation
Application Type: New
Applied from: United Kingdom
Method of application: Online
HMPO: Newport
Date of application: 25/11/2020
Date application received by IPS: 25/11/2020
Date identity verified: 25/11/2020
Date documents posted : 26/11/2020
Date documents received:27/11/2020
Date of return of documents:
Date of Passport Receipt:

[luckylucky7]

Extremely fast turn over of 4 days using the Urgent line!

Passport for: Adult 1st passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: United Kingdom
Method of Application: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Belfast
Date of Application: 24 November 2020
Date Identity Verified: 24 November 2020
Date Documents Sent: 24 November 2020
Urgent request made: 24 November 2020
Date Documents Delivered: 25 November 2020
Date Document received status: 25 November 2020
Date application processing: 26 November 2020
Request for urgent proof (requested and sent): 26 November 2020
Application Approved: 27 November 2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 27 November 2020
Date Passport/Doc Received: 28 November 2020
Passport Colour: Blue

I was expecting it to take around a week but they were amazingly quick!

[edu]

Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: online

Date of Online Application: 12/11/2020
Date Identity Verified: 13/11/2020
Documents delivered to: HMPO Peterborough
Date Documents Received: 17/11/2020
Application being processed: 18/11/2020
Application Approved: 24/11/2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 24/11/2020
Date Passport Received: 27/11/2020
Passport Colour: Dark Blue
Date of Return of Documents: Pending

[Rusland]

Type: First passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport office: HMPO Peterborough

Online Application: 04/10/2020
Identity Verified: 04/10/2020
Documents Sent: 05/10/2020
Documents delivered and signed as per Royal Mail: 06/10/2020
Date Documents Received Status: 07/10/2020
Application Being processed: 08/10/2020
Application Approved: 28/11/2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 28/11/2020
Date Passport/Doc Received:
Passport Colour:

It took about two months to get the application approved. After 8 weeks I decided to call HMPO and ask them about the delay. Finally, it seems that I will finally get the passport! I am a little bit surprised it took this long!
Now waiting the passport,

[Dorota01]

Passport for: Adult 1st passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: United Kingdom
Method of Application: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Belfast
Date of Application: 26 November 2020
Date Identity Verified: 27 November 2020
Date Documents Sent: 27 November 2020
Date Documents Delivered: Pending
Date Document received status: Pending
Date application processing: Pending
Application Approved: Pending
Passport Printed and Sent: Pending
Date Passport/Doc Received: Pending
Passport Colour: Pending