British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[Rajux]

This is my friend passport timeline
Type: First British Adult Passport post naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 18th February 2022
Identity details received: 18 Feb 2022
Application received:19 Feb 2022
Documents sent : 28 Feb 2022
Documents received by HMPO: 8 March 2022
Applucation being processed 14 March 2022
Application approved: 16 May 2022
Thank you.

[CR001]

@apple222 - Please respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY thread and posts must be only timeline posts in the standard format. Any other posts that are not timelines will be removed.

[vfox]

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Application submitted: 21 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 21 March 2022
Identity details received: 21 March 2022
Application received: 21 March 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail: 23 March 2022
Documents received by HMPO: 4 April 2022
Application approved: 19 April 2022
Passport printed: Pending
Passport received: Pending
Documents received:Pending

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Application submitted: 21 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 21 March 2022
Identity details received: 21 March 2022
Application received: 21 March 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail: 23 March 2022
Documents received by HMPO: 4 April 2022
Application approved: 19 April 2022
Passport printed: 21 April 2022
Passport received: 26 April 2022
Documents received:Pending

Passport was delivered by DHL, not TNT.

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Application submitted: 21 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 21 March 2022
Identity details received: 21 March 2022
Application received: 21 March 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail: 23 March 2022
Documents received by HMPO: 4 April 2022
Application approved: 19 April 2022
Passport printed: 21 April 2022
Passport received: 26 April 2022
Documents received: 23 May 2022

Took almost a full month after my passport arrived for the documents to be returned. As with others, they came in a plain large envelope with no tracking.

[apple222]

Type: First adult British passport - after IRL
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Durham
Application submitted 7:13pm on 14 March 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 7:13pm on 14 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 8:54pm on 14 March 2022
Identity details received 9:07pm on 14 March 2022
Application received 9:07pm on 14 March 2022
Documents received 7:55am on 29 March 2022
Application being processed 4:27pm on 29 March 2022
Application approved 8:36am on 20 May 2022

Passport printed: 23 May 2022
Passport received: Pending
Documents received: Pending

[farrahs]

First adult passport application post naturalisation -
Office: Peterborough
Online application submitted: 13/03/2022
Identity verified: 13/03/2022
Documents sent: 14/03/2022
Documents delivered with Royal Mail: 15/03/2022 using RM Special Delivery
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: This is now updated to 21/4/2022 - taking SO LONG!!!! It's been a month since and HMPO still hasn't acknowledged receipt of my documents. I am starting to worry about my naturalisation certificate and my passport...!! Does anyone have similar experience?
Application being processed: 22/4/2022
Application approved: waiting
Passport printed and waiting
Passport received: waiting
Document received:

Call them a few times and they are not helpful at all....

[bex654]

Type: First British Adult Passport post naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 14 April 2022
Identity details received: 14 April 2022
Application received:14 April 2022
Documents sent : 14 April 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 19 April 2022 (due to bank holiday)
Documents received by HMPO: 28 April 2022
Application approved: waiting
Passport printed: waiting
Passport received: waiting
Documents received: waiting
It has been almost 4 weeks since they have received my docs.

[namviet]

Type: First adult British passport post naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Glasgow
Application submitted: 20 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 20 April 2022
Identity details received: 20 April 2022
Application received: 20 April 2022
Documents sent by Royal Mail (Signed For 1st Class): 20 April 2022
Documents delivered: 21 April 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 26 April 2022
Application being processed: N/A
Application approved: 19 May 2022
Passport printed: 21 May 2022
Passport received (delivered by TNT): 24 May 2022
Documents received: Pending

[Chocoicee]

Type: First adult British passport (naturalisation)
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 10/5/22
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 10/5/22-12:30
Identity details received : 10/5/22- 13:00
Application received: 10/5/22
Documents sent RM signed-for/tracked service:10/5/22
Documents received (text message):24/5/2022
Application approved: TBC
Passport printed: TBC
Passport received: TBC
Supporting docs: TBC

[Ncl01]

Type: First adult British passport after naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 11 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 12 May 2022
Identity details received: 12 May 2022
Application received: 12 May 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail: 13 May 2022
Documents received confirmed: 25 May 2022
Application approved: Pending
Passport printed: Pending
Passport received: Pending
Documents received: Pending

[FOCUS]

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 31 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 31 March 2022
Identity details received : 31 March 2022
Application received: 31 March 2022
Documents delivered by royalmail: 1st April 2022
Documents received: 12 April 2022
Application approved: 05 May 2022
Passport printed: 06 May 2022
Passport received: 09 May 2022
Documents received: Not Yet

Such a valuable Forum to every one , keep up all the great work Moderators . God Bless.

Documents received: 25/05/2022

Email received on 24/05 from Royal mail stating that they received my docs and will be delivered on 25/05

Called HMPO 23/05, but not much help, they were only saying the timings to get the doc back is 3-6 weeks now

[Meppdg]

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 19 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 20 April 2022
Identity details received : 20 April 2022
Application received: 20 April 2022
Documents delivered by royalmail: 25 April 2022
Documents received: 5 May 2022
Application approved: 23 May 2022
Passport printed: 25 May 2022
Passport received: pending
Documents received: pending

[ilikecookies]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 19/3/2022
Identity verified: 20/3/2022
Documents sent: 21/03/2022
Documents delivered by Royal mail: 22/03/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 4/04/2022
Application approved: 19/04/2022
Passport received: 22/04/2022
Documents received: 26/05/2022

Supporting documents finally returned, just over four weeks after new passport. Paid for special delivery, they came Royal Mail tracked but not signed for.

[Meena77x]

Type: First British Adult Passport post naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 11th May 2022
Identity details received: 11th May 2022
Application received:11th May 2022
Documents sent : 11th May 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 12th May 2022
Documents received by HMPO: 26th May 2022
Application approved: pending
Passport printed: pending
Passport received: pending
Documents received: pending

[apple222]

Type: First adult British passport - after IRL
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Durham
Application submitted 7:13pm on 14 March 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 7:13pm on 14 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 8:54pm on 14 March 2022
Identity details received 9:07pm on 14 March 2022
Application received 9:07pm on 14 March 2022
Documents received 7:55am on 29 March 2022
Application being processed 4:27pm on 29 March 2022
Application approved 8:36am on 20 May 2022

Passport printed: 23 May 2022
Passport received: Pending
Documents received: Pending

ype: First adult British passport - after IRL
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Durham
Application submitted 7:13pm on 14 March 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 7:13pm on 14 March 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 8:54pm on 14 March 2022
Identity details received 9:07pm on 14 March 2022
Application received 9:07pm on 14 March 2022
Documents received 7:55am on 29 March 2022
Application being processed 4:27pm on 29 March 2022
Application approved 8:36am on 20 May 2022

Passport printed: 23 May 2022
Passport received: 25 May 2022
Documents received: Pending

letter of request for returning my supporting doc. on 4 May 2022, but no actions at all, even chase by my MP, still waiting.....

[Rahimullah2022]

ype: First adult British passport - after IRL
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Glasgow
Application submitted 12 May 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 12 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 12 May 2022
Identity details received 12 May 2022
Application received 12 May 2022
Document submitted by Royal Mail: 12 May 2022
Documents received: 18 May 2022
Application being processed Pending
Application approved Pending

Passport printed: pending
Passport received: Pending
Documents received: Pending

Moderator Edit : Please do NOT post questions in the timeline only threads.

[forestgump]

Type: First adult British passport after naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough
Application submitted: 25 May 2022 at 06:17 am
Email sent to the person confirming your identity: 25 May 2022 at 08:15 am
Identity details received: 25 May 2022 at 09:35 am
Application received: 25 May 2022 at 09:35 am
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 27 May 2022 at 09:44 am
Documents received confirmed: pending
Application approved: pending
Passport printed: pending
Passport received: pending
Documents received: pending

[mona3003]

Type: First child passport application after successful registration as GBR national (MN1)
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Online
Application submitted: 26th April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 26th April, 25th may and 27th May. For some reason they sent 2 emails to verify identity.
Identity details received: 26th April, 25th and 27th May 2022
Application received: 26th April 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail April 2022
Documents received confirmed :28-April-2022
Application approved: Pending
Passport printed: Pending
Passport received: Pending
Documents received - Pending.

[mona3003]

Type: First child passport application after successful registration as GBR national (MN1)
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Online
Application submitted: 26th April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 26th April, 25th may and 27th May. For some reason they sent 2 emails to verify identity.
Identity details received: 26th April, 25th and 27th May 2022
Application received: 26th April 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail April 2022
Documents received confirmed :28-April-2022
Application approved: Pending
Passport printed: Pending
Passport received: Pending
Documents received - Pending.

Application history
Status Date
Email sent to person confirming your identity 8:07pm on 27 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 1:51pm on 27 May 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 9:29am on 27 May 2022
Identity details received 12:04am on 27 May 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 3:10pm on 26 May 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 12:25pm on 26 May 2022
Documents received 10:37am on 10 May 2022
Application received 7:40pm on 26 April 2022
Identity details received 7:40pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 7:26pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 7:22pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 7:20pm on 26 April 2022
Person not eligible 7:03pm on 26 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 6:58pm on 26 April 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 6:55pm on 26 April 2022
Application submitted 6:55pm on 26 April 2022

[zhishi]

Type: First adult British passport after naturalisation
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Durham
Application submitted: 26 March 2022
Email sent to the person confirming your identity: 26 March 2022
Identity details received: 26 March 2022
Application received: 26 March 2022
Documents delivered by royal mail: - NEVER (I sent the documents via secure tracked/signed delivery, but RM never confirmed that it was delivered. A week later I called RM and they explained that HMPO does not sign all deliveries as they are often received in bulk. I was a bit worried but decided not to panic and simply wait.)
Documents received confirmed by HMPO: 10 April 2022
Application approved: 27 April 2022
Passport printed: 29 April 2022
Passport received: 3 May 2022
Documents received: 28 May 2022

[kiss300]

First British passport post after naturalisation


Online application: 17/04/222
Confirmed identity: 17/04/22
Documents sent: 18/04/22
HMPO acknowledged received documents: 4/05/2022
Interview request email: 21/05/2022
Interview not needed after a call: 28/05/2022
Application approved: 28/05/2022
Passport printed :
Passport dispatched:
Passport received:
Documents received

[waldo3002]

Type: First Child Passport (overseas application from the UAE)
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Durham
Online application submitted: 11/03/2022
Email sent for identity verification: 12/03/2022
Identity verified: 12/03/2022
Application received: 12/03/2022
Documents sent: 13/03/2022
Documents delivered: 15/03/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 06/04/2022
Additional documents requested: 27/04/2022
Additional documents delivered: 03/05/2022
Application being processed: N/A
Application approved: 28/05/2022
Passport printed and sent: Pending
Passport received: Pending
Documents received: Pending

[Meppdg]

Type: First adult British passport
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Application submitted: 19 April 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 20 April 2022
Identity details received : 20 April 2022
Application received: 20 April 2022
Documents delivered by royalmail: 25 April 2022
Documents received: 5 May 2022
Application approved: 23 May 2022
Passport printed: 25 May 2022
Passport received: pending
Documents received: pending

Passport received: 26 May 2022

[JJones92]

Type: First Adult passport after naturalisation (T2G 5 years + 1 yr ILR Route)
I applied for a frequent traveler 50-page passport (Paid £90.50)
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 21 April 2022
Email sent for identity verification: 21 April 2022
Identity verified: 21 April 2022
Application received: 21 April 2022
Documents sent: 22 April 2022 (Royal Mail First class)
Documents delivered: 25 April 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 05 May 2022
Application approved: 25 May 2022
Passport printed: 26 May 2022
Passport received: 30 May 2022 (TNT) - received a message in the morning saying delivery is scheduled for today. Checked tracking which said they received passport on 28th May 2022 (Saturday).
Documents received: Pending

[syilmazer]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Liverpool Bootle
Online application submitted: 6 April 2022
Documents sent: 6 April 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 8 April 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 21 April 2022
Application approved: AWAITING
Passport printed: AWAITING
Passport sent: AWAITING
Passport received: AWAITING
Documents received: AWAITING

Absolutely frustrating to see so many other applications that had applied at least a week or two after you, at the same passport office but no updates for almost 2 months.

[edwarddong]

ype: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Liverpool Bootle
Online application submitted: 19 May 2022
Documents sent: 19 May 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 23 May 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 30 May 2022
Application approved: AWAITING
Passport printed: AWAITING
Passport sent: AWAITING
Passport received: AWAITING
Documents received: AWAITING