British Passport Application Discussion from Timeline

[Derivaz]

passport application method:Post office c & s
Date of application : 23/10/2013
Receipt by passport office:25/10/2013
acknowledgement by IPS: 28/10/2013
Interview booked on: 29/10/2013(booked my interview before receiving my interview letter thats why it was so quick)
Supporting docs. received on: 30/10/2013
Interview date: 31/10/20139(attend in Luton rather than reading on 05/11/2013)
Passport received on: 04/11/2013(its already print out just waiting for courier to pick it up)

Sameer
Can you advise how to take interview appointment prior to letter
Thanks very much

By ringing the passport office and telling them your application reference number; which you get when you submit it at the post office

[mealos]

I sent my application on Tuesday the 29th of October via check and send. Still no text message of acknowledgement, nor HMPO was able to find and confirm that they have received such application when I asked by email and phone.

Should I panic?

[playboy78]

Date application was sent was 01st July 2013 (post office check and send)
Application sent to the Durham regional office
Date for my appointment 18th July 2013 Crawley Office
till today am still being told they are doing standard security check.
what can i do? have already ask my MP to write to them which she did. and they wrote her back that the check is necessary that i have to wait
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[Derivaz]

Date application was sent was 01st July 2013 (post office check and send)
Application sent to the Durham regional office
Date for my appointment 18th July 2013 Crawley Office
till today am still being told they are doing standard security check.
what can i do? have already ask my MP to write to them which she did. and they wrote her back that the check is necessary that i have to wait
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are you talking about the passport or the Citizenship application? if it's the passport it sounds like there is something wrong; it have never heard of any case that took so long!!

[playboy78]

its my first adult passport application

[Adam77]

Thanks Derivaz,

I think the IPS service is excellent. The interview was informal, and the lady was very chatty ( wanting to know more than they should though) lol. However, am glad the journey came to an end.

[Ayyubi72]

its my first adult passport application

Based on what? Naturalisation? or something else?

[Derivaz]

its my first adult passport application

4 months to get your passport??? that's very strange

[playboy78]

naturalization

[Derivaz]

Thanks Derivaz,

I think the IPS service is excellent. The interview was informal, and the lady was very chatty ( wanting to know more than they should though) lol. However, am glad the journey came to an end.

Getting a passport should be just a formality, it's a right you have as a citizen unless you have committed certain crimes; so shouldn't be a big deal

[Ayyubi72]

@ playboy78

Can you please post your query in a new thread under British Citizenship section.

Can mods/admin please move the posts to a new thread?

[Derivaz]

naturalization

Ah you mean your naturalisation / citizenship application is taking that long? or you are already British and have applied for a passport?

[Derivaz]

I sent my application on Tuesday the 29th of October via check and send. Still no text message of acknowledgement, nor HMPO was able to find and confirm that they have received such application when I asked by email and phone.

Should I panic?

did you use the royal mail track system to check if they received it? they can't say they didn't if they did; it can be tracked.

Have you got any more feedback on your application?

[forbc123]

I have posted my passport application using check and send, on 13-11-2013
I have no idea what so ever whether it reached passport office or not
I have got some tracking sticker given by post office but that implies that no postage has been made

Is it strange to expect an acknowledgement today, 16-11 for application posted using check and send on 13th?

any ideas please?

[Derivaz]

I have posted my passport application using check and send, on 13-11-2013
I have no idea what so ever whether it reached passport office or not
I have got some tracking sticker given by post office but that implies that no postage has been made

Is it strange to expect an acknowledgement today, 16-11 for application posted using check and send on 13th?

any ideas please?

you can check if they received it by using the royal mail tracking service

[forbc123]

I have posted my passport application using check and send, on 13-11-2013
I have no idea what so ever whether it reached passport office or not
I have got some tracking sticker given by post office but that implies that no postage has been made

Is it strange to expect an acknowledgement today, 16-11 for application posted using check and send on 13th?

any ideas please?

you can check if they received it by using the royal mail tracking service

thanks Derivaz - i got sms yesterday morning that HMPO received it...hope i receive my documents and interview letter soon

[tronca33]

Please can somebody confirm this information Unlike the Nationality team in the HO, the Passport Office doesn't accept GP as countersignatory if they have only known you as a patient.??Please.
I see that they charge 20 pounds for this service in my GP.
Someone use the GP FOR COUNTERSIGNATORY?

[Shondra Sharma]

Hello Forum!!! I am going to apply my child british passport. Just my child got a british citizenship who born and lived in uk for 10 years category (T). But In a passport application form in section 3 HAVE YOU HAD OR BEEN INCLUDED ANY SORT OF PASSPORT BEFORE? IF YES MUST PROVIDE ANY SORT OF PASSPORT YOU HAVE. But in my child case, she have a passport but her passport is in with UKBA, because when we applied flr(0) application, our application was refused and ukba hold our passports. How can I send my child passports to them? can they write and explain to them, or photocopy of passport is accepted. Please help me out. Thank you.

[Shondra Sharma]

How do we go for a fast track application(passport within a week)? do we ask in a post office?

[tronca33]

How do we go for a fast track application(passport within a week)? do we ask in a post office?

You cant do Fast track for first passport application....
I SEND my app.on Saturday waiting for confirmation.

[NicoleAmelie23]

hi hope somebody can help me. im applying for british passport and in section 5 they mule for place of issue. in my certificate it said" ISSUED ON THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE HOME OFFICE LONDON" shall i write in my application HOME OFFICE LONDON... and also with the countersignatory does it have to be professional? or i can just ask a british friend thanks

[imranbutt]

hi, can any one explain me British Passport application section 4, it has 4 blocks, which blocks i need to tick (X), do i only need to write my parents details and do i need write my grandparents details too in section 8.
thanks for help.

[newbie_t]

You don't have to tick any boxes.

You don't have to provide grandparents' details if you have acquired citizenship through naturalisation.

[imranbutt]

hi thanks for reply, but do i need to write my parents details in section 4 ? are no need either?