I'm 100% sure as of the last few months, even if submitting at London counter or via passport express in Glasgow or Liverpool offices would be a min of 65 working days, and as it is coming into the summer months I would expect that to go outwards past 70 working days, priority is given to renewals ...

I used the Glasgow Passport Express Service, and I received my passport in around 15 working days following submitting my application.

Having read Tomriddle's post above and checking the Embassy website in the UK, it does seem like using Passport Express from the UK is not viable for 1st time applicants - or it may just amount to a fast postal service rather than any form of real processing expedition. From previous reading of oth...

A wee update for me today- my online passport tracker has now reached in the end of the progress bar, and my application is now apparently complete and has been dispatched. My updated timelines are as follows:- FBR TIMELINE: Application and Supporting Documents sent to Edinburgh Consulate: 09 May 20...

Irish Passport application form the UK seems to be taking the full 48 working days, for me anyway. Applied on -9th Feb 2019 Application received - 14th Feb 2019. Estimated delievery date on tracker - 13th March Still haven’t received it yet. Probably will be near the end of April hopefully. I think...

Update for me today. I contacted the FBR office and was advised that my certificate has been printed, but to expect it “soon” due to a backlog. That’s been the first substantive response that I’ve received since submitting my application in early May 2018. Coincidentally, after contacting the FBR o...

Update for me today.

I contacted the FBR office and was advised that my certificate has been printed, but to expect it “soon” due to a backlog.

That’s been the first substantive response that I’ve received since submitting my application in early May 2018.

Here’s my timeline: Application and Supporting Documents sent to Edinburgh Consulate: 09 May 2018 Email from Consulate requesting additional documentation: 16 May 2018 Additional documentation sent to Consulate: 23 May 2018 Congratulations email: Pending FBR certificate Printed: Pending Receipt of r...

Hi all, I am longtime lurker on here, but just wanted to sign up to the forum in order to share my experience with the FBR process so far. I submitted my FBR application to the Edinburgh consulate at the start of May 2018. Since then, I have contacted the consulate only on a handful of occasions in ...