UKM Registration and UK Passport is all achieved. Thank you to the site and the administrators and moderators for a great job.
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Australia

Type: First adult passport after registration as a citizen Method: Online from Australia Passport Office: HMPO Durham Online application submitted: 30/09/2021 Email sent for identity verification: 30/092021 Identity verified: 30/09/2021 Application received: 01/10/2021 Documents sent: 01/10/2021 (ne...

Type: First adult passport after registration as a citizen Method: Online from Australia Passport Office: HMPO Durham Online application submitted: 30/09/2021 Email sent for identity verification: 30/092021 Identity verified: 30/09/2021 Application received: 01/10/2021 Documents sent: 01/10/2021 (ne...

Eligibility criteria: UKM Mother YOB 1920 Me YOB 1947 Nationality: Australia Applying from: Australia Method of application: Online Date of application: 25Jan21 Date of acknowledgement by UKVI (by email): 29Jan21 Date of receipt by UKVI (confirmed by postal service): 04Feb21 Date of 1st email reques...

Eligibility criteria: UKM Mother YOB 1920 Me YOB 1947 Nationality: Australia Applying from: Australia Method of application: Online Date of application: 25Jan21 Date of acknowledgement by UKVI (by email): 29Jan21 Date of receipt by UKVI (confirmed by postal service): 04Feb21 Date of 1st email reques...

An interesting find. It appears that Commonwealth Citizens (including Australian) are NOT required to undertake Citizenship Ceremonies - would anyone like to comment (although Jeda in Perth had to do one) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file...

Eligibility criteria: UKM Mother YOB 1920 Me YOB 1947 Nationality: Australia Applying from: Australia Method of application: Online Date of application: 25Jan21 Date of acknowledgement by UKVI (by email): 29Jan21 Date of receipt by UKVI (confirmed by postal service): 04Feb21 Date of 1st email reques...

My biometric appointment went missing. I suspect that it ended up in spam and got autodeleted. I sent an email to the biometric mailbox who came to my rescue and sent out a new invite. Hopefully everything is back on track.
Moral: check your spam folder, frequently.

Applying 29th Jan 2021.

How long before they return Australian passports used as identity? (Not that we can go anywhere at the moment.