British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[ps1234]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 21 Nov
Email sent for identity verification: 21 Nov
Identity verified: 21 Nov
Application received: 21 Nov
Documents sent: 22 Nov (next day delivery)
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 28 Nov
Application approved: 10 Dec
Passport printed: 10 Dec
Passport received: 13 Dec
Documents received: 12 Jan

[habeeb05]

Passport for: Child's First Passport
Method of application: Online
Location of HMPO Office involved: Bootle
Date of application: 24/12/2021
Identity verified: 26/12/22
Documents sent: 29/12/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 31/12/22
Application approved: 11/01/2021
Passport printed: 11/01/2021
Date of passport receipt: 13/01/22

[francispai]

Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online Application: 30 November 2021
Identity email sent: 30 November 2021
Identity details verified and received: 2 December 2021
Application received:2 December 2021
Documents sent: 2 December 2021(next day delivery)
Documents delivered: 2 December 2021 as per royal mail tracking
Documents received: 8 December 2021
Application in Process: Waiting
Application approved: 18 December 2021
Passport printed and sent: 20 December 2021
Passport received: 21 December 2021
Documents received: 12 January 2022

[ziolnierz]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough
Online application submitted: 15/12/2021
Identity verified: 15/12/2021
Documents sent: 17/12/2021
Documents delivered: 20/12/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 21/12/2021
Application approved: 23/12/2021
Passport printed and sent: 23/12/2021
Passport received: 24/12/2021
Documents received: 18/01/2022

And they didn't bend my certificate

[Vladshin]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough
Online application submitted: 08/12/2021
Identity verified: 08/12/2021
Documents sent: 09/12/2021
Documents delivered: 10/12/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 15/12/2021
Application approved: 23/12/2021
Passport printed and sent: 24/12/2021
Passport received: 30/12/2021
Documents received: 18/01/22

[maddyb]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 26/12/2021
Identity verified: 26/12/2021
Documents sent: 29/12/2021
Documents delivered: 30/12/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 31/12/2021
Application approved: 06/01/2022
Passport printed: 07/01/2022
Passport received: 10/01/2022 (Note: Didn't receive any email from TNT or HMPO to track delivery. Luckily TNT tracking link was provided in Passport sent email where we can search our delivery using Post code and Application ref num)
Supporting docs received: 19/01/2022 (again no email received. We tracked on the same TNT tracking link used for passport delivery)

Thanks everyone for your support. This website is awesome and helps you a lot, BIG Thank you to the moderators of the website. Take care and good luck to all.

[Dillan Masvingo]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 18/01/2022
Identity verified: 18/01/2022
Documents sent: 19/01/2022
Documents delivered:
Documents confirmed received by HMPO:
Application approved:
Passport printed and sent:
Passport received:
Documents received:

[hobba2008]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough
Online application submitted: 19/01/2022
Identity verified: 19/01/2022
Documents sent: 20/01/2022
Documents delivered:
Documents confirmed received by HMPO:
Application approved:
Passport printed and sent:
Passport received:
Documents received:

[hobba2008]

My Wife
Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 19/01/2022
Identity verified: 19/01/2022
Documents sent: 20/01/2022
Documents delivered:
Documents confirmed received by HMPO:
Application approved:
Passport printed and sent:
Passport received:
Documents received:

[Brazos]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 11/01/2022
Identity verified: 11/01/2022
Documents sent: 11/01/2022
Documents delivered: 12/01/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 17/01/2022
Application approved:
Passport printed and sent:
Passport received:
Documents received:

[natic]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough
Online application submitted: 06/01/2022
Identity verified: 07/01/2022
Documents sent: 12/01/2022
Documents delivered: 13/01/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 19/01/2022
Application approved: Waiting
Passport printed and sent: Waiting
Passport received: Waiting

[iajus]

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

Application submitted: 14 December 2021
Identity details verified and received: 15 December 2021
Documents sent: 15 December 2021 (by Royal Mail signed for)
Documents delivered: 31 December 2021 (Christmas delays, I'm guessing)
Documents received: 4 January 2022
Application approved: 7 January 2022
Passport printed and sent: 10 January 2022
Passport received: 11 January 2022
Documents received: 18 January 2022

[Naboulkhair]

Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UAE
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle

Application submitted: 06 December 2021
Identity details verified and received: 06 December 2021
Documents sent: 07 December 2021
Documents delivered: 11 December 2021
Documents received: 15 December 2021
Application being processed: 15 December 2021
Application approved: waiting
Passport printed and sent: waiting
Passport received: waiting
Documents received: waiting

[Loly]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 05/01/2022
Identity verified: 05/01/2022
Documents sent: 05/01/2022
Documents delivered: 06/01/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 10/01/2022
Application approved: 14/01/2022
Passport printed: 14/01/2022
Passport received: 17/01/2022
Documents received: waiting

[e210696]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough
Online application submitted: 19/01/2022
Identity verified: 19/01/2022
Documents sent: 21/01/2022
Documents delivered:
Documents confirmed received by HMPO:
Application approved:
Passport printed and sent:
Passport received:
Documents received:

[dean255]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 03/12/2021
Email sent for identity verification: 03/12/2021
Identity verified: 03/12/2021
Application received: 03/12/2021
Documents sent: 04/12/2021 (next day signed for delivery)
Documents delivered: 07/12/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 10/12/2021
Email sent for identity verification: 18/12/2021 (Asked for a second referee. No comms on why. I used the same Referees as my naturalisation)
Identity verified: 20/12/2021
Application approved: 21/12/2021
Passport printed and sent: 21/12/2021
Passport received: 22/12/2021
Documents received: 17/01/2022

[joreilly]

Type: First Child passport after Registration
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 18/12/2021
Identity verified:
Documents sent: 21/12/2022
Documents delivered: 22/12/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 24/12/2022
Application approved: 30/12/2022
Passport printed and sent: 30/12/2022
Passport received: 05/01/2022
Documents received: 22/01/2022

[strong_and_stable]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport office: HMPO Bootle (Liverpool)

Online application submitted: 13 January 2022
Identity verified: 13 January 2022
Application received: 13 January 2022

Documents sent: 13 January 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 14 January 2022 (early AM)
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 24 January 2022 (early AM)

(10 days delay between document delivery and HMPO confirmation)

Application approved:
Passport printed and sent:
Passport received:

[kkkTier1]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 16/12/2021
Identity verified: 16/12/2021
Documents sent: 16/12/2021
Documents delivered: 20/12/2021
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 21/12/2021
Application approved: 30/12/2021
Passport printed and sent: 31/12/2021
Passport received 05/01/2022
Documents received: 25/01/2022

[qntnuk]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 04/01/2022
Identity verified: 04/01/2022
Documents sent: 04/01/2022
Documents delivered: 06/01/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 07/01/2022
Application approved: 11/01/2022
Passport printed and sent: 11/01/2022
Passport received: pending: 12/01/2022
Documents received: 20/01/2022

Less than 3 weeks in total!

[lucia12n]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Online Application submitted: 12:06pm on 31 December 2021
E-mail sent for identity verification: 12:11pm on 31 December 2021
Identity verified: 12:18pm on 31 December 2021
Application received: 12:19pm on 31 December 2021
Documents delivered: 06 January 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 10:26am on 13 January 2022
E-mail sent for identity verification: 2:52pm on 24 January 2022
Identity verified: 4:52pm on 24 January 2022
Application approved: 11:04am on 25 January 2022
Passport printed and sent: 2:06pm on 25 January 2022
Passport received: 08:40am on 26 January 2022
Documents received: Pending

[Joba]

Passport for: Child's First Passport
Application Type: Child born after ILR
Method of application: Online
Location of HMPO Office involved: Bootle
Date of application: 04/01/22
Identity verified: 04/01/22
Application received: 04/01/22
Documents sent: 05/01/22
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 07/01/22
Application approved: 10/01/22
Passport printed: 10/01/22
Date of passport receipt: 12/01/22
Date of return of documents: 21/01/22

[Brazos]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 11/01/2022
Identity verified: 11/01/2022
Documents sent: 11/01/2022
Documents delivered: 12/01/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 17/01/2022

Application on hold, ask someone to confirm your identity (2nd time): 21 Jan 2022 @ 09:28 am

Identity confirmed by same referee again: 21 Jan 2022 at 09:54 am
Application approved: 21 Jan 2022 at 10:08 am
Passport printed and sent: 21 Jan 2022 at 1412 hours.
Passport received: 26 Jan 2022
Documents received: Pending

Used same referee again and was accepted with approval minutes later.

I would like thanks once again the moderators and all the active members for their valuable advice.
Best of luck to those waiting.

[hobba2008]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough
Online application submitted: 19/01/2022
Identity verified: 19/01/2022
Documents sent: 20/01/2022
Documents delivered: 21/1/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 27/1/2022
Application approved:
Passport printed and sent:
Passport received:
Documents received:

[haji2021]

Type: First Adult passport
Method: Online
Passport Office: Glasgow
Online application submitted: 02/01/22
Identity verified: 02/01/22
Application received: 02/01/22
Documents sent: 04/01/22
Documents delivered:05/01/22
Documents confirmed received by HMPO:11/01/22
Application being processed: 17/01/22
Application approved:23/01/22
Passport printed and sent:24/01/22
Passport received:26/01/22
Documents received:26/01/22