British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[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

[lequynhmai]

Type: First Adult passport
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 05/01/22
Identity verified: 06/01/22
Application received: 06/01/22
Documents received: 11/01/22
Application approved: 22/01/22
Passport printed and sent: 24/01/22
Passport delivered: 25/01/22
Original Documents received: [Waiting]

A 12-year journey leads to today! Thank you everyone for your insight and help!

[Subha100]

Type: First Adult passport
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 15/01/22
Identity verified: 15/01/22
Application received: 15/01/22
Documents send : 15/01/22
Documents received: [Waiting]
Application approved: [Waiting]
Passport printed and sent: [Waiting]
Passport delivered: [Waiting]
Original Documents received: [Waiting]

No news yet doc recived confrimation,tough RM says delivered .

[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: 24/01/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 31/01/2022
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 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: 31 Jan 2022

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.

Supporting documents received back today through TNT (had paid extra for return of supporting via secure delivery). Took 20 days from the date of application to receiving back the supporting documents.

[ATADP]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Online Application submitted: 1341 on 31 January 2022.
E-mail sent for identity verification: 1344 on 31 January 2022
Identity verified: 1940 on 31 January 2022
Application received: 1955 on 31 January 2022
Documents delivered: 1 February 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: Pending
E-mail sent for identity verification: 1940 31 January 2022
Identity verified: 1955 31 January 2022
Application approved: Pending
Passport printed and sent: Pending
Passport received: Pending
Documents received: Pending

[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: 31/01/2022
Passport printed and sent: 01/02/2022
Passport received: Waiting
Document received: Waiting

[vaa]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 16/01/2022
Identity verified: 16/01/2022
Documents sent: 17/01/2022
Documents delivered: 18/01/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 25/01/2022
Application approved: Waiting
Passport printed and sent: Waiting
Passport received: Waiting
Documents received: Waiting

[faizanminhas2012]

Type: First adult passport after nuterluzation
Method: online
Passport office: Bootle
Application submitted: 12/01/2022
Identity confirmed: 13/01/2022
Application received:13/01/2022
Document delivered:17/01/2022
Document confirmed received:21/01/2022
Application approved: 01/02/2022
Application was approved 10:00 PM at night
I think they are working late night
Passport printed and sent: 02/02/2022
Passport received: 03/02/2022

End of 11.5 years wait good luck to everyone

[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)

(Another 10 days later: Received a second 'documents received' email and text on 03 February )

Application approved:
Passport printed and sent:
Passport received:

[Garth1989]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Online Application submitted: 11th January 2022
E-mail sent for identity verification: 11th January 2022
Identity verified: 11th January 2022
Application received: 11th January 2022
Documents delivered: 15th January 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 17th January 2022
Application approved: 26th January 2022
Passport printed and sent: 26th January 2022
Passport received: 31th January 2022
Documents received: 4th February 2022

3.5 weeks from beginning to end. Glad this Journey is over for me, all the best to those still waiting.

[mznstr]

Type: First Adult Passport After Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport office: Peterborough HMPO
Application submitted: 12/01/2022
Identity confirmed: 12/01/2022
Application received: 12/01/2022
Document delivered: 17/01/2022
Document confirmed received: 20/01/2022
Application approved: 05/02/2022 (Saturday)
Passport printed and sent: 07/02/2022
Passport received: 08/02/2022

I paid extra for secure delivery and the passport was simply dropped into my letter box and I didn't have to sign anything as I was not at home.

[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)
Documents confirmed received by HMPO (second time): 03 February 2022 (early AM)
Application being processed: 04 February 2022 (midday)

Seems likely my documents were transferred to a different passport office for some reason
Not sure what's going on in Bootle...

Application approved:
Passport printed and sent:
Passport received:

[waqas40581]

Type: First Adult Passport After Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport office: Peterborough HMPO
Application submitted: 12/01/2022
Identity confirmed: 12/01/2022
Application received: 12/01/2022
Document delivered: 17/01/2022
Document confirmed received: 18/01/2022
Application approved: 09/02/2022
Passport printed and sent: waiting
Passport received:

[kumar84]

Type: First adult + 2 Minor passports after naturalisation/Registration
Method: Online
Passport office: HMPO Bootle (Liverpool)

Online application submitted: 18 January 2022
Identity verified: 19 January 2022
Application received: 19 January 2022
Documents sent(all 3 in single post): 19 January 2022
Documents delivered by Royal Mail: 21 January 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO

• Children : 28 January 2022

• Adult : 31 January 2022

Application approved:

• 1 Child : 4 February

• 1 Adult : 8 February

Documents confirmed received by HMPO (second time): 08 February 2022
Application being processed: 09 February 2022 (midday)

Application approved:

[adogah]

Type: First Adult Passport After Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport office: HMPO Bootle
Application submitted: 30/01/2022 at 2:38pm
Identity confirmed: 30/01/2022 at 4:33pm
Application received: 30/01/2022 at 4:33pm
Documents delivered by Special Delivery: 01/02/2022 at 9:12am
Documents confirmed received: Pending
Application approved: Pending
Passport printed and sent: Pending
Passport received: Pending
Supporting documents received: Pending

[berege]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Peterborough

Online application submitted: 18/01/2022
Identity verified: 19/01/2022
Application received: 19/01/2022
Documents sent: 20/01/2022
Documents delivered: 21/01/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 27/01/2022
Application being processed: 09/02/2022

Application approved: pending
Passport printed and sent: pending
Passport received: pending
Documents received: pending

[uk_2020]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle (Liverpool)

Online application submitted: 25/01/2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity: 25/01/2022 (soon after I accidentally pressed paper form for identity which was irreversible)
Use paper form to confirm identity: 25/01/2022
Documents sent: 26/01/2022
Documents delivered (signed and tracked): 27/01/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: Pending (been 2 weeks since docs were delivered)
Application being processed: Pending

Application approved: pending
Passport printed and sent: pending
Passport received: pending
Documents received: pending

[fagyare]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Durham
Online application submitted: 26/01/2022
Identity verified: 26/01/2022
Documents sent: 27/01/2022 via Special delivery post.
Documents delivered: 28/01/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 07/02/2022
Application approved: pending
Passport printed and sent: pending
Passport received: pending:
Documents received: pending

[cerrahpasalilar]

Type: Renewing passport
Method: Online
Location of HMPO Office involved: Durham
Application submitted: on 19 January 2022
Application received: on 19 January 2022
Document sent: on 19 January 2022
Document received: on 20 January 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: on 26 January 2022
I did not initially send my foreign passport (dual citizenship) but it was a requirement by HMPO to check if my name is same in the foreign passport
Additional document (foreign passport) requested by HMPO: on 2 February
Additional document (foreign passport) sent: on 2 February
Additional document (foreign passport) received: on 3 February
Application approved: on 8 February 2022
Passport printed and sent: on 9 February 2022
New Passport received: on 10 February 2022

[ATADP]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Online Application submitted: 1341 on 31 January 2022.
E-mail sent for identity verification: 1344 on 31 January 2022
Identity verified: 1940 on 31 January 2022
Application received: 1955 on 31 January 2022
Documents delivered: 1 February 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: Pending
E-mail sent for identity verification: 1940 31 January 2022
Identity verified: 1955 31 January 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 1348 10 February 2022
Application approved: Pending
Passport printed and sent: Pending
Passport received: Pending
Documents received: Pending

[tdd23]

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

Online application submitted: 18/01/2022
Email sent for identity verification: 19/01/2022
Identity verified: 19/01/2022
Application received: 19/01/2022
Documents sent: 20/01/2022 (next day signed for delivery)
Documents delivered: 21/01/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 28/01/2022 (Website tracking does state that documents may have been received but it's not updated. The warning should be updated to say this step can cause anxiety )

Application approved: 08/02/2022
Passport printed and sent: 09/02/2022
Passport received: 10/02/2022
Documents received: pending

[Subha100]

Type: First Adult passport
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 15/01/22
Identity verified: 15/01/22
Application received: 15/01/22
Documents send : 15/01/22
Documents received: 02/02/22
Application approved: 07/02
Passport printed and sent: 07/02
Passport delivered: not able to track
Original Documents received: [Waiting]

[polyana]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Glasgow
Online application submitted: 18/01/2022
Identity verified: 18/01/2022
Documents sent: 18/01/2022
Documents delivered: 19/01/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 25/01/2022
Application approved: 02/02/2022 at 7.52pm
Passport printed and sent: 03/02/2022 at 6.10pm
Passport received: 07/02/2022
Documents received: 11/02/2022

[hilal]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 22/01/2022
Identity verified: 22/01/2022
Documents sent: 24/01/2022
Documents delivered: 26/01/2022 (1st Class Signed For)
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 02/02/2022
Application approved: 11/02/2022
Passport printed and sent: pending
Passport received: pending:
Documents received: pending

So 21 calendar days from application submission to approval (but yet to be printed and delivered)