Type: First adult passport - Automatic British citizen by UK birth (pre 1983)
Method: Online (overseas application, USA)
Passport Office: HMPO Durham
Online application submitted: 6:42pm on 6 January 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 6:42pm on 6 January 2022
Email sent for identity verification: 6:44pm on 6 January 2022
Identity verified: 9:19pm on 7 January 2022
Application received: 9:19pm on 7 January 2022
Documents sent: 1:59pm on 8 January 2022
Documents delivered: 9:07am on 11 January 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 7:49am on 12 January 2022
Application being processed 3:34pm on 12 January 2022
Application approved: 2:57pm on 1 March 2022
Passport printed and sent: 6:24pm on 2 March 2022
Tracking information received via text from DHL: 7:10am on 4 March 2022
Passport received: 7:40pm on 8 March 2022
Tracking information received via email from DHL: 5:05pm on 14 March 2022
Documents received: 6:12pm on 16 March 2022
This was a long, stressful journey, but I really appreciated the data points posted on this board and a couple other places I monitored to help me through it.
Additionally, I found the following information for DHL specifically for HMPO passport shipments:
https://www.dhl.com/gb-en/home/our-divi ... vices.html. If you go to the "How do I track my items?" section it will give you info about tracking via your application number. Both my waybill numbers eventually showed up here, but it was a touch slower than when I received the info directly from DHL. It's a good option if you never receive info from DHL though.
Also, you can email
liverpool@hmpo.gov.uk (regardless of where your passport was processed) to request your tracking information. You need to include your application number, name, date of birth, and address.
