British Passport application processing timelines (only)

[lagg]

Passport after naturalization

Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 15 February 2022
Identity verified: 15 February 2022
Documents sent: 17 February 2022
Documents delivered: 18 February 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 27 February
Application approved: 13 March 2022
Passport printed: 19 March 2022
Passport received: Pending
Documents received: Pending

[Jeuk]

First Passport application for adult/child after Naturalisation/Registration

Passport Office: Bootle (but later it looks like our applications were transferred to Newport)

Application submitted: 15 January 2022
(6weeks before my child turned 16! - the advice is that one can apply for child’s passport until 3 wks before their 16th birthday)

Identity verified: 16 Jan
Application received:16 January 2022
Documents sent: 18 Jan
Documents delivered: 19 Jan (via RM next day guarantee)

Documents received: 2 February 2022 only after an enquiry call
Application being processed: 3 February 2022

Documents received: Adult received 3 March

On 7March , we received a letter requesting my child to declare the application for now “adult’s passport” and asking to pay more fee given the difference in the application fee between adult’s passport and child’s. All sent back and paid by 11March.

Documents received: Child received on 18March

Both sets were received with a memo stating
- your passport application is being processed
- the documents submitted have been noted and are enclosed.

Application approved: Pending (now counting 9weeks and 3days….. seriously. And i asked to please consider as we heard the news that my father is not very well and even my mother was in hospital for the last few days)

Passport printed: Pending
Passport received: Pending

I thought we set the record for naturalisation, which was approved amazongly quick. And i think our passport application at this rate would be one of the longest in the last few months……..

[DanaF]

First adult passport application post naturalisation -
Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 23/02/2022
Identity verified: 23/02/2022
Documents sent: 26/02/2022
Documents delivered with Royal Mail: 28/02/2022 at 07h38
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 14/03/2022 at 11h40
Application being processed: N/A
Application approved: 17/03/2022 at 15h39
Passport printed and sent: 22/03/2022 at 07h54
Passport received: Waiting
Document received: Waiting

And

Adult passport Renewal application -
Office: Durham
Online application submitted: 23/02/2022
Identity verified: 23/02/2022
Documents sent: 26/02/2022
Documents delivered with Royal Mail: 28/02/2022 at 09h34
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 13/03/2022 at 11h35
Application being processed: Waiting
Application approved: Waiting
Passport printed and sent: Waiting
Passport received: Waiting
Document received: Waiting

[DanaF]

First adult passport application post naturalisation -
Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 23/02/2022
Identity verified: 23/02/2022
Documents sent: 26/02/2022
Documents delivered with Royal Mail: 28/02/2022 at 07h38
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 14/03/2022 at 11h40
Application being processed: N/A
Application approved: 17/03/2022 at 15h39
Passport printed and sent: 22/03/2022 at 07h54
Passport received: Waiting
Document received: Waiting

And

Adult passport First adult passport application post naturalisation [correction]
Office: Durham
Online application submitted: 23/02/2022
Identity verified: 23/02/2022
Documents sent: 26/02/2022
Documents delivered with Royal Mail: 28/02/2022 at 09h34
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 13/03/2022 at 11h35
Application being processed: Waiting
Application approved: Waiting
Passport printed and sent: Waiting
Passport received: Waiting
Document received: Waiting

[CR001]

Please respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY thread and posts must be only timeline posts in the standard format. Any other posts that are not timelines will be removed.

[ozgexguner]

Type: 2 Adult + 2 Minor
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle - HPMO Durham
Online application submitted: 3:36pm on 8 March 2022
Email sent for identity verification: 1:18pm on 9 March 2022
Identity verified: : 9:04am on 10 March 2022
Application received: 9:05am on 10 March 2022
Documents sent: 10 March 2022 (1st Class, Signed, Tracked)
Documents delivered: 11 March 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: Still waiting as of 22nd March
Application being processed :
Application approved:
Passport printed and sent:
Passport received:
Documents received:

[AWMESTRIGE]

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

Online application submitted: 19/02/2022
Identity verified: 21/02/2022
Documents sent: 28/02/2022
Documents delivered: 01/03/2022 Royal Mail
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 16/03/2022
Application approved: Waiting
Passport printed and sent: Waiting
Passport received: Waiting
Documents received: Waiting

[Asad564]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 24/01/2022
Email sent for identity verification: 24/01/2022
Identity verified: 25/01/2022
Application received: 25/01/2022
Documents sent: 26/01/2022 (next day signed for delivery)
Documents delivered: 27/01/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 03/02/2022. Second time received via text 16/02/2022.
Application being processed 22/02/2022
Application approved: 15/03/2022
Passport printed: 17/03/2022
Passport received: 23/03/2022
Documents received: waiting
Finally approved.

[pistol242]

Type: First adult British passport (after naturalisation)
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Glasgow

Application submitted: 21/02/2022
Idenitity confirmed: 21/02/2022
Document sent: 21/02/2022
Document delivered: 22/02/2022
Document received by HMPO: 15/03/2022
Application processing: N/A
Application approved: 23/03/2022
Passport sent: waiting
Passport received: waiting
Supporting document received: waiting

[ablon]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 14 February 2022
Identity verified: 14 February 2022
Application received: 14 February 2022
Documents sent: 14 February 2022 (next day signed for delivery)
Documents delivered: 15 February 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 22 February 2022
Application approved: 4 March 2022
Passport printed and sent: 7 March 2022
Passport received: 9 March 2022 (via TNT , got text message and email regarding this delivery)
Documents received: 23 March 2022 (via Royal mail, got text message and email regarding this delivery)

[myouss]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 23/03/2022
Email sent for identity verification: 23/03/2022
Identity verified: 23/03/2022
Application received: 23/03/2022
Documents sent: 23/03/2022 (special delivery before 1pm)
Documents delivered: waiting
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: waiting
Application being processed: waiting
Application approved: waiting
Passport printed and sent: waiting
Passport received: waiting
Documents received: waiting

[dipo1234]

Type: First adult British passport (after naturalisation)
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle

Application submitted: 25/01/2022 17:15
Idenitity confirmation received by HMPO: 25/01/2022 17:28
Document sent: 25/01/2022
Document delivered: 27/01/2022
Document received by HMPO: 04/02/2022 10:25
Application processing: N/A
Photo rejected: 24/02/2022 19:11
New photo received: 24/02/2022 20:04
Application approved: 25/02/2022 09:07
Passport printed: 28/02/2022 09:38
Passport sent: 28/02/2022 (Received text at 09:42)
Passport failed attempted delivery: 01/03/2022 (Received text at 15:30)
Passport re-delivered: 02/03/2022
Supporting documents received: 24/02/2022

[nick123999]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 22/02/2022
Identity verified: 27/02/2022
Documents sent: 01/03/2022
Documents delivered by Royal mail: 02/03/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: Waiting
Application approved: waiting
Passport printed and sent: waiting
Passport received: waiting
Documents received: waiting

Was hoping for a 4 week turnaround as we are moving on the 9th April. Still hoping to get the passport back before the move but getting the supporting documents sent to another address is going to be a nightmare

Update

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 22/02/2022
Identity verified: 27/02/2022
Documents sent: 01/03/2022
Documents delivered by Royal mail: 02/03/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 15/03/2022
Application approved: 23/03/2022
Passport printed and sent: 24/03/2022
Passport received: waiting
Documents received: waiting

Passport should arrive in the next few days... email says supporting documents within 2 weeks. We leave this place on 9th April - tight, very tight! - we have paid for secure delivery for the supporting documents, don't know if that makes a difference?

[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 being processed: 08/02/2022
Application approved: Sunday 6/3/2022 (eventually)
Passport printed and sent: 8/3/2022
Passport received: 9/3/2022
Documents received: 24/3/2022 (my wife who shares similar timeline, received her documents and passport on the same day (9/3/22!)

Final leg of this long journey. My supporting docs arrived literally 2 weeks after I received the passport. This forum is amazing, it supported me on every leg of my immigration journey. HMPO is the most incompetent dept I have ever dealt with!

[booman2]

Hey everyone! here's my timeline.

Type: First adult British passport (after naturalisation)
Mode: Online
Passport Office: Bootle

- Application submitted: 3:58pm on 8 March 2022
- Ask someone to confirm your identity: 3:58pm on 8 March 2022
- Email sent to person confirming your identity: 4:04pm on 8 March 2022
- Identity details received: 9:47pm on 8 March 2022
- Application received: 9:48pm on 8 March 2022
- Documents sent: 1:09pm on 9 March 2022
- Document delivered: 24 March 2022 Update: RM tracking says it's still at Warrington MC. But HMPO have confirmed receipt.
- Document received by HMPO: 11:14am on 24 March 2022
- Application processing: Pending
- Application approved: Pending
- Passport sent: Pending
- Passport received: Pending
- Supporting document received: Pending

[metropolis2022]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Glasgow
Online application submitted: 07/02/2022
Identity verified: 07/02/2022
Application received: 07/02/2022
Documents sent: 07/02/2022 (Special Delivery by 1pm)
Documents delivered: 08/02/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 12/02/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO (2nd email and text): 22/02/2022
Application being processed: 23/02/2022 (no notification but shows on online tracker)
Application approved: 15/03/2022
Passport printed and sent: 17/03/2022
Passport received: 18/03/2022 (via TNT, no prior email/text from TNT but could track using application ref)
Documents received: 24/03/2022 (via TNT, with text and email notification in the morning)

[Asad564]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 24/01/2022
Email sent for identity verification: 24/01/2022
Identity verified: 25/01/2022
Application received: 25/01/2022
Documents sent: 26/01/2022 (next day signed for delivery)
Documents delivered: 27/01/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 03/02/2022. Second time received via text 16/02/2022.
Application being processed 22/02/2022
Application approved: 15/03/2022
Passport printed: 17/03/2022
Passport received: 23/03/2022
Documents received: 24/03/2022
Finally immigration journey is over.

[Singh_harv]

First adult passport application post naturalisation -
Office: Liverpool
Online application submitted: 16/02/2022
Identity verified: 16/02/2022
Documents sent: 16/02/2022
Documents delivered with Royal Mail: 18/02/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 2nd March
Application being processed: Not yet
Application approved: 24 March 6:24pm
Passport printed and sent: Not yet
Passport received: Not yet
Document received: 23

And

Adult passport Renewal application -
Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 16/02/2022
Identity verified: 16/02/2022
Documents sent: 16/02/2022
Documents delivered with Royal Mail: 18/02/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 25/02/2022
Application being processed: Not Applicable
Application approved: 04 March
Passport printed and sent: 7th March
Passport received: 10th March
Document received: 23rd March

[ozgexguner]

Type: 2 Adult + 2 Minor
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle - HPMO Durham
Online application submitted: 3:36pm on 8 March 2022
Email sent for identity verification: 1:18pm on 9 March 2022
Identity verified: : 9:04am on 10 March 2022
Application received: 9:05am on 10 March 2022
Documents sent: 10 March 2022 (1st Class, Signed, Tracked)
Documents delivered: 11th March 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 25th March 2022
Application being processed :
Application approved:
Passport printed and sent:
Passport received:
Documents received:

[diegosr]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle (Liverpool)
Online application submitted: 09/02/2022
Identity verified: 09/02/2022
Documents sent: 09/02/2022
Documents delivered: 10/02/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 17/02/2022
Application approved: 28/02/2022
Passport printed and sent: 01/03/2022
Passport received: 03/03/2022
Documents received: Pending

Documents received: 25/03/2022: Cert of naturalisation badly creased , in bland envelope and without the plastic protection bag I had sent it in.

[lagg]

Passport after naturalization

Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 15 February 2022
Identity verified: 15 February 2022
Documents sent: 17 February 2022
Documents delivered: 18 February 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 27 February
Application approved: 13 March 2022
Passport printed: 19 March 2022
Passport received: 21 March
Documents received: Pending

[baji15]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 17/02/2022
Email sent for identity verification: 17/02/2022
Identity verified: 17/02/2022
Application received: 17/02/2022
Documents sent:17/02/2022 (next day signed for delivery)
Documents delivered: 18/02/2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 27/02/2022.
Application being processed : NA
Application approved: 05/03/2022
Passport printed and sent: 08/03/2022
Passport received: 09/03/2022
Documents received: 26/03/2022

Thanks a lot for all the help and support. Good luck for the all.

[ezroda]

Type: First Adult passport after Naturalisation
Method: Online
Passport Office: Bootle
Online application submitted: 21 February 2022
Identity verified: 22 February 2022
Documents sent: 23 February 2022
Documents delivered: 24 February 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 5 March 2022
Application approved: 11 March 2022 1:28am
Passport printed and sent: 14 March 2022 08:50am
Passport received: 18 March 2022 14:30
Documents received: 26 March 2022 08:30 - creased

Roger and OUT!

[tier1entrepreneur-AA]

Type: First adult passport after naturalisation

Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle
Online application submitted: 15/03/2022
Email sent for identity verification: 15/03/2022
Identity verified: 15/03/2022
Application received: 15/03/2022
Documents sent:15/03/2022 (next day signed for delivery)
Documents delivered: 16/03/2022

Documents confirmed received by HMPO: pending ???
Application being processed: pending
Application approved: pending
Passport printed and sent: pending
Passport received: pending
Documents received: pending

[mesn]

Type: 3 Passports after Naturalization/ Registration - 1 Adult [Self], 1 Adult [Wife], 1 Child
Method: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Bootle [Same for all 3]
Online application submitted: 10/03/22 [Same for all 3]
Email sent for identity verification: 10/03/22 [Same for all 3]
Identity verified: 10/03/22 [Same for all 3]
Application received: 10/03/22 [Same for all 3]
Documents sent: 11/03/22 [Same for all 3]
Documents delivered: 14/03/22 [Same for all 3]
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: Pending, 28/03/22, Pending
Application being processed: Pending
Application approved: Pending
Passport printed and sent: Pending
Passport received: Pending
Documents received: Pending

For everyone getting nervous, looks like 2-3 weeks is the normal wait time to confirm documents.