Historical waiting times
1st Child Passport Waiting Times Over Time
Looking to apply for a first child passport? This graph shows how the average waiting time has changed over time and whether processing is speeding up or slowing down.
Current average
Current average
15 days
Latest published
7 August 2026
Change from previous
Unchanged from previous
Average waiting time over time
Averages are based on crowd-sourced applicant timelines. Individual applications can be faster or slower than the average.
What this graph shows
The line shows the published average waiting time in calendar days for 1st child passport applications. Historical points come from the site’s archived weekly average exports; newer points continue automatically from the platform’s published wait statistics after that historical period ends.
Averages are crowd-sourced from applicant timelines submitted to Passport Waiting Time. They are a guide to typical processing times — not a guarantee for any individual application.