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Whether you’re eagerly waiting for your passport or planning to apply soon, this page offers valuable insights from others who have gone through the process.
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Every day, applicants like you share their passport application experiences on our site. They provide:
- Application Date: When they submitted their passport application.
- Receipt Date: When they received their new passport.
- Photo Method: How they obtained their passport photo (e.g., at home, pharmacy, professional service).
- Processing Office: The passport office or centre that handled their application so you can check to see how quick the agency you have been assigned is processing passports.
Additionally, applicants often share helpful tips and observations that can assist you in managing your application or understanding current processing trends.
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1st Adult Passport
Type of Application:
First UK Adult Passport
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Used a Photo-Me photo booth
Submission Date:
06-08-2025
Date Received:
22-08-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Passport printed 6:58am on 21 August 2025
Application approved 1:20pm on 20 August 2025
Documents received 2:09pm on 13 August 2025
Application received 2:31pm on 6 August 2025
Identity details received 2:31pm on 6 August 2025
Email sent to person confirming your identity 1:06pm on 6 August 2025
Ask someone to confirm your identity 1:03pm on 6 August 2025
Application submitted 1:03pm on 6 August 2025
Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
11-08-2025
Date Received:
21-08-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Photo background needed to be white (bathroom) not magnolia (house) so had to sit i empty bath, but the rest of the process was as smooth as could be. Would like a daily update email, or even an estimate of when they will get to it, but that is just a luxury.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
04-08-2025
Date Received:
20-08-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Very quick and easy. Delay in tracker showing it had been printed. But had Royal Mail tracking before it updated on tracker.
Passport printed 11:13pm on 19 August 2025
Application approved 12:34pm on 18 August 2025
Documents received 11:13am on 11 August 2025
Application received 7:59pm on 4 August 2025
Application submitted 7:58pm on 4 August 2025
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
06-08-2025
Date Received:
21-08-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Passport printed 7:23am on 20 August 2025
Application approved 7:09pm on 19 August 2025
Documents received 6:35pm on 12 August 2025
Application received 6:34pm on 6 August 2025
Posted expired passport early 7th August 2nd class.
Received new passport 21st August.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
06-08-2025
Date Received:
20-08-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Application submitted – 5:57pm on 6th August 2025
Application received – 5:58pm on 6th August 2025
Documents received – 9:53pm on 8th August 2025
Application approved – 9:18am on 18th August 2025
Passport printed – 3:14am on 19th August 2025
Passport received – 20th August 2025
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
09-08-2025
Date Received:
20-08-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
06-08-2025
Date Received:
21-08-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Used a Photo-Me photo booth
Submission Date:
08-08-2025
Date Received:
21-08-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
I had my photo taken in a photo booth and it gets sent straight to the passport office. You enter a code on your application and it loads.
I tried taking a photo myself but failed.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Used a Photo-Me photo booth
Submission Date:
10-08-2025
Date Received:
22-08-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Other DSLR camera, background edited using Photoshop
Submission Date:
08-08-2025
Date Received:
22-08-2025
Overall Experience:
Please Rate out of 5
Comments:
I was told that my old passport will arrive separately and could take up to 2 weeks to arrive.
“to bad if you have a visa in it, that you need”
Delivered Royal Mail Tracked 24 – 12:45pm on 22 August 2025
Passport printed – 1:23am on 21 August 2025
Application approved – 9:52am on 20 August 2025
Documents received – 9:04am on 13 August 2025
Delivered Corby DO – Monday 3:01pm on 11 August 2025
Sent Royal Mail Tracked 24
Royal Mail Collection (my home) – Saturday 11.47am on 9 August 2025
Application received – 8:33pm on 8 August 2025
Application submitted – 8:33pm on 8 August 2025
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
09-08-2025
Date Received:
23-08-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Have flights booked for the 1st sept was very stressful.was very quick but I wish I would have used fast track to save me the headache
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Other Selfie w/ DSLR camera, background edited using Photoshop
Submission Date:
08-08-2025
Date Received:
22-08-2025
Overall Experience:
Please Rate out of 5
Comments:
** update **
I was told that my old passport will arrive separately and could take up to 2 weeks to arrive.
“to bad if if you have a visa in it, that you need”
Pleased I paid the “extra fee (£5) for secure delivery to receive your old passport back sooner”
was despatched about ten hours after my new one.
Old passport was returned Royal Mail Tracked 24 – 12:07pm on 23 August 2025
Delivered Royal Mail Tracked 24 – 12:45pm on 22 August 2025
Sender has despatched item 09:19am on 21 August 2025
Passport printed – 1:23am on 21 August 2025
Application approved – 9:52am on 20 August 2025
Documents received – 9:04am on 13 August 2025
Delivered Corby DO – Monday 3:01pm on 11 August 2025
I sent it Royal Mail Tracked 24
Royal Mail Collection (my home) – Saturday 11.47am on 9 August 2025
Application received – 8:33pm on 8 August 2025
Application submitted – 8:33pm on 8 August 2025
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Used a Photo-Me photo booth
Submission Date:
08-08-2025
Date Received:
23-08-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
I think it might have taken slightly longer because I applied on a Friday evening after their offices had closed for the weekend.
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1st Child Passport
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
07-08-2025
Date Received:
21-08-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Very easy process. Was worried as we wanted to go away in September and realised we hadn’t sorted our child’s passport out.
Submitted and identify confirmed 7th August
Sent documents 8th August
Documents confirmed received 12th August
Application approved 19th August
Printed 20th August
Passport and documents delivered 21st August
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
10-08-2025
Date Received:
23-08-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Application history
Passport printed 1:23am on 22 August 2025
Application approved 9:10am on 21 August 2025
Documents received 7:01am on 14 August 2025
Application received 4:20pm on 10 August 2025
Identity details received 4:20pm on 10 August 2025
Email sent to person confirming your identity 4:06pm on 10 August 2025
Ask someone to confirm your identity 4:04pm on 10 August 2025
Application submitted 4:04pm on 10 August 2025
Type of Application:
First Child Passport
Passport Office:
Corby
Photo Method
Other Took it myself with professional camera
Submission Date:
05-08-2025
Date Received:
20-08-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Overseas Passport Application
Type of Application:
Adult Renewal (Overseas Application)
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Took it myself on my phone
Submission Date:
28-07-2025
Date Received:
14-08-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Excellent from start to finish from Spain:
Correos to UK tracking.
HMPO tracking.
DHL tracking.
All excellent!
Type of Application:
Adult Renewal (Overseas Application)
Passport Office:
Hemel Hempstead
Photo Method
Other Photo taken in a photo shop abroad
Submission Date:
05-08-2025
Date Received:
21-08-2025
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Submitted 5/8/2025
Old passport dox received 11/8/2025
Passport sent by DHL 20/8/2025 overseas address.
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