Just back from a week in Gran Canaria. We ordered the passports (adult renewal and first child) and booked the holiday on 16th Feb when the average waiting time was 3 weeks. What a stressful 3 and a half weeks it was, looking at this site and Twitter non-stop trying to work out if they’d come on time, watching the waiting times increasing. Never doing that again and I sincerely feel for anyone in a similar situation reading this right now! Here were our journeys both for Liverpool, we got very lucky:
Adult renewal:
Picked up from TNT office on Friday 11th March, was meant for delivery Sat 12th but didn’t risk as flight was on Monday 14th morning
Passport printed 8:39pm on 7 March 2022
Application approved 11:28pm on 4 March 2022
Documents received 1:46pm on 28 February 2022
Application received 4:39pm on 16 February 2022
Application submitted 4:39pm on 16 February 2022
First child:
Passport received 10:52am on 10 March 2022
Passport printed 12:58pm on 8 March 2022
Application approved 1:43pm on 5 March 2022
New photo received 12:31pm on 5 March 2022
Photo rejected 12:17pm on 5 March 2022
Documents received 10:55am on 28 February 2022
Application received 5:07pm on 16 February 2022
Identity details received 5:07pm on 16 February 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 4:59pm on 16 February 2022
Email sent to person confirming your identity 4:20pm on 16 February 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity 4:07pm on 16 February 2022
Application submitted 4:07pm on 16 February 2022