Mine is a lost/ stolen application which was submitted on 27th Feb and I’m stuck in ‘processing’ – we fly on the 31st. I spoke to HMPO twice this week, on Tuesday I was told renewals were taking 4 weeks from the day the application goes to processing – not the day you apply (very misleading!).
I’m pulling out my application on Monday when I go to the fast track appointment at 9.00am. From what I’ve been reading I have more chance of getting my fast track passport in 6 days than I am waiting for this normal application to go through processing.
I don’t have any documents to request back but they did tell me it’s taking around 2 weeks to get old passports back to people if you withdraw the application..