Passport with examiner

Hi, I'm hoping there has been Passport progress for you and you have it now! How long was your passport at the 'With Examiner' stage? My daughters renewal has just gone into that state.... And we leave for a holiday in 1 week!! :-( I know every case is different, but I'd be interested in your timeline. thanks

I started application 16th feb and joined the processing queue / examiner queue on Monday 8th March. No further progress. I phoned today but it’s still waiting on examiner

i called today and was told same for my mrs application. Online tracking shows documents received on 2nd march and they said its with examiner since 3rd march. Her application went to liverpool and mine to bootle. I received my passport yesterday.

Sadly still haven't received it. It's awaiting examination now

Are you still waiting? Im freaking out too.. we fly on 29th March :-O Child renewal Application Submitted- 18th Feb Docs Received -7 March (I posted on 23rd Feb) Application being processed - 11th March

We’re having the same problems, we submitted my daughters first passport application on the 29th Jan and it’s been ‘being processed’ since the 25th February, I have made at least five calls and each time I’m told the same thing; it’s in its final stages of checking and will then be sent to print, we have had to cancel our trip to see family that we haven’t seen in 3years. I hope you have more success then us.

On 01/03/22 I started the process of 1 child new passport and 1 child renewal. I sent the link to my friend however the link did not work she received an error msg. I tried to resend but I kept receiving an error msg. I called the office and was told to wait for a call back. The call back took 10days. During this call I was asked to provide a cover letter to explain I have parental responsibility for my children. Provide documents such as old passport for renewal and birth certificate for new passport. I was also asked to complete countersigning which I explained I couldn’t do. They received and updated my documents on the system fairly quick. I called back again 3days later and they said I should go to post office complete only section 10 (countersigning) submit two photos. The following day they’ve update the status on 18/03/22 to say “currently being processed”. I called again and they said it’s with examiner. Once again the information the provided was incorrect. I should have been asked to complete a page 1 countersigning. Not one from a post office. I am really annoyed the application is being delayed because they can’t give me the right information in the first instance. Who knows how long it will be “processing” for and i fly 06/05/22

Mines been processing since 24th Feb with no further update.. every time I call they just say I have to wait the 10 weeks, so stressed :(

I applied on 3rd February and have been processing since 7th March. I have phoned twice over the last week and it's been waiting on an examiner both times I called.

hs99 - when did you apply for your passport? Ten weeks for me will be 14th April. So incredibly frustrating.

lisam1988 I applied on 14th Feb, my documents was recieved on 23rd Feb and its been processing since 24th Feb. It really is frustrating :( no one helps when you call either

Hello all, just wondering if any of you have had any luck with yours yet? I’ve applied for my daughters first child passport 26/01, docs received 21/02 and apparently is being looked at by an examiner since 24/03. Does anyone know how long this examination process can take? Need it for 4 weeks time😬

Hi all! Kind of wishing I didn’t discover this website and its fourm! Haha! Here’s my timeline for a replacement of a damaged passport after our dog decided to use it as a chew toy! Application submitted: 17 Feb 2022 Passport recieved at Peterborough (via Royal mail tracked): 18 Feb 2022 Documents Received: 28 Feb 2022 Documents sent to Durham: 3 March 2022 Application being processed/waiting for examiner: 11 March 2022 Our honeymoon is booked for the 16 May, so hoping we’ve got plenty of time. Just starting to worry, as i’ve never gone through the dreaded ‘application being processed’ wait. We got told the 10 week time scale start from when they recieved at Durham on the 3rd, adding essentially 2 weeks onto the wait. Would love to hear any sucess stories after going into the ‘processing’ stage!

@worriedgroom22 My application has been processing since 7th March after submitting my application on 3rd February. I have been told they can't do anything to help until 10 weeks after I submitted the application - nothing about that 10 weeks starting from when the office officially receive it - if I ever get that line I will not be accepting that. HMPO website does not give timescales for them marking documents as received so my 10 weeks is starting from the day I submitted the application.

lisam1988 & gracelay25 wow it took a long time for it to go to being with an examiner from you applying, have you called and asked for a call back from the processing team to answer why? I am currently awaiting a call back from them so I'll see if they actually call... what a waste of so many weeks waiting with it not doing anything on the system? I applied 14th Feb, documents recieved 23rd Feb then processing on 24th Feb with no further updates. Mines at Durham. Hope we get some answers soon. Worriedgroom22 everyone else I've spoken to say the same, they won't help until its 10 weeks from documents recieved which I don't think is very fair either. Good luck to you all

hs99 - I finally managed to get through to the customer service team who told me there is no need or point to speak to the progress team because they will just give me the same advice she is giving me now which is it can take up to 10 weeks. Really helpful! 🙄 Good luck everyone!

hs99 - I have spoken to someone twice and just had the exact same response both times. If there is no change from processing I will be phoning the day it enters week 9 and trying to get them to speed things along so that I get it within the 10 weeks!

I applied the 10th March went into processing 16th March, it’s still processing, I have rung many time when they tell me it’s in a queue, I rang today to be told it’s out of the queue and is now with the examiners work load waiting to be seen, don’t know if they telling me a load of rubbish just to get me off the phone 🤔

Mine applications have been for over 10 weeks and when I called them they said that 10 weeks is just an advise and it can take longer. I have asked for an escalation as it has been 10 weeks and the lady said that escalation is just a note to the examiner and it won't speed up the process. We have applied on 15th Feb and our applications have already been in 3 offices

Update my photo was rejected so had so send another, fingers crossed it’s ok

@passportwait, I think that might be a good sign actually...... Someone has actually looked at your application!

I really hope so 🤞🤞🤞🤞 I wonder if they needed more info, surly they would of asked the same time they rejected the photo, really hope it will just be approved now