Another successful upgrade story, and I had properly lost faith.
I am due to fly tomorrow morning at 7am and was advised I could apply for the upgrade only last Thursday – but advised with two working days wait for a response and the bank holiday I might not make it.
I had given up all hope yesterday but received a call at midday from the upgrade team in Peterborough saying it could be done – I just had to collect from the London passport office today as there wasn’t enough time for it to be sent through the post.
After a bit of a wait (the passport had only been printed 30 minutes before I arrived so hadn’t made it’s way down to collections yet) I departed with my passport in hand. Still in shock to be honest! Keep the faith everyone.
Passport printed 12:22pm on 21 April 2022
Application approved 9:48am on 21 April 2022
Application being processed 3:50pm on 11 April 2022
Documents received 12:13pm on 14 March 2022
Application received 1:18pm on 2 March 2022
Application submitted 1:18pm on 2 March 2022