Reply To: ‘Application approved’ vs ‘Application being processed’ – when do you know? Home › Forums › General Passport Application Discussion › ‘Application approved’ vs ‘Application being processed’ – when do you know? › Reply To: ‘Application approved’ vs ‘Application being processed’ – when do you know? May 23, 2022 at 3:48 pm #15997 thirshopeParticipant My wives passport took 17 days in total from Durham Mine took 23 days from Peterborough as they said I may have spelt my own surname wrong!!!! had to send birth certificate but even with that, 23 days till passport in hand.