sazzle
1. you can queue up in peterborough if you are on the liverpool upgrades team
(to reassure you i was in the belfast upgrades team queued up in victoria london HMPO where i later go my passport printed + collected from so it is very much possible)
2. you are travelling on the friday 22/07/2022 here is the steps you should take if you haven’t heard anything back 48hours before travel (don’t go earlier as they will likely send you back since they are swamped with work)
– wednesday 20/07/22 (this is 48hours before travel) morning —> go early to your nearest HMPO office with all flight evidence etc
– they will make you fill a form the will either print your passport that day or ask you to collect on thursday which is the next day
– thursday 21/07/22 if it wasn’t printed on wednesday they will ask you to collect today
– friday 22/07 — you travel
ik it seems like a close call since you receive passport 1 day before travel and that’s stressful but that’s how i did it