[beanw00]

Type: First adult passport – Automatic British citizen by UK birth (pre 1983)
Method: Online (overseas application, USA)
Passport Office: HMPO Durham
Online application submitted: 6:42pm on 6 January 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 6:42pm on 6 January 2022
Email sent for identity verification: 6:44pm on 6 January 2022
Identity verified: 9:19pm on 7 January 2022
Application received: 9:19pm on 7 January 2022
Documents sent: 1:59pm on 8 January 2022
Documents delivered: 9:07am on 11 January 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 7:49am on 12 January 2022
Application being processed 3:34pm on 12 January 2022
Application approved: 2:57pm on 1 March 2022
Passport printed and sent: 6:24pm on 2 March 2022
Tracking information received via text from DHL: 7:10am on 4 March 2022
Passport received: 7:40pm on 8 March 2022
Tracking information received via email from DHL: 5:05pm on 14 March 2022
Documents received: 6:12pm on 16 March 2022

This was a long, stressful journey, but I really appreciated the data points posted on this board and a couple other places I monitored to help me through it. I think having automatic citizenship made the application take longer as you don’t have the same level of “proof” of your citizenship as naturalisation (since you have an actual citizen certificate).

Additionally, I found the following information for DHL specifically for HMPO passport shipments: https://www.dhl.com/gb-en/home/our-divisions/global-forwarding/help-and-support/hmpo-delivery-services.html. If you go to the “How do I track my items?” section it will give you info about tracking via your application number. Both my waybill numbers eventually showed up here, but it was a touch slower than when I received the info directly from DHL. It’s a good option if you never receive info from DHL though.

Also, you can email liverpool@hmpo.gov.uk (regardless of where your passport was processed) to request your tracking information. You need to include your application number, name, date of birth, and address.

[beanw00]

Type: First adult passport – Automatic British citizen by UK birth (pre 1983)
Method: Online (overseas application, USA)
Passport Office: HMPO Durham
Online application submitted: 6:42pm on 6 January 2022
Ask someone to confirm your identity: 6:42pm on 6 January 2022
Email sent for identity verification: 6:44pm on 6 January 2022
Identity verified: 9:19pm on 7 January 2022
Application received: 9:19pm on 7 January 2022
Documents sent: 1:59pm on 8 January 2022
Documents delivered: 9:07am on 11 January 2022
Documents confirmed received by HMPO: 7:49am on 12 January 2022
Application being processed 3:34pm on 12 January 2022
Application approved: 2:57pm on 1 March 2022
Passport printed and sent: 6:24pm on 2 March 2022
Tracking information received via text from DHL: 7:10am on 4 March 2022
Passport received: 7:40pm on 8 March 2022
Tracking information received via email from DHL: 5:05pm on 14 March 2022
Documents received: 6:12pm on 16 March 2022

This was a long, stressful journey, but I really appreciated the data points posted on this board and a couple other places I monitored to help me through it.

Additionally, I found the following information for DHL specifically for HMPO passport shipments: https://www.dhl.com/gb-en/home/our-divisions/global-forwarding/help-and-support/hmpo-delivery-services.html. If you go to the “How do I track my items?” section it will give you info about tracking via your application number. Both my waybill numbers eventually showed up here, but it was a touch slower than when I received the info directly from DHL. It’s a good option if you never receive info from DHL though.

Also, you can email liverpool@hmpo.gov.uk (regardless of where your passport was processed) to request your tracking information. You need to include your application number, name, date of birth, and address.

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