How long does it take to get a passport?
We crowd source data to provide you with average passport waiting times for all types of application. If you have applied for your passport and want to know how long it takes you can find all the answers on our PWT news pages. We provide a daily update with the latest average and comments are also open below.
When you do receive your passport please do submit your waiting time to us so you can be part of our crowd sourced average.
First Adult Passport : 44.12 days
First Adult Passport (With Interview): 59.32 days
Adult Renewal Passport: 20.54 days
First Child Passport: 33.03 days
Child Renewal Passport: 33.21 days
One Week Fast Track Passport: 6.08 days
Lost/Stolen Passport 54.40 days
First Adult Passport (overseas application): 62.63 days
Adult Renewal Passport (overseas application): 59.69 days
(Crowd sourced data for last 30 days)
You can view graphs which display how the average passport wait time has changed over time. To view click here
Child renewal 5/09/22 application on line
Received Documents 7/09/2022 Hemel Hempstead.
14/09/22 Approved
15/09/22 Printed
16/09/22 Received
Brilliant so fast and efficient.
That is quick, thanks for the info Linda.
Application sent: September 1, 2022
Passport/Supporting Docs sent: September 2, 2022
Docs Recieved (per Royal Mail): September 5, 2022
Docs Recieved per HMPO: September 6, 2022
Text Confirmation of Document Receipt: September 15, 2022.
What does 20 days mean? 20 from the date they received in their hands, in their system or they acknowledged it in a text message because each one of those is a different day!
Hi Martin, we calculate the average from the date the passport is submitted until the date the passport is received.
After being advised by email from the passport office that we could submit two applicaitions in one envleope that it what we did.
We are in Brisbane, Australia
2 x child first passports with all supporting documents in three envelopes ( 1 x common documents for both applications and 1 envelope each for the individual forms and documents within the main package).
Strangely we were notified that one application arrived on both 27/07 and 02/08 and the other arrib=ved on 28/07.
We are still waiting for anytihng further to happen. It is now 58 days since 27/08.
A bt disappointed and I hope they have not lost anything or have confused themselves.