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Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-11-18
Date Received:
2022-11-28
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2022-11-17
Date Received:
2022-11-28
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-11-21
Date Received:
2022-11-28
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Application approved 2 days after delivery of documents. Passport printed the next day. Received 7 days after posting (6 days after receipt of documents at Bootle).
Timely text and email progress reports.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-11-17
Date Received:
2022-11-28
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
HMPO kept me updated of its progress throughout. Really impressed.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2022-11-15
Date Received:
2022-11-28
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Very impressed by the timely updates on status to process, print and delivery.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Glasgow
Submission Date:
2022-11-03
Date Received:
2022-11-24
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Had to send documents to accompany passport application which delayed it a bit. Otherwise, no problem.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-11-03
Date Received:
2022-11-25
Overall Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Comments:
Had to send additional documents which may have slowed the process, otherwise easy.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Durham
Submission Date:
2022-07-04
Date Received:
2022-11-28
Overall Experience:
2 Star – Stressful
Comments:
It is very difficult to communicate with the passport in any meaningful way.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Passport Office:
Liverpool (Bootle)
Submission Date:
2022-11-05
Date Received:
2022-11-28
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Applied online, application approved soon after documents received, passport printed immediately after and dispatched. If not for the delay in receiving the documents the whole process could have taken about a week.
Child Renewal
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2022-11-19
Date Received:
2022-11-28
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Glasgow
Submission Date:
2022-11-13
Date Received:
2022-11-28
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Such a simple process for renewal. Also great to get feedback from other applicants in regards to issuing times. Ours was 15 days from application to delivery 🙂
Type of Application:
Child Renewal
Passport Office:
Not Sure
Submission Date:
2022-11-18
Date Received:
2022-11-28
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
Very quick. Passport arrived before dispatch note sent out!
Overseas Passport Application
Type of Application:
Adult Renewal (Overseas Application)
Passport Office:
Durham
Submission Date:
2022-11-09
Date Received:
2022-11-28
Overall Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Comments:
You have missed out child renewal International as an option.
I sent: child and fathers original birth certificates (she was born overseas), legal agreement giving her right to remain overseas (different country than she was born), utility bill, letter from school showing address, certified copies of mine and her fathers passport, my work permit. I did all of this so there was more than enough evidence.
I took the photo myself and uploaded to app.
Type of Application:
First UK Passport (Overseas Application)
Passport Office:
Durham
Submission Date:
2022-09-02
Date Received:
2022-11-28
Overall Experience:
3 Star – Average
