Recent UK Passport Applicant Timelines

The biggest delay was posting the documents from Netherlands to HMPO - Passport recevied 9 September 2026 Passport printed 4 September 2026 Application approved 4 September 2026 Documents received 3 September 2026 Documents signed for 26 August 2026 Documents posted 15 August 2026 Application received 14 August 2026 Identity details received 14 August 2026 Application submitted 13 August 2026

Received updates and reminders at every point, I applied for the standard turnaround and it came within a week. So impressed and grateful.

Documents sent on 21st August and received on 25th August. The process is very fast

Surprisingly it was very straight forward. We had all documents ready though and translated. The DHL service is very efficient .

No problems, good email updates at each stage of the process

● Passport recieved 4 September 2026 ● Passport printed 10:28am on 2 September 2026 ● Application approved 3:21pm on 1 September 2026 ● Documents received 8:45pm on 24 August 2026 ● Application received 6:38pm on 20 August 2026 ● Identity details received 6:38pm on 20 August 2026 ● Email sent to person confirming your identity 6:03pm on 20 August 2026 ● Ask someone to confirm your identity 12:07pm on 20 August 2026 ● Application submitted 12:07pm on 20 August 2026

Applied 30 Aug Old passport sent 1 Sept Old passport received 2 Sept Approved and printed 3 Sept Posted 4 Sept Received 5 Sept

[Delivered 5 September 2026] Passport printed 8:21am on 4 September 2026 Application approved 11:22am on 3 September 2026 Documents received 10:28pm on 25 August 2026 Application received 9:02am on 24 August 2026 Application submitted 9:02am on 24 August 2026

New passport received 10:14am on 5 September 2026 Passport printed 10:46am on 4 September 2026 Application approved 2:59pm on 3 September 2026 Documents received 9:28pm on 26 August 2026 Application received 11:55am on 23 August 2026 Application submitted 11:54am on 23 August 2026

It went super smooth, Sent by FEDEX on Friday 14th, they received them August 21st, Passport approved on Aug 28th and in my hands Sept 4th.

Old passport scanned on 29th July. I was told it was going through “standard checks” not additional documents were requested and was advised that the delay was due to an influx of applications in August.

Application history Passport printed 8:01am on 3 September 2026 Application approved 2:31pm on 2 September 2026 Documents received 8:00pm on 25 August 2026 Application received 10:11pm on 23 August 2026 Application submitted 10:10pm on 23 August 2026

Application history Passport printed 10:20am on 3 September 2026 Passport Received 12:30pm on 4 September 2026 Application approved 1:32pm on 2 September 2026 Documents received 2:07pm on 25 August 2026 Application received 11:27am on 19 August 2026 Identity details received 11:27am on 19 August 2026 Email sent to person confirming your identity 11:07am on 19 August 2026 Ask someone to confirm your identity 10:59am on 19 August 2026 Application submitted 10:59am on 19 August 2026

Application history Passport received 12:46pm 4 September 2026 Passport printed 8:03am on 3 September 2026 Application approved 5:17pm on 2 September 2026 Documents received 10:30pm on 25 August 2026 Application received 2:06pm on 21 August 2026 Application submitted 2:05pm on 21 August 2026

First adult application after naturalisation. 8 calendar days from application received (5 working days after confirmed royal mail delivery at Corby office) to update of 'documents received' and then approval 8 days after documents received.