Recent UK Passport Applicant Timelines

● 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.

Old Passport received 14:45 on 02 September 2026 New Passport received 14:45 on 02 September 2026 Passport printed 11:01am on 28 August 2026 Application approved 8:14am on 28 August 2026 Documents received 8:31pm on 20 August 2026 Application received 11:10am on 19 August 2026 Application submitted 11:09am on 19 August 2026

Took longer as when made application it didn’t ask for identity to be done. When made the application I thought I had the passport but couldn’t find it so had to change it and report it lost.

Such a frustrating process. Not being able to talk to a human at HMPO made it worse. The best thing that happened was a lovely lady from HMPO gave me a call one night and we had a good conversation but that was a long time after I applied. They really need to look at their operational policies. So much of what was requested was unnecessary, illogical and their rejection of official documents was ridiculous, while placing more value on non-official supporting documents, some of which didn't exist. Expecting a person to have school reports, medical records from several decades ago is just crazy. I had to send three lots of docs to the UK at a huge expense. All up this cost me about $600. HMPO need to get much better at comms. Tell apicants what to send upfront instead of drawing out the process with multiple requests, causing significant delays, ever increasing costs for the applicant and a huge amount of stress. So much could be ironed out in a phone call at the start of the process. Yes there needs to be integrity in the passport process but there are many other ways in which to operate. Sending constant automated emails which can be intimidating is not good, especially when you're in a different part of the world and do not have the same accessibility to government services.

Passport printed 1:38pm on 17 August 2026 Application approved 9:20am on 17 August 2026 Documents received 3:33pm on 7 August 2026 Application received 4:29pm on 6 August 2026 Application submitted 4:28pm on 6 August 2026