Recent UK Passport Applicant Timelines

First adult passport after naturalisation. No interview. 11 days approval from docs received.

Do not know if it helped but got in touch through web chat after docs still not received a week after they were signed and status changed within a few minutes.

I am not sure if it helped but I got in touch through web chat after my documents were still not showing as received a week later, a few minutes later, the status changed to “documents received”.

passport received 18 July 2026 Passport printed 17 July 2026 Application approved 16 July 2026 Identity details received 16 July 2026 Email sent to person confirming your identity 16 July 2026 Person not eligible 16 July 2026 Documents received 7 July 2026 Application received 3 July 2026 Identity details received 3 July 2026 Email sent to person confirming your identity 3 July 2026 Ask someone to confirm your identity 3 July 2026 Application submitted 3 July 2026

Documents delivered on 10th but status changed to received on 15th

Amazing. Was great

HMPO was a mess, no meaningful communication, always template reply.

Photo copy of current passport was accepted. I applied as a naturalized citizen. No further questions asked.

Everything super clear

New passport received on 10 June 2026 Supporting documents received 9 June 2026 Passport printed on 8 June 2026 Application approved on 7 June 2026 I contacted the passport office by online chat to explain that my name was correct in the machine readable part of passport. 6 July 2026 I was told that my name in my foreign passport was wrong, and I must get the name changed in my foreign passport on 6 June 2026 Passport office acknowledged documents received on 1 June 2026 According to post office tracking, documents arrived at passport office on 26 May 2026 Application received on 21 May 2026 Identity details received on 21 May 2026 Email sent to person confirming your identity on 21 May 2026 Ask someone to confirm your identity on 21 May 2026 Application submitted on 21 May 2026

Don't sent documents on Fridays before Bank holidays. Also RM has to hold deliveries for Saturdays. It took then a week after RM stated delivered to be shown as received by HM PO, I asked in WebChat whether it is normal nothing was shown after a week. 5min after the chat the application tracker updated to received. Submitted: 20th May ID confirmed and documents sent off on 22nd of May Documents delivered on 26th of May Documents received on 2nd June Application approved 8th of June 4:35pm Passport printed 9th of June 4:11pm (no further update from now on in the app) Passport dispatched on 10th of June as per HM PO, using PEX number to check for tracking in RM stating delivery on 12th June Passport delivered around 11.30am on 11th (RM text received in the morning for the timeslot, this was the first message from RM, confirmed a 2nd time 2 hrs later before final text with delivery notification. I was still on a bus couple of hours frome home) Supporting documents supposed to be delivered on 13th of June, HM PO email received with tracking number on the 11th June at 4pm.

Very smooth, straightforward and quick process. However, HMPO used the thinnest possible envelope for returning my supporting documents and my Certificate of Naturalisation got crumpled. HMPO should be using hard backed envelopes for returning valuable documents.