Recent UK Passport Applicant Timelines

Very stressful to send important and very expensive and hard to replace documents such as naturalisation certificates by post. Would be much better if the whole process was done with in person appointments like in my home country where it's done to the police passport local department and it takes a week to collect from the station with no risk of anything getting lost by post.

First adult passport, applied day after getting naturalisation. Passport printed 7:54pm on 4 June 2026 Application approved 11:25am on 4 June 2026 Documents received 11:07am on 28 May 2026 Application received 5:26pm on 20 May 2026 Identity details received 5:26pm on 20 May 2026 Email sent to person confirming your identity 3:48pm on 19 May 2026 Ask someone to confirm your identity 3:37pm on 19 May 2026 Application submitted 3:37pm on 19 May 2026

Application submitted: 1st of May Documents sent: 10th of May Documents signed for: 11th of May Documents received: 15th of May Application approved: 4th of June Passport printed: 5th of June (early morning) Passport delivered: 6th of June

Passport printed 1:43pm on 18 May 2026 Application approved 12:17pm on 16 May 2026 Documents received 10:14pm on 8 May 2026 Application received 5:21pm on 6 May 2026 Identity details received 5:21pm on 6 May 2026 Email sent to person confirming your identity 4:30pm on 6 May 2026 Ask someone to confirm your identity 4:23pm on 6 May 2026 Application submitted 4:23pm on 6 May 2026

Submission: 30th April Documents Recieved: 5th May Approved: 19th May Printed: 20th May Delivered: 21st May

Application Submitted 24th April Documents Sent 30th April Documents Received 5th May Application Approved 12th May Passport Printed 13th May Delivered 14th May

Never had a passport previously and was expecting to need an interview but my application was approved without one. - Application submitted 11:00am on 27 April 2026 - Ask someone to confirm your identity 11:00am on 27 April 2026 - Email sent to person confirming your identity 11:03am on 27 April 2026 - Identity details received 1:21pm on 30 April 2026 - Application received 1:21pm on 30 April 2026 - Documents received 4:06pm on 7 May 2026 - Application approved 2:51pm on 14 May 2026 - Passport printed 8:38am on 15 May 2026 - Passport received next day on 16 May 2026

Hi I took 5 days from receiving documents to application approved

Passport received - Royal Mail on 21 April 2026 Passport printed 7:22pm on 17 April 2026 Application approved 2:55pm on 16 April 2026 Documents received 12:35pm on 9 April 2026 Application received 9:17pm on 1 April 2026 Identity details received 9:17pm on 1 April 2026 Email sent to person confirming your identity 1:22pm on 1 April 2026 Ask someone to confirm your identity 1:06pm on 1 April 2026 Application submitted 1:06pm on 1 April 2026