Recent UK Passport Applicant Timelines

Application submitted: 23/03/2026 Documents posted: 23/03/2026 Royal Mail marked documents as received: 25/03/2026 Marked as received on application: 29/03/2026 Additional documents requested: 05/04/2026 (They requested (1) Proof of me living in the UK (2) Proof of my titles) Additional documents sent: 05/04/2026 Additional documents delivered: 08/04/2026 Application approved: 12/04/2026 Passport printed: 14/04/2026 Passport delivered: 15/04/2026

Very smooth and quicker than expected, considering it was over the Easter period.

17/3 Application received 18/3 Documents received (Royal Mail) 23/3 Documents received (HMPO official) 30/3 Application approved 31/3 Printed 2/4 Passport and documents received

Applied online on 18 March, first adult passport after naturalisation SMS confirmation of the docs received on 25 March (even though it was delivered the next day) Application approved without an interview on 1 April Passport printed on 2 April Passport and the docs received on 4 April

Passport printed 3:27pm on 30 March 2026 Application approved 12:16pm on 27 March 2026 Documents received 7:19pm on 19 March 2026 Application received 3:18pm on 18 March 2026 Application submitted 3:17pm on 18 March 2026

Mar 17 - am citizenship ceremony; pm, applied for passport online, mailed documents, identity confirmation requested and completed Mar 18 - Royal Mail tracker says documents delivered Mar 22 - Passport Office says documents delivered Mar 30 - Additional documents requested by Passport Office; HMRC and Council Tax letter mailed Mar 31 - Royal Mail tracker says documents delivered Apr 1 - Passport application approved Apr 2 - Passport printed and dispatched Apr 3 - Passport delivered (yes, on a bank holiday)

No hassle at all. Very straight forward. No issues with the process. Everything went through quicker than i thought

Passport received: 02 April 2026 Passport printed 1:33pm on 31 March 2026 Application approved 9:45am on 30 March 2026 Documents received 1:25pm on 22 March 2026 Application received 9:06pm on 13 March 2026 Identity details received 9:06pm on 13 March 2026 Email sent to person confirming your identity 8:02pm on 13 March 2026 Ask someone to confirm your identity 6:13pm on 13 March 2026 Application submitted 6:13pm on 13 March 2026

Applied 16th March & sent off old child passport the same day Old passport was received 17th March but wasn’t scanned as being received until 22nd March Approved 30th March Printed & posted 31st march Received 1st April Renewal for a child changing to 1st adult passport. Same time line for adult renewal

It was very fast it took 5 days to approved my application got my passport next day delivery

Overall resonably fast. I felt that the process got stuck from time to time (e.g. the documents did not show as received for ages). Each time this happened, I filled in the online enquiry form to ask what was going and found them very helpful and responsive then. Documents back 20th March 2026 Passport arrived 20th March 2026 Passport printed 19th March 2026 Application approved 18th March 2026 (again, this happened after I enquired) Documents received 9th March 2026 (they were signed for on 4th March, but only showed up in HMPO's system as received on 9th March after I enquired) Identity details received 2nd March 2026 Application submitted 2nd March 2026

25th Feb - Application submitted 2nd March - Documents posted recorded delivery next day 10th March - Documents confirmed received 19th March - Application approved 21st March - Passport received