Recent UK Passport Applicant Timelines

Very quick and easy process to get my child’s first passport. Had to get identity checked and send off her birth certificate and my birth certificate. Had no issues and the process from start to finish was quick. Very pleased.

Very quick and easy process for me, I thought they’d reject my little one’s photo as it was fair but they accepted it!!

Had to send additional documents but made sure to send them in advance to avoid delays.

Submitted the supporting document twice. The track page took a few days (longer than the royalmail delivery day) to update. The document sent only appeared once in the track page and worried it was lost. The return of documents came in twice as well because the passport office sent them separately. Also, it made me worried when I had the 1st document returned and not receiving the 2nd one. The passport office asked you to use a strong envelope to send but they just returned the document in a normal envelope. All in all, received passport and all the supporting document in around 1 month.

Documents sent 25th February Documents received on 2nd March. Request 1 more document on 11th. Photo rejected and uploaded new one 23rd March Application approved 24th March Passport received 27th March. Really stressful waiting as on the phone the answer was alwas different. Application for my child very straightforward as he is was born here and my husband and I are with settled status both but they asked again our reference when we added on the documents. Received everytime updates by text and email. Received my documents together with the passport.

It was relatively easy and customer service were helpful but I know they thought my daughter’s birth certificate was a copy and it wasn’t so when I called, they documented that it was real. My documents took 8 days to be marked as received though.

Docs took 5 days after delivery to update. After 10 more days we were asked for additional docs. They were signed for and two days later the application was approved.

Passport delivered - 11 March Passport printed - 10 March Application approved - 9 March Documents received - 27 February Application received - 19 February Identity details received - 19 February Application submitted - 19 February

longest part was waiting for royal mail to send our documents despite having paid extra for next day delivery

Passport printed - 27 February 2026 Application approved - 27 February 2026 Documents received - 19 February 2026 Royal Mail delivered to passport office - 13th Febuary 2026 Documents Sent - 12th February 2026 Application received - 12 February 2026 Identity details receive - 12 February 2026 Email sent to person confirming your identity- 11 February 2026 Ask someone to confirm your identity - 11 February 2026 Application submitted - 11 February 2026

What took time was for my documents to be scanned as received. They were delivered on 10th Feb and scanned in on 18th Feb. This held the process back timewise, but otherwise all went quickly.