Recent UK Passport Applicant Timelines

Application started and old passport sent Saturday 14/02 Old passport arrived Tuesday 17/02 12:33 (RM T&T) Confirmed documents received at 23:51 17/02 Application approved 13:02 25/02 Passport printed 21:17 25/02 Passport received 11:52 27/02

Passport arrived much quicker than expected. Cannot fault the service

Passport printed 9:44pm on 24 February 2026 Application approved 12:25pm on 24 February 2026 Documents received 8:55am on 17 February 2026 Application received 5:04pm on 11 February 2026 Application submitted 5:03pm on 11 February 2026

Super fast and efficient .. called the office a couple of times with wires and the staff were really friendly and helpful

19th Feb - Application for renewal 20th Feb - Old passport sent via special delivery 23rd Feb - Passport received at office 24th Feb - Passport approved and printed 25th Feb - New passport delivered Applied online, paid for standard renewal no fast track.

Used photo booth in nearby supermarket to get code, submitted with application online on Friday and sent old passport same day. Passport received at HMPO on Monday, approved printed and dispatched on Tuesday, received by me on Wednesday. Excellent communication every step of the way by SMS and email. Very happy with the service. Could not have been faster.

Ordered 19th and will be delivered the 25th feb

Took 3 days from them receiving documents to show as received on timeline

Quick efficient service

Submitted online Friday 6th Feb, sent documents including marriage certificate to change surname sat 7th, got took by Royal Mail sat 7th Feb. Documents arrived Monday 9th Feb. Didn’t mark down on passport tracker as received until Thursday 12th Feb, application approved 7 days later, Thursday 19th Feb 11am. Passport printed Thursday 19th Feb 8pm. Friday 20th Feb Royal Mail tracking text received 10am to say passport will be delivered the following day, Saturday 21st Feb between 8 and 10am. Passport received Saturday 21st Feb around 8:30am.

Took 3 working days after receiving documents (evidenced by tracking) to confirm they had received the documents. It then took 5 working days to approve application and 2 working days to receive new passport after that. This included a name change due to marriage.

I am changing my name on it, they asked for more documents like 2-3 times, after final round of documents were recieved, took ~20 days till approved, another 5 days to recieve

19th February application submitted and received. 19th February sent old passport to be delivered by 1pm. 20th February documents received and approved 23rd February passport printed. 24th February passport delivered.