Recent UK Passport Applicant Timelines

Took longer than I was expecting. When I would call about updates the passport office weren’t that helpful. However once the application was finally approved, it was a quick process. Application approved in the morning and printed later the same day. It was then dispatched to Royal Mail who delivered 2 days after approval Application submitted online 30/07/2026 Documents (old passport) received 03/08/2026 Application approved 11/08/2026 Printed 11/08/2026 Delivered 13/08/2026

Corby runs a very fast service. I think it’s fair to them that I measure their service based upon the date they officially received my documents and not when I submitted my application online. See my timeline and review below. Application Submitted 15:28pm 27th July Application Received 15:29pm 27th July DHL Delivered my Documents: 11:44am 30th July (I used DHL signed delivery) HMPO Corby Signed/Received my Documents: 15:21pm 31st July Application Approved: 10:38am 10th August Passport Printed: 7:16am 11th August Passport Delivered to me via Royal Mail: 11:12am 12th August. Overall, I recommend giving the whole renewal process between 6-8 business days, starting from when HMPO records your documents as ‘received’ and finishing when your passport is physically delivered into your possession. (This does review does not include bank holidays and pertains to late-July/Early-August 2026). Also be prepared to factor in an additional business day to account for the time difference between your courier delivering your passport and HMPO marking it as ‘received’. I strongly recommend opting for ‘signed delivery’ with your courier, even if it costs a bit more. Hope this helps!

Shocked at how quick the proccess was.

26th July - 3.52pm Submitted Application 26th July - Sent Old Passport Tracked 24 28th July - 11.30am Royal Mail Marked as Delivered 31st July - 11.48am Documents Recieved 7th August - 10.27am Passport Approved 7th August - 17.45pm Passport Printed 10th August - Royal Mail due to deliver Passport at 8.10 - 11.10am on 11th August.

Very fast turnaround , was expecting a longer wait.

Used Timpsons to take the photo and uploaded it on July 27th. Passport arrived Sat 8th August.

Had to include photocopies of every page of my French passport when sending my UK passport as I'm a dual national. Thought it might delay the process slightly but it didn't :)

Really fast timeline. My old passport was sent to the Corby office. Everything was really smooth and within 7 days as my old passport being received, my application was approved

24.07 - Submitted Application 25.07 - Posted Documents (Recorded delivery) 28.07 - Passport Office Received Documents 05.08 - Application Approved 06.08 - Passport Printed 07.08 - Passport Arrived

02/08 - applications sent 03/08 - sent old passport 24 hour tracked 04/08 - confirmation of receiving old passport 05/08 - application approved and new passport printed 07/08 - new passport arrived

Adult renewal with name change due to marriage. Sent with children's first passport applications and documents recieved on 28th July.

Application history Passport printed 5:20pm on 4 August 2026 Application approved 10:35am on 4 August 2026 New photo received 10:34am on 4 August 2026 Photo rejected 10:00am on 4 August 2026 Documents received 1:35pm on 27 July 2026 Application received 2:39pm on 24 July 2026 Application submitted 2:39pm on 24 July 2026

Tuesday 21st July, 03:56 - Application submitted & received Tuesday 21st July, 12:00 - Documents dropped at the Post Office Wednesday 22nd July, 11:00 - Documents delivered to Corby (according to Royal Mail tracking) Monday 27th July, 13:00 - Documents marked as received on application Tuesday 4th August, 09:47 - Application approved Tuesday 4th August, 13:41 - Passport printed Wednesday 5th August, 13:03 - text from Royal Mail that delivery is due for the following day Thursday 6th August, 11:50 - Passport received

My document delivery contained extra passports photocopies that needed to be reviewed. Passport printed 24 July 2026 == Application approved 24 July 2026 == Documents received 15 July 2026 == Application received 11 July 2026 == Application submitted 11 July 2026 ==

Documents received 15th July Email received 24th July asking for old passport to be sent to them. I called them 24th July to say the old passport was in with the documents they received on the 15th. They said they would refer it back to check the envelope again. Heard nothing until 30th when application was approved and passport printed.