Recent UK Passport Applicant Timelines

Dual national living in UK Application received - 30th March (documents sent that day for next day delivery) Documents received - 2nd April Application approved - 9th April Passport printed - 13th April Passport delivered - 14th April

Passport delivered: 1.31pm on 11th April 2026 Passport printed 8:51am on 10 April 2026 Application approved 4:55am on 9 April 2026 Documents received 6:18pm on 8 April 2026 Application received 1:30pm on 6 April 2026 Application submitted 1:29pm on 6 April 2026

Super Easy for 2/4 passports the other 2 have been super tricky!

Name change after marriage. I think it was very easy to do and not a bad turnaround.

Adult renewal with name change, sent my old passport and marriage certificate. No clue why it took so long.

I sent my adult passport renewal application off online with a photo code from the photoshop that I had it taken from on 30/03/2026 but I did not send my old passport until later. The passport office informed me the old passport had arrived 4 days later on 03/04/2026. The day after on the 04/04/2026 the passport office informed me they had approved my passport renewal and had sent it off to the printers. My new passport was delivered in my letterbox on 08/04/2026 via royal mail 24 hour tracked service, no signature required.

Bog standard adult passport renewal. New passport received 2 weeks after old passport sent (with Easter weekend in the middle). No complaints - but didn’t get the 1-day approval some have experienced. Photo triggered a warning (“your image and the background are difficult to tell apart”) from the automated check on submission but was approved with no issues. Passport received: 8 April 2026 Passport printed: 6 April 2026 Application approved: 2 April 2026 Documents received: 26 March 2026 Documents sent: 25 March 2026 Application received: 24 March 2026 Application submitted: 24 March 2026

I did call to chase my application. I was told no indication on time could be given but it was approved that day.

Old passport posted 18th March Old passpot arrived 20th March Old passport logged as received 25th March Application approved 1st April Passport printed 2nd April Royal mail tracking email 3rd April

Very happy with the speed at which my new passport was issued. One week, for an ordinary application (not fast tracked).

I posted my old passports on the 9th March, the day after submitting my application, using Next Day 1pm Special Delivery. They arrived at the Corby centre on the 10th March according to tracking, but were not acknowledged as having arrived by the passport office until the 14th. My application was approved on the 23rd, and my new passport was printed on the 25th. I received it in the post on the 27th. Overall, it took 3 weeks like the official guidance stated.

Sent old passport special delivery, it took 4 days to be registered as ‘documents received’ on passport website. Otherwise process was quick, with updates at each stage; passport was approved on a Saturday and printed early hours of the morning.