Recent UK Passport Applicant Timelines

It would be more cost efficient if all supporting documents are requested at the same time, as opposed to having the applicant pay multiple DHL fees to send multiple envelops

Did passport renewal for me and my husband. Posted both to Corby in 1 envelope (could have chosen Hemel Hempsted) by special delivery. Both old passports received on 11th June. Got the passport approved emails for both exactly a week later on 18th June in the morning and both passports printed that evening. Royal Mail delivered both passports on 20th June. Very fast service . Now waiting for old passports to be sent.

Very good process, I made sure to follow the instructions and had no problems.

Passport printed 8:03pm on 9 June 2026 Application approved 11:41am on 9 June 2026 Documents received 8:13pm on 27 May 2026 Application received 5:00pm on 25 May 2026 Identity details received 5:00pm on 25 May 2026 Email sent to person confirming your identity 4:39pm on 25 May 2026 Ask someone to confirm your identity 4:27pm on 25 May 2026 Application submitted 4:27pm on 25 May 2026

My passport was initially water damaged (to the point where the signature and previous immigration information had smudged) so required a replacement. No issues with digital photo submission from myself, just making sure to have a lot of light and a white background, and setting a timer to take the headshot (as I had no one else available) seemed to be sufficient. Application was processed quite quickly following the old passport being received and aligns to current wait times noted.

New passport received on 10 June 2026 Supporting documents received 9 June 2026 Passport printed on 8 June 2026 Application approved on 7 June 2026 I contacted the passport office by online chat to explain that my name was correct in the machine readable part of passport. 6 July 2026 I was told that my name in my foreign passport was wrong, and I must get the name changed in my foreign passport on 6 June 2026 Passport office acknowledged documents received on 1 June 2026 According to post office tracking, documents arrived at passport office on 26 May 2026 Application received on 21 May 2026 Identity details received on 21 May 2026 Email sent to person confirming your identity on 21 May 2026 Ask someone to confirm your identity on 21 May 2026 Application submitted on 21 May 2026

28/05/2026 - Application Submitted 03/06/2026 - Documents Received 09/06/2026 - Application Approved & PP printed 11/06/2026 - PP delivered

Don't sent documents on Fridays before Bank holidays. Also RM has to hold deliveries for Saturdays. It took then a week after RM stated delivered to be shown as received by HM PO, I asked in WebChat whether it is normal nothing was shown after a week. 5min after the chat the application tracker updated to received. Submitted: 20th May ID confirmed and documents sent off on 22nd of May Documents delivered on 26th of May Documents received on 2nd June Application approved 8th of June 4:35pm Passport printed 9th of June 4:11pm (no further update from now on in the app) Passport dispatched on 10th of June as per HM PO, using PEX number to check for tracking in RM stating delivery on 12th June Passport delivered around 11.30am on 11th (RM text received in the morning for the timeslot, this was the first message from RM, confirmed a 2nd time 2 hrs later before final text with delivery notification. I was still on a bus couple of hours frome home) Supporting documents supposed to be delivered on 13th of June, HM PO email received with tracking number on the 11th June at 4pm.

Attended appointment at passport office on Friday 5th June and it was delivered on Tuesday 9th

Easy experience, had to provide photocopy of dual nationality passport so may have taken longer than usual to review.

Very smooth, straightforward and quick process. However, HMPO used the thinnest possible envelope for returning my supporting documents and my Certificate of Naturalisation got crumpled. HMPO should be using hard backed envelopes for returning valuable documents.

Fairly easy. Request for family photos from 50 years ago was nonsensical as they do not prove identity.

Application submitted: 31st May Documents received: 3rd June (21:45pm) Application approved: 10th June (11:05am) Passport printed: 11th June (02:45am) Passport delivered: 12th June Corby passport office, adult renewal and name change after wedding. Documents were sent off 1st class tracked late Monday 1st June.

Passport printed 12:56pm on 11 June 2026 Application approved 8:11am on 11 June 2026 Documents received 2:02pm on 4 June 2026 Application received 5:10pm on 28 May 2026 Identity details received 5:10pm on 28 May 2026 Email sent to person confirming your identity 6:37pm on 27 May 2026 Ask someone to confirm your identity 6:31pm on 27 May 2026 Application submitted 6:31pm on 27 May 2026

Online application on the 2nd around 10pm. Identify verified the following day. Then it was approved on the 9th, printed and posted on the 10th received on the 11th. Standard not fast track. No documents were posted as it was a lost passport