Recent UK Passport Applicant Timelines

Documents were delivered 9th March but not marked received till 13th March. Application approved on 26th March. Blame Easter for the long wait time but didn’t get notification from dhl that they had my passport till 31st March.

As I was a dual citizen needed a UK passport why make it so difficult with all the documents they required always required more

I was told to send documents without waiting for my father’s marriage certificate to arrive from GRO. So then two weeks after my documents arrived at passport office I was asked to send his marriage document. This delayed the process by three to four weeks. Multiple emails and webchats to ask about progress without much help. Passport has arrived but not original documents I sent. Very stressful waiting for them to be returned to me.

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

Applied online on 18 March, first adult passport after naturalisation SMS confirmation of the docs received on 25 March (even though it was delivered the next day) Application approved without an interview on 1 April Passport printed on 2 April Passport and the docs received on 4 April

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

Passport printed 3:27pm on 30 March 2026 Application approved 12:16pm on 27 March 2026 Documents received 7:19pm on 19 March 2026 Application received 3:18pm on 18 March 2026 Application submitted 3:17pm on 18 March 2026

Mar 17 - am citizenship ceremony; pm, applied for passport online, mailed documents, identity confirmation requested and completed Mar 18 - Royal Mail tracker says documents delivered Mar 22 - Passport Office says documents delivered Mar 30 - Additional documents requested by Passport Office; HMRC and Council Tax letter mailed Mar 31 - Royal Mail tracker says documents delivered Apr 1 - Passport application approved Apr 2 - Passport printed and dispatched Apr 3 - Passport delivered (yes, on a bank holiday)

It took the document handling unit at Corby 3 weeks to scan and link documents to application. I had to make many calls to keep chasing the process.

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

No problems at all.

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.

02/03 Application Submitted Online 03/03 Documents Sent 12/03 Documents Received according to Tracking 16/03 Documents Received Status 27/03 Application Approved 30/03 Passport Printed 02/04 DHL notification 03/04 Passport Received

Was requested to send birth certificate and marriage certificate plus translations for non-British grandparents. Didn't submit. Sent new birth certificates and marriage certificate for British grandparents as requested. Later received a request for a letter with grandparents' details including date of marriage and passport numbers. Submitted scan of letter by email, it was processed and approved within 30 mins.

First documents took 3 weeks to arrive, second document took 1 week. Passport printing to receiving 13 days.Sending precious documents overseas very stressful.

No hassle at all. Very straight forward. No issues with the process. Everything went through quicker than i thought