Recent UK Passport Applicant Timelines

Application history Passport received 12:46pm 4 September 2026 Passport printed 8:03am on 3 September 2026 Application approved 5:17pm on 2 September 2026 Documents received 10:30pm on 25 August 2026 Application received 2:06pm on 21 August 2026 Application submitted 2:05pm on 21 August 2026

First adult application after naturalisation. 8 calendar days from application received (5 working days after confirmed royal mail delivery at Corby office) to update of 'documents received' and then approval 8 days after documents received.

Old Passport received 14:45 on 02 September 2026 New Passport received 14:45 on 02 September 2026 Passport printed 11:01am on 28 August 2026 Application approved 8:14am on 28 August 2026 Documents received 8:31pm on 20 August 2026 Application received 11:10am on 19 August 2026 Application submitted 11:09am on 19 August 2026

Took longer as when made application it didn’t ask for identity to be done. When made the application I thought I had the passport but couldn’t find it so had to change it and report it lost.

Such a frustrating process. Not being able to talk to a human at HMPO made it worse. The best thing that happened was a lovely lady from HMPO gave me a call one night and we had a good conversation but that was a long time after I applied. They really need to look at their operational policies. So much of what was requested was unnecessary, illogical and their rejection of official documents was ridiculous, while placing more value on non-official supporting documents, some of which didn't exist. Expecting a person to have school reports, medical records from several decades ago is just crazy. I had to send three lots of docs to the UK at a huge expense. All up this cost me about $600. HMPO need to get much better at comms. Tell apicants what to send upfront instead of drawing out the process with multiple requests, causing significant delays, ever increasing costs for the applicant and a huge amount of stress. So much could be ironed out in a phone call at the start of the process. Yes there needs to be integrity in the passport process but there are many other ways in which to operate. Sending constant automated emails which can be intimidating is not good, especially when you're in a different part of the world and do not have the same accessibility to government services.

Passport printed 1:38pm on 17 August 2026 Application approved 9:20am on 17 August 2026 Documents received 3:33pm on 7 August 2026 Application received 4:29pm on 6 August 2026 Application submitted 4:28pm on 6 August 2026

They rejected 2 identity checks despite meeting the criteria for no given reason. After having the passport for more than a month they then asked for written permission from the other parent. Made official complaint on how it was handled and time frame.

I sent in all documents including parents birth and marriage certificates. I am applying from Canada abd it says to submit my birth certicare with parents information. I submitted my BC with my parents names, but it isn't a long form which I read about afterwards. The first article i read didnt say long forn, it only saud including parents info. I am so hoping this is enough. I also submitted my Canadian passport.

Submitted on 10th August Documents Received and Acknowledged 12th August Approved and Printed 20th August Received 27th August

Applied 12/08 Identity confirmed 12/08 Documents received 18/08 Approved 25/08 Printed 26/08 Received 27/08