| Passport Office 22:10 - May 25 with 2271 views | Pinewoodblue |
Listening to PMQ's today you could be forgiven for thinking there would be excessively long delays in the issue of renewed passports.
Applied online on 4th May got immediate acknowledgement with request to post old passport to them. They didn't acknowledge receipt until 19th May but received a notification , in last half hour, that passport had been printed and will be with deliver agent in next few days who will supplying tracking information, old passport will be posted back under separate cover and will take a little longer to arrive.
Wife applied at same time but while my application is being dealt with in Durham hers is being handled in Liverpool. Annoyingly this means had to pay twice for postage She received notification this morning that hers had also been printed.
PS I don't care what colour it is. [Post edited 25 May 2022 22:11]
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| Passport Office on 22:16 - May 25 with 2229 views | Lord_Lucan |
That's strange because I just applied for a renewal for my Mrs and they wouldn't activate the process of the new one until they received the old one back.
...............But I now live in hope. |  |
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| Passport Office on 22:17 - May 25 with 2222 views | Unit2Blue |
Applied for mine on Monday, they have sent a chasing email that I need to send my old passport to them. Sent it off signed for 1st class, will be interested to see how long it takes.
Need it for a September holiday to Crete. |  | | |
| Passport Office on 22:23 - May 25 with 2187 views | factual_blue |
It's only taken them this long because they spend every afternoon partying.
I hoped you are humbled by this information. |  |
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| Passport Office on 22:29 - May 25 with 2172 views | Unit2Blue |
| Passport Office on 22:23 - May 25 by factual_blue |
It's only taken them this long because they spend every afternoon partying.
I hoped you are humbled by this information. |
I won't be just partying in the afternoon's when I get to Crete. | | | |
| Passport Office on 22:48 - May 25 with 2135 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Passport Office on 22:17 - May 25 by Unit2Blue |
Applied for mine on Monday, they have sent a chasing email that I need to send my old passport to them. Sent it off signed for 1st class, will be interested to see how long it takes.
Need it for a September holiday to Crete. |
Sent our old ones recorded delivery so knew when they received them, they didn't acknowledge receipt until 12 days later. | |
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| Passport Office on 23:41 - May 25 with 2070 views | factual_blue |
| Passport Office on 22:29 - May 25 by Unit2Blue |
I won't be just partying in the afternoon's when I get to Crete. |
I'm humbled. | |
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| Passport Office on 08:21 - May 27 with 1826 views | Deano69 |
| Passport Office on 22:16 - May 25 by Lord_Lucan |
That's strange because I just applied for a renewal for my Mrs and they wouldn't activate the process of the new one until they received the old one back.
...............But I now live in hope. |
Should have told them you’d lost it.
We renewed our daughters a few weeks back. Was all fairly quick. However, aged 15 she still only gets a 5 year passport (despite not being half the cost of an adults) |  |
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| Passport Office on 08:57 - May 27 with 1773 views | Pinewoodblue |
To update original post.
Wife received her new passport yesterday TNT are due to deliver mine today. That is 21 & 22 days respectively after the online application was completed. Received text and email updates as each stage was reached. Longest gap, 12 days, was between old passport posted back and acknowledgment of receipt.
Applications were dealt with at different offices, Durham and Liverpool.
Only travel for leisure purposes so timescale is acceptable, not sure it is adequate for regular business travellers unless they have a quicker turnaround for those who apply for the larger, more pages, passport.
Would recommend sending old passport by recorded delivery so you can check up that it has arrived. | |
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| Passport Office on 09:01 - May 27 with 1763 views | clive_baker |
| Passport Office on 22:16 - May 25 by Lord_Lucan |
That's strange because I just applied for a renewal for my Mrs and they wouldn't activate the process of the new one until they received the old one back.
...............But I now live in hope. |
I think they activate it and start working on the application in the background, on the assumption they'll get it back. But they wouldn't send it to print until they've got your old one back. That's what I heard as they have so many to process. |  |
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| Passport Office on 09:08 - May 27 with 1744 views | Parky |
Submitted my renewal on 28th April and got it back on 17th May. Mine went to Peterborough. A colleague of mine sent off the exact same time as me and his went to Glasgow, he got his back within 2 weeks. | | | |
| Passport Office on 09:10 - May 27 with 1749 views | blueasfook |
| Passport Office on 22:17 - May 25 by Unit2Blue |
Applied for mine on Monday, they have sent a chasing email that I need to send my old passport to them. Sent it off signed for 1st class, will be interested to see how long it takes.
Need it for a September holiday to Crete. |
I got that message for 2 weeks after submitting my application, even though I'd sent the old passport back by recorded post and it reached them within about 2 days! I think they are sitting on them. From reading Pinewood's post, it seems he had a similar experience.
Expect it to take about 4-5 weeks to get your new passport. |  |
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| Passport Office on 09:14 - May 27 with 1736 views | Rozz |
Ms. Rozz just had her notice that hers has printed, having sent the application less than 3 weeks ago. I'd say wait time is about a month atm door to door. |  | | |
| Passport Office on 09:37 - May 27 with 1691 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Passport Office on 09:14 - May 27 by Rozz |
Ms. Rozz just had her notice that hers has printed, having sent the application less than 3 weeks ago. I'd say wait time is about a month atm door to door. |
Wife received hers within 3 days of being told it was being printed. Mine looks like it will be the same. | |
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| Passport Office on 09:48 - May 27 with 1659 views | docklandsblue |
We have twins, sent their passports renewals off at the same time. One was back in just under four weeks, the other took over eleven weeks! | | | |
| Passport Office on 18:18 - May 31 with 1420 views | Unit2Blue |
| Passport Office on 22:48 - May 25 by Pinewoodblue |
Sent our old ones recorded delivery so knew when they received them, they didn't acknowledge receipt until 12 days later. |
Just received acknowledgement that they have my old passport. | | | |
| Passport Office on 18:03 - Jun 10 with 1162 views | Unit2Blue |
| Passport Office on 18:18 - May 31 by Unit2Blue |
Just received acknowledgement that they have my old passport. |
Passport arrived today | | | |
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