Passport renewal - success story

chubsta

Thought I would put this here as an indicator of passport renewal time-scales as of August 2023 in case people are concerned how long it may take.

UK passport holder, last one expired 2002. Did an online renewal application 3rd August, sent my old passport off on 7th August, new passport received 16th August and old passport received back on 18th August! Have to say it was all a little unexpected...

Not saying everyone will have the same result but in terms on money-saving I cannot see I would have been any better paying more for the 'speedier' service.

Bizzywizard

That is really helpful!

We have just got back from holiday and my sons (childs) passport expires in January 24, he is going to Italy with school in October this year, he needs 3 clear months left on his passport (he was out by 4 days).

We sent his old passport off yesterday (signed for) and did the application online the night we got back from holiday. So I am hoping it gets done quickly and returned, as he will have a new passport number, which the school need.

I really didn't want to pay more than double and have to book an appointment to collect it, so fingers crossed it arrives within the next couple of weeks!

Thanks,
Bizzy

chubsta

Bizzywizard said:

That is really helpful!

We have just got back from holiday and my sons (childs) passport expires in January 24, he is going to Italy with school in October this year, he needs 3 clear months left on his passport (he was out by 4 days).

We sent his old passport off yesterday (signed for) and did the application online the night we got back from holiday. So I am hoping it gets done quickly and returned, as he will have a new passport number, which the school need.

I really didn't want to pay more than double and have to book an appointment to collect it, so fingers crossed it arrives within the next couple of weeks!

Thanks,
Bizzy

Hopefully will be as quick as mine - in the short time I was waiting I received multiple emails giving me the progress - we have received your application, we have received your old passport, your new passport is being printed etc as well as many more so every step seems to be notified to you, you can also check the progress online, despite all the complaints a few months back for me at least it worked very well, so good luck, be interesting to know your experience.

p00hsticks

chubsta said:

Thought I would put this here as an indicator of passport renewal time-scales as of August 2024

That should read August 2023 in case anyone picks up on this thread in a years time!

TELLIT01

We renewed our passports earlier in the year.  One took 7 days from receipt at the Passport Office, the other 10 days.

eskbanker

Anyone seeking information about the current experiences of others could do worse than this site, which collates them:

https://www.passportwaitingtime.co.uk/

chubsta

p00hsticks said:

chubsta said:

Thought I would put this here as an indicator of passport renewal time-scales as of August 2024

That should read August 2023 in case anyone picks up on this thread in a years time!

edited! I retire next year so have 2024 on my mind a little too much I think!

Annemos

Mine was one of those that went very wrong. (August 2023)

After printing and passing to the courier... it took 19 days to get to me.

(I have a normal house, with a normal letter box in an easy to reach location, near a medium-sized town.) 

It was a very bad and stressful experience. I no longer trust that my data has not been breached. See my summary at the end in this:  

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6464171/replacement-passport-printed-strange-tnt-tracking-text-sent-on-same-day#latest

shirleytch

We applied last month for OH passport renewal.  Renewed online and it took 8 days from start to finish.  

MACKEM99

Did ours end of Feb this year took 9 days and kept us updated all throughout.😃

Dustlandfairytale

Mine was a child renewal

Submitted and identity check completed 12/07/23
Old passport sent tracked 13/07/23 (Thursday)
Old passport confirmed received (17/07/23)
Passport approved 20/07/23
Passport printed (Friday) 21/07/23
In my hands (Monday) 24/07/23

Was very impressed given the timescales also covered two weekends