Jaymo Posted May 7, 2022 Report Share Posted May 7, 2022 4 hours ago, harrycatcat1 said: I posted my old passport last Wednesday evening "signed for" so suppose they might get it next week They will text you as soon as it’s logged onto the system. What I don’t understand, is how the media etc are portraying and stating from supposedly ‘reliable sources’. That there are warehouses full of unopened ‘to be signed for’ passport applications!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Jaymo said: They will text you as soon as it’s logged onto the system. What I don’t understand, is how the media etc are portraying and stating from supposedly ‘reliable sources’. That there are warehouses full of unopened ‘to be signed for’ passport applications!!! Yes that was my worry if no one signs for it and it gets chucked on a pile. I heard that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaedra1106 Posted May 7, 2022 Report Share Posted May 7, 2022 Sent my daughters off for renewal + change of name, went 1st class recorded on the 20th arrived the next day. Post Office tried to get me to "upgrade" to Special Delivery as apparently 1st class recorded could get lost!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 Woke up to a text from HM Passport Office. Passport is out for delivery- that’s 13 days start to finish ( we did send the old Passport on the same day as the application, plus the person who verified his identity completed that the same day) I’m rather chuffed at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 On 07/05/2022 at 10:52, Jaymo said: Jeez, how mucky did we get with those sets Yes. But unlike Letraset you never ran out of "e"s and ended up using "c"s with a bit from an "l" rubbed in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 4 hours ago, Jaymo said: Woke up to a text from HM Passport Office. Passport is out for delivery- that’s 13 days start to finish ( we did send the old Passport on the same day as the application, plus the person who verified his identity completed that the same day) I’m rather chuffed at that. Very good 👍 4 hours ago, Jaymo said: Woke up to a text from HM Passport Office. Passport is out for delivery- that’s 13 days start to finish ( we did send the old Passport on the same day as the application, plus the person who verified his identity completed that the same day) I’m rather chuffed at that. You just spurred me on to check to see if my passport has been delivered and I got this, I posted it last Wednesday evening 😩 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 6 hours ago, harrycatcat1 said: Very good 👍 You just spurred me on to check to see if my passport has been delivered and I got this, I posted it last Wednesday evening 😩 Yes yes yes yes 🙌 👏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agriv8 Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 My sons renewal has been with them 2 weeks - just received an email saying passed to printing stage. hope yours is similar Agriv8 1 hour ago, harrycatcat1 said: Yes yes yes yes 🙌 👏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 Yep- it arrived this afternoon so that’s 13 days. Harry, you should get a text from the Passport office itself for the receipt of the old passport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 29 minutes ago, Jaymo said: Yep- it arrived this afternoon so that’s 13 days. Harry, you should get a text from the Passport office itself for the receipt of the old passport. 👍👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2022 18 hours ago, Jaymo said: Yep- it arrived this afternoon so that’s 13 days. Harry, you should get a text from the Passport office itself for the receipt of the old passport. Just had my text 👍👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2022 On 09/05/2022 at 19:36, Agriv8 said: My sons renewal has been with them 2 weeks - just received an email saying passed to printing stage. hope yours is similar Agriv8 I've just had the email saying it's being printed 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agriv8 Posted May 12, 2022 Report Share Posted May 12, 2022 Brill 58 minutes ago, harrycatcat1 said: I've just had the email saying it's being printed 👍 my lads passport delivered and it’s nice black uk passport ! Email with TNT tracking number was received and it turned up today. All sorted looks like yours will be too. atb Agriv8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2022 21 hours ago, Agriv8 said: Brill my lads passport delivered and it’s nice black uk passport ! Email with TNT tracking number was received and it turned up today. All sorted looks like yours will be too. atb Agriv8 Just had an email to say it's been printed and being passed to the courier 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2022 Just had this text When you get your new passport, you must sign it with a black ballpoint pen. You can't use it until you do. Go to https://www.passport.service.gov.uk/help/sign to check where you need to sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2022 Just for completeness my passport arrived a few minutes ago, so it was just less than 12 days from start to finish doing it online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted May 16, 2022 Report Share Posted May 16, 2022 Good news Harry So, if we are all experiencing the same sort of turnaround times then what’s the media rubbish all about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2022 1 minute ago, Jaymo said: Good news Harry So, if we are all experiencing the same sort of turnaround times then what’s the media rubbish all about? I have no idea 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discobob Posted May 16, 2022 Report Share Posted May 16, 2022 Perhaps it is online that is the saving grace. I know doing one of my lads provisional application last year - I tried to shortcut it (as I had been able to do it previously for myself on renewing) - I renewed his passport to a full adult - which took about a week or so - really good - so his photo was updated - I then thought he would be able to use that photo for his driving license by "tagging" onto his passport (this is the bit I had done for license or passport) but the online would not work and had to do it by paper etc - took 4 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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