Is passport renewal taking an age…?

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Or is it just first time applications?
If i apply today, does anyone know the chances of me getting it by the end of June?..

Please can anyone let me know how you see which office the application has gone to?

Peterborough here. One of our adult renewals was done online very recently and it took ten days.

I hope you mean causing a stink with the passport office about a refund and not school. School will take no responsibility if you don’t have the correct travel documents-if you are lucky they may fill the space but asking for a refund would be unreasonable and pointless.

Newer stuff seems to be going through more quickly, I've just done our childrens and they were back just shy of 3 weeks, and 2 weeks.

Would be pointless asking the p/p office to refund too...they advise you to not make bookings without a valid p/p and take no responsibility if you do so.

Sent off end of April for passport renewal - text from Passport office 19 May to say it had been received and to allow 10 weeks for it to be processed. Told 'do not call for update - they'll contact me if they need more information'. Not heard anything so assume all ok. Not received old passport back yet!

We've just renewed our DD's passport (was a child passport, renewal was her first adult passport). Did the online application on 29th April, passport was received on 21st May, so just over 3 weeks, which I was quite surprised about due to the reports of how long it's been taking for some. This was the Peterborough office.

However, I know of several people who's passports took 2 months, and for one friend, they applied last October and it didn't get resolved until April (lots of problems with the passport office!)

So, it's a lottery. You might be lucky, you might not. I wouldn't book anything until you've got the passport, and if you have already booked a holiday, I would try to get a premium passport service, even though they're more expensive (if this is possible at the moment). It would be cheaper than losing out on the holiday.

Obviously I’ve seen the news 🙄 which is why I asked whether it was just first time applicants being delayed or if renewals were affected as well. Why would I have posted otherwise?

We applied early May, had a text to say allow 10 weeks and we should get it back by 22nd July. Good job as we go away on 26th July!

Because all the news reports are clear its not just first time applications.

I sent an online renewal on 23rd April, had my acknowledgement that my identity confirmation was done on 24th April. When I check progress it is showing as 'being processed' on 29th April. Nothing since then - no change in online tracking, no contact to say they need anything just being processed.

My renewal went to Peterborough just over 3 weeks ago and I've had a text to say it should be delivered today.

And that means I’m not allowed to ask people for their personal experiences?

It's the office they asked you to send your old passport/documents in to.

Thanks @HOTHotPeppers - it was a lost passport and the application was done online so nothing sent in (digital photos).

> get them back into the offices or fire them for refusing to do so.

I'm sorry, but that's just rubbish. I know for a fact that staff in the Peterborough office are in the office and have been throughout the pandemic except for two weeks back in March 2020. They're under-resourced and have been for years but blaming the staff is wide of the mark. These people are working really hard and have been throughout.

H applied online for his renewal at the beginning of May (6th, I think) and received the new passport on Fri, 27 May. It was processed at Durham.

Every year leading up to the summer I hear the same thing, surely this is nothing new?! Of course there is going to be a backlog when everyone is sending in their applications at the same time

We had a child and adult renewal, took less than a month to receive new ones in May.

Been waiting since beginning of April. Stuck in processing. Rang, e mailed and nothing!

I had to ring and ask!

Chap I spoke to today did his through Max Spielman and it was back in two weeks. We are North West.

One of mine is like that. Sent 23rd.accepted 24th and stuck in processing since 29th.

Mine took 5 days a few weeks ago. My friend's took 7 days about a month ago

I have been waiting for 5 weeks and 3 days for DC renewal.