URGENT!!!passport renewal

[ThisVividGreenEagle]

hi all ive had to renew my passport as it ends on the 27th of may this year and im flying to morroco on the 11th of july
it says that it will take three weeks to come back to me unless its during peak times
im bassically asking are we in a peak time?
will it be here before my holiday?
will it take longer than three weeks?

I sent my old one off on 27th March & got my new one delivered 7th April. Actually took a note of the dates incase anyone here asked this exact question 🤣🤣

I helped my boss and hers took a week this week but obviously no guarantees- that was standard online service.

My husband did his online renewal application on Monday 14th April, sent off his old passport the following day, and the new one arrived today, so 9 days in all.

I sent my mother's off one Thursday recently and the new one arrived on Tuesday the following week! We were flabbergasted! Basically done in one working day.

My husbands last month only took 7 Days. Send it now

Did mine online on Monday, postman collected it Tuesday, just had email this morning to say its been approved and is being printed

Or perhaps, like me, she checked the date but forgot it was now 2025 not 2024 🤦🏻‍♀️

They used to add unused time on to your passport up to 3 months. Not sure when they stopped that.

Applied on the 17th, all approved and they said it's being printed now. That's with bank holidays too! Impressed.

In my experience renewals are fast, around a week or just over.

My husbands been told it can take 3wks just to scan it onto the application, then it can take 3wks to process it from there 🙃

Coincidentally, my renewed passport arrived today, 24th, after I posted the old one back on 15th. Before I renewed online, I got passport-style digital photos at the local post office, which had a unique identification number which the system holds for 30days. I think this is to ensure that the photograph is a recent one. I didn't have to physically send a photo, just add the number to the online form. So the whole process has taken process has taken 9 days, two of which were Bank Holidays.
Did you include your phone number? I got text notifications that 1) they had received the application 2) they had processed it and 3) when to expect delivery.

We used the Post Office pathway. They do so much and the passports came back in 3 days. There is a charge but well worth it

@ThisVividGreenEagle

It stopped years ago but some travellers are still getting caught out with the Brexit implications

Late? She has months!!

You will probably get it before April is out OP, but almost certainly during May, try not to worry about it.

It should be quite quick, ours have never been too long. Though I remember the passport crisis just after COVID when there were huge delays. We still got ours in about 6 weeks during that so I think you'll be fine.

Its around 3wks at moment as long as no issues and straightforward

It actually doesn’t. It states that in the wee guidance book that those are not prioritised over normal applications. My friends too longer than mine and got rejected when she used that service that she paid extra for. I went online and had mine in 6 days with a name change.

Mine took exactly 2 weeks from submitting the application to having the new passport in my hand, and I live abroad!

When all those people were conned into voting to leave the eu

I renewed mine online, it was back in 4 days

yep mine is coming today, so less than a week and it was a Bank Hol on Monday so yeah 4 days

thank you all for all your help! Still waiting for the passport to come back but have had updates on it !
will let you all know how long mine takes now lol probably ages as i think ive jinxed myself now

My dd's first passport only took 10 days a couple of weeks ago. You'll be fine.

Don’t worry. It’s not peak time. You will be fine