[Travel] Passport Renewal?

[JOLovegrove]

Has anyone recently renewed their passport? If so, how long did it take to get back?

They aren't taking express applications at the moment, which is annoying as I am only in the UK for 4 weeks.

Thanks!

 

[Stat Brother]

Most of us did about 6 months ago!!!

From memory it was less than 2 weeks, I think a few of us got it down to about 8 days.

 

[JOLovegrove]

Most of us did about 6 months ago!!!

From memory it was less than 2 weeks, I think a few of us got it down to about 8 days.

Ok, good to know. I was reading 8 weeks somewhere, seemed a lot, but not surprising.

 

[B-right-on]

Has anyone recently renewed their passport? If so, how long did it take to get back?

They aren't taking express applications at the moment, which is annoying as I am only in the UK for 4 weeks.

Thanks!

You can make appointments in one of their passport offices and they'll get it to you in a week. Costs more though.

 

[JOLovegrove]

You can make appointments in one of their passport offices and they'll get it to you in a week. Costs more though.

The nearest being in London? Might look in to this.

 

[veuve]

Renewal in July took two weeks.

 

[Deadly Danson]

The nearest being in London? Might look in to this.

This is what I did. Booked appointment - it's next to the Excel Arena - make sure you have all your documents and photos. Took 20 mins or so and passport arrived around a week later.

 

[South Stand Bonfire]

Has anyone recently renewed their passport? If so, how long did it take to get back?

They aren't taking express applications at the moment, which is annoying as I am only in the UK for 4 weeks.

Thanks!

I did my renewal in October. Everything was uploaded on line and then I returned my old passport by post. It wasn’t the express service but I received my new one within 10 days.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Just over a week when I renewed in June (applied online). Tremendous service!

 

[POSKETT AT THE VALLEY]

I guess time of year has a lot to do with it. Did mine in November and took about 10 days. Spring into Summer might be a different story.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Submitted my application online on the 8th January, new passport came back (and the old one on the same day) on the 13th January.

Unbelievably rapid, plus the tracking and communication of updates on what stage it was at was fantastic.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Similar experience to @Stat Brother

 

[Doonhamer7]

You can make appointments in one of their passport offices and they'll get it to you in a week. Costs more though.

I did mine at London - you get the passport that day

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Has anyone recently renewed their passport? If so, how long did it take to get back?

They aren't taking express applications at the moment, which is annoying as I am only in the UK for 4 weeks.

Thanks!

2022. It was only a few weeks.

 

[jordanseagull]

Latest UK Passport Waiting Times | Updated Daily

Find out latest average UK Passport waiting times. We provide an average wait time calculated from recent applicant timelines. Updated daily.

www.passportwaitingtime.co.uk

This site is pretty accurate. Did mine in December and was bang on (8 days). Other people I know also had their turnaround aligned to the estimates on site.

 

[HP Seagull]

I did mine in December and it was a week from application to delivery.

 

[PeterT]

I did mine in December and it was a week from application to delivery.

Same for me in November. And not only that it means I get the BLUE (made in France) one now! Who said Brexit didn’t bring any dividends?

One thing I did do was to pay for the extra pages, thinking that as we get stamps every time we go into Europe the small passport may soon fill up, it was about £10 extra.

 

[SeagullinExile]

I waited 10 weeks recently. However, they were dealing with a back log after industrial action at the time.

 

[Charles 'Charley' Charles]

Did mine in November, applied online and was back within a week.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Wouldn't it be wonderful if more organisations could up their game to a similar extent