Passport renewal

[4F6]

Anyone know how quickly passports are being turned around at present?

Should be going to France late August, wife told me last night that sons passport runs out early August. You can see my problem...

Now normally, when I renewed passports last year they were turned around in a week or so, this year that very much isn't the case and nobody can tell me what sort of timescale we're looking at.

Anyone any very recent experience of renewing a passport in the C19 world in which we now live and how long did it take?

[4F6]

Thanks. I'll get it to the post office tomorrow and cross my fingers then. Sounds like there might be a chance...

[4F6]

I've got seven weeks so I'm hoping it'll be ok. I'm working to the assumption that whilst there are delays as they presumably bring more staff back then it'll hopefully get done in time.

If I've not heard anything in four weeks then I'll start to panic!

[4F6]

Do we think online is quicker than postal application then or is it much the same?

I figured that postal was as easy given that you need to send the old passport back anyway and having to get someone to authenticate his photo online was probably more hassle for them than popping round and spending five minutes filling in a form tbh.

[4F6]

Thought you'd always had to? Certainly had to with last couple and they've come back in the post about the same time as the new one but with a corner cut off.

[4F6]

Well, 10 days after application submitted at Post Office, I've had a text telling me my application has been received. Theres a line saying its taking longer than normal to process applications but all the same, I'm taking this to be a good sign...

[4F6]

Two weeks from sending my sons renewal, last Monday I had confirmation it has been received but nothing since.

I need it back in five weeks so optimism is fading somewhat. I guess if I don't have something to make me very confident that it'll be back in time in another three weeks then we'll end up having to cancel as I don't want to be cancelling at the last minute. Stress levels are running high...

[4F6]

Three weeks to the day since it was sent in by the Post Office, new passport has arrived. Pretty chuffed, and very relieved with that all things considered!