Passports: Applications

(asked on 25th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time is for HM Passport Office to process passport applications.


Answered by
Caroline Nokes Portrait
Caroline Nokes
This question was answered on 5th March 2019

The table below show the median average processing time in working days for passport applications:

Year

UK

International

2018

4.0

4.7

For paper applications, the processing time starts on receipt of the application form. Online applications commence on receipt of the signed declaration or supporting documents, depending upon the service used.

Passport processing ends at the point that a passport is printed, and does not include the time taken for delivery.

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