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<p>Since April 2021, His Majesty’s Passport Office has advised people to allow up
to 10 weeks when applying for their passport using the standard service in the UK.</p><p>Of
the standard UK applications resulting in a printed passport in the week ending 15
January 2023, 99.2% had been processed within ten weeks. HM Passport Office processed
over one million more applications in 2022 than in any previous year.</p><p>Published
processing times for overseas applications vary, starting from 11 weeks.</p><p>The
total volume of printed passports for each calendar month in 2022 where the application
was not processed within ten weeks, is shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total
Printed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total printed within 10 weeks</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume
over 10 weeks*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% Over 10 weeks</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-22</strong></p></td><td><p>387,869</p></td><td><p>378,639</p></td><td><p>9,230</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-22</strong></p></td><td><p>639,388</p></td><td><p>632,044</p></td><td><p>7,344</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-22</strong></p></td><td><p>858,037</p></td><td><p>851,133</p></td><td><p>6,904</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-22</strong></p></td><td><p>904,634</p></td><td><p>890,190</p></td><td><p>14,444</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-22</strong></p></td><td><p>975,367</p></td><td><p>944,307</p></td><td><p>31,060</p></td><td><p>3.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-22</strong></p></td><td><p>862,946</p></td><td><p>798,531</p></td><td><p>64,415</p></td><td><p>7.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-22</strong></p></td><td><p>696,054</p></td><td><p>603,996</p></td><td><p>92,058</p></td><td><p>13.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-22</strong></p></td><td><p>572,517</p></td><td><p>485,465</p></td><td><p>87,052</p></td><td><p>15.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-22</strong></p></td><td><p>498,579</p></td><td><p>453,971</p></td><td><p>44,608</p></td><td><p>8.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-22</strong></p></td><td><p>443,409</p></td><td><p>418,415</p></td><td><p>24,994</p></td><td><p>5.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-22</strong></p></td><td><p>472,237</p></td><td><p>454,496</p></td><td><p>17,741</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-22</strong></p></td><td><p>272,520</p></td><td><p>263,307</p></td><td><p>9,213</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,583,557</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,174,494</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>409,063</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.39%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>
* Data for priority services is recorded as performance against the respective service
level only (1 day for Premium, 7 days for Fast Track), with the end-to-end processing
time not being held in a reportable format. Passports printed under a priority service
are therefore excluded.</p>
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