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<p>With approximately 5 million people having delayed their passport application due
to the restrictions upon international travel caused by COVID-19, the elevated demand
for passports will continue throughout 2023.</p><p>HM Passport Office has processed
more than two million applications across January and February, with over 99.5% of
standard UK applications being processed within ten weeks and 95.5% being processed
within three weeks.</p><p>Given the exceptional cause of this demand, the exact volumes
and profile of when this will arrive is less predictable than in a normal year. The
current expectations are that demand will be within 6.1 million and 7.1 million between
the weeks ending 19 March 2023 to 31 December 2023. Between 15 March 2022 and 31 December
2022, HM Passport Office received 6,484,414 passport applications.</p>
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