RM 1st Class signed for?

Malevolence · 2 Feb 2022 at 15:04

Does anybody know how long this takes in the real world? It states 1-3 working days, but I posted the package (old passport) on Sunday @ 11:46 at my local delivery office and there has been no update since. My passport renewal can't continue until it's delivered, and I'm getting slightly anxious about it now.

teenwolf · 2 Feb 2022 at 15:07

Malevolence said:
Does anybody know how long this takes in the real world? It states 1-3 working days, but I posted the package (old passport) on Sunday @ 11:46 at my local delivery office and there has been no update since. My passport renewal can't continue until it's delivered, and I'm getting slightly anxious about it now.

royal fail good luck with that, i only get around 2 deliveries a week.
they may have received it as i dont think they bother getting a signature for signed for usually.

should have sent special to guarantee it.

Em3bbs · 2 Feb 2022 at 15:08

Malevolence said:
Does anybody know how long this takes in the real world?

So far 1.5 working days.

Peerzy · 2 Feb 2022 at 15:19

As it's a signed for only system I don't believe you'll get any tracking updates apart from "Delivered and signed for by....." when it arrives. At this point no updates just means it hasn't been delivered. It could be 5 minutes away or lost forever.

Maccy · 2 Feb 2022 at 15:26

I learnt from recent OcUK secret santa not to use 1st class signed for/recorded - it can take up to 14 days.

Go with special delivery in future!

Malevolence · 2 Feb 2022 at 15:29

Maccy said:
I learnt from recent OcUK secret santa not to use 1st class signed for/recorded - it can take up to 14 days.

Go with special delivery in future!

I was following the instructions given to me by the Passport Office, they said....

Send us your old passport.

Use a strong envelope that is the right size for your passport. Check the weight and pay the correct postage – consider using signed for delivery. Send it to:

HM Passport Office
UK-DAP
PEX *** *** ****
PO BOX 231
Redgrave Court
BOOTLE
L20 7YW

Feek · 2 Feb 2022 at 15:31

Bearing in mind it won't have moved until Monday, it's not even been two working days so there's no reason to get antsy about it yet.

I don't think I ever got confirmation of mine being delivered when I renewed last year but my new passport was with me very quickly, I was impressed with the turnaround.

Brizzles · 2 Feb 2022 at 15:36

I am not a Post Office.

Signed for is not tracked, so the only 'update' you will get is when it is delivered ( by manually checking ).

Conscript · 2 Feb 2022 at 15:37

Who are you expecting an update from?
My girlfriend recently renewed her passport, just last week. She sent it via the same, signed for delivery. She got a tracking number where she was able to check that it had been received and signed for the next day, but didn't get confirmation from the passport office that they'd had it for several more days.

Do you have a tracking number on the receipt?

Malevolence · 2 Feb 2022 at 15:44

Conscript said:
Do you have a tracking number on the receipt?

Yes, and it just says

Conscript · 2 Feb 2022 at 15:55

Hmm. Unfortunately, as Peerzy said, there's no way of knowing then. I tried to convince the GF to send it Special Delivery, but she just went 1st class Signed For - but as I said, it was delivered the next day.

In my general experience, RM First Class has always been pretty quick and reliable (1-2 days), even during Covid, but I guess service is going to be spotty in places at the moment.

ShiWarrior · 2 Feb 2022 at 22:21

anything high value like passport/driving licence, ALWAYS use Special Delivery

your post should have been there by now
look tomorrow, if not there, then goto place where you sent it and ask them to chase

Malevolence · 2 Feb 2022 at 22:41

ShiWarrior said:
ALWAYS use Special Delivery

Like I said above, I was following the instructions provided to me by the Passport Office. They said to use signed for, so I used signed for.

darael · 2 Feb 2022 at 23:52

If posting on a Sunday, then the earliest you can expect it to arrive is on Tuesday - which it hasn't. Three working days, then I'd give it until Thursday, when I would also start making contact with Royal Mail.

hartgeh3 · 2 Feb 2022 at 23:56

3-5 Days
RM Special isn't even guaranteed next day now either, clowns!

Surveyor · 3 Feb 2022 at 00:10

hartgeh3 said:
3-5 Days
RM Special isn't even guaranteed next day now either, clowns!

Performance has dropped but they still offer guaranteed next working day or your money back. From the last statistics available around 93% are delivered next day.

Around 82% of 1st class mail is delivered on the first working day after receipt and 96% of 2nd class mail by the fourth working day after receipt.

AtaRo · 3 Feb 2022 at 16:02

Postman Pot prolly already eat your mail.

moon man · 4 Feb 2022 at 12:26

My parcel was in delivered status but couldnt find it anywhere tbf the local sorting office sorted pretty fast they matched up the scan with the gps, was in next doors post box