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New passports can take up to six weeks. Mr Pugh said 90% of applications were being processed within the three weeks they are meant to take. If he is correct, 34,635 people will have to wait longer than they expected to receive their new passport.
A spokesman for IPS said: 'The peak period for passport applications is under way, and we are reminding customers to leave at least three weeks for a renewed passport to arrive and six weeks if applying for the first time. 'We are successfully issuing 99 per cent of renewed passport within three weeks.