Father's passport application (take two after photo rejection):
Sent from New York State (USA): Friday 26 April 2024
Delivered in Gaitneau (UPS Worldwide Express): Monday 29 April 2024 (+1 business day)
Credit card charged: Friday 10th May 2024 (+9 business days)
Approved/Mailed (via FedEx express) on online status tracker: Friday 24th May 2024 (+10 business days.)
Tendered to FedEx: Monday 27th May 2024 (+1 business day).
Delivery: Scheduled for Today via FedEx overnight, but it's still in Memphis so doubtful.
So end to end excluding mailing time, you could consider it either 19 business days (FedEx label generated) or 20 business days (when they tendered it to FedEx), which is just making the service standard of 20 business days (excluding mailing time).
No sign of the supporting documentation being sent back separately, which the status tracker notes may take up to six weeks, and I assume will be via regular international mail rather than FedEx overnight.