A CEC applicant, two months after AOR, noticed their UCI (Unique Client Identifier) still started with "CAN" rather than converting to a permanent format, and wondered whether they were missing a required step in GC Key.
What the thread clarified:- There's nothing additional you're expected to do after document submission — the temporary UCI format simply hasn't updated yet, and that's outside your control. Members were consistent that this isn't something applicants can trigger or fix themselves.
- If you can't access the online tracker yet, calling IRCC directly is the way to check status, since the self-service tracker may not be usable until further processing has occurred.
- This appears to have affected multiple applicants with a similar May AOR timeframe — several other members in the thread reported the same lack of movement, suggesting it wasn't specific to one individual's file.
The practical takeaway: a UCI still showing the temporary "CAN" format months after AOR isn't something you're missing a step on — there's nothing to actively do besides calling IRCC for a status check if you're anxious, and it appears to have affected other applicants from the same AOR period too.