Please note: If your copyright claim submitted online through eCO is in order, it will take up to four months to receive a certificate of registration. Approximately 10 percent of these claims may take longer. It you upload an electronic deposit copy, the time will be shorter.

If your copyright claim submitted on a paper application form is in order, it will take up to 12 months to receive a certificate. Approximately 10 percent of these claims may take longer.

In order to confirm receipt or to determine the status of your submission, we need the following information:

  1. the title of the work precisely as it was entered on your application; and
  2. the method of payment; and
  3. if a check, the name or names (if a joint account) of the account holder/s printed on the check; if a money order, the name of the purchaser written on the money order; and
  4. the month and year that you submitted your application.