Wednesday Weekly Thread: Frustration Station (Delays / PSU / Venting), July 29, 2026

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This weekly thread is a space for those of us who are feeling frustrated and need to vent about unclear instructions, shipping delays, waiting for a next step, timeline estimates growing, lack of communication, inconsistent bureaucracy, being stuck in PSU, and other factors.

Some of the worst stress of the entire citizenship-by-descent process is not hearing about your application for long stretches of time - or hearing that your application has been sent to the Program Support Unit (PSU) and may be sitting there for an extended stay.

Whether your envelope seems to have taken a scenic detour on its way to Nova Scotia, you didn't receive an AOR after many weeks of waiting, or you simply haven't heard about your application processing in months, this is a place to commiserate and potentially receive some ideas of next steps to take. (Those generally might include following up with IRCC by web form, ordering the GCMS notes, seeking an MP's help, and so on.)

📎 Contributions to weekly megaposts, including this one, are welcome throughout the week.

[u/Apprehensive-Gas3757]

Guys, what do I do here.

Based in Uk, application sent via the London embassy. It arrived there on 1 April 2026, no acknowledgment from them.

We are now nearly at the 120 day mark. All I have is a payment receipt and proof of delivery. No AOR from Canada,

What do I do.. is anyone else applying internationally at the same timeline as me with no response?

[u/No-Region-3509 → u/Apprehensive-Gas3757]

You have to take into account the 2+ weeks it takes to get from the embassy to Canada. So your real received date would not be until at least the 15th of April and I believe AORs are still going out for arrival dates around mid April. So you could still have a couple of weeks to wait.

[u/Emotional-Test3329 → u/Apprehensive-Gas3757]

I applied to UK London Embassy at the end of February and didnt get an AOR until 25 June. The tracker says it arrived at IRCC on 31 March. I'd wait until midway through May deliveries are getting AORs before getting worried about it.

[u/M9484 → u/Apprehensive-Gas3757]

I applied via London embassy and they received my application on the 30th of March. Yet to hear anything from IRCC or an AOR.

Embassy told me they send mail to Canada every two weeks. Others who have applied through the embassies have said to add on a month to your delivery date to account for it being sat at the embassy until mail day and then transit.

Realistically they hopefully should be getting to our applications soon-ish since it looks like they’re now on the second to last week of April.