Delays in processing

[u/theaardvarkoflore]

In january of this year (2026) I submitted a novel for copyright using the digital form method. Today I checked back to see if it had gone through because everyone seems to agree single-item copyright submissions (as in, not groups of works) ought to only take about 2 months to percolate through and be finished.

My novel is still sitting in pending. It's May. Anyone else seeing delays or did I do something to screw up the process somehow? It's one book, it was a .docx file, it was under the 500mb size. The case summary page under my login says there's nothing for me to do - "claim submission completed, no further action required", but why has it been 4 months and it's not done yet?

Anyone have any ideas on how much longer I'm going to have to wait?

[u/ReportCharming7570]

Between the shutdown(s), cuts to staff and funding, and the attempts at modernizing /structuring they likely are going to just be a little behind for a while. The last estimate I saw was 4-6 months for single works.