UCI is no use at all until the fee is charged. I have a UCI as many other applicants do, but I can't access ECAS nor I can get information from CIC agent beacause there is no electronic entry in GCMS (global case management system). It is frustrating that we cannot have even a primitive communication upon lock-in date from CIO to set the mind at ease and track it's progress without SS but that is what Canada is like, the country is underpopulated, slow-paced and not willing to change. After you come here you will have to endure the wait game 99% percents of the time you deal with a public body. Road test, doctor's appointment, PR card, citizenship test, you name it. One time I had to wait almost two hours to get a passport photo taken at Walmart, because the computer was sooooooooo slow, and the guy was even slower. It was killing me to wait for such nonsense, but I looked at Canadians and they were bored, but pretty much ok. The photo costed 40$ by the way.