UCC Website Documents and Forms - Filing Portal Keeps Rejecting My Uploads

Thanks for responding - this is so frustrating. I'm in Ohio and their portal seems really finicky. Did you eventually get yours to go through?

Yeah but it took me calling their help desk twice. They told me to make sure I was using Adobe Reader not Chrome's built-in PDF viewer. Also had to save it as a specific version or something.

I thought I did but let me go through it again with a magnifying glass basically. The rejection notice is so vague it doesn't tell you what specifically is wrong.

This is why I always keep a printed copy of the original filing to compare against. The portal search sometimes doesn't show the formatting the same way it was originally filed.

Exactly! The search results can be misleading. You need to look at the actual filed document, not just the search summary.

That sounds like exactly what I need! How does it work - do you just upload both documents?

Yeah super simple. You just drag and drop your PDFs and it highlights any inconsistencies between documents. Shows you exactly where the mismatch is so you know what to fix.

Never heard of that service but honestly anything that helps catch these tiny errors would be worth it.

I feel your pain but complaining doesn't help solve the immediate problem. There are workarounds.

You're right, I'm just so fed up with this system. It shouldn't be this hard to file a simple continuation.

We all are frustrated but let's help this person get their filing done.

Yes definitely have continuation checked. I've filed these before, just never had this many rejections.

Also make sure you're not accidentally putting anything in the termination section if you're doing a continuation.

Good idea, I'll try that. Maybe I should clear my browser cache too.

Yeah definitely clear cache and try a different browser if that doesn't work.

Firefox works better than Chrome for me on filing portals for some reason.

It's only like 150KB so that shouldn't be the issue. The form is pretty basic.

Hmm then it's probably the formatting issue others mentioned. The character-by-character comparison is your best bet.

That's my backup plan but I really want to get this filed today if possible. Monday might be cutting it close to the deadline.

Understood. The document checking tool someone mentioned earlier might be your fastest option then.

Yeah I'd try that Certana thing first before waiting for the help desk.

That's exactly what I'm worried about - missing the deadline. I'll check out that document verification tool mentioned earlier.

Smart move. Better to catch the error now than have to deal with a lapsed filing.

Agreed. I always double-check my documents before filing now after getting burned once.

Will do! Going to try the document checker tool first thing tomorrow morning.

Yes please update! This thread has been really helpful for understanding the common issues.

Same here, filing a continuation next week and this is good info to know about.