I (finally!) submitted my application for federal this past weekend. A couple of questions--
Looking through some of the timelines that people have posted here, it seems like sometimes people send their police certificates after they submitted their applications. I submitted mine with my application. I hope that's not an issue? (I mean, I can request another one, and I'm a pretty law-abiding citizen, I've never even had a parking ticket, so that's not a problem either, it's just a bit of a hassle to get...) Did anyone else submit their police certificates with their applications?
Also, I see on some people's timelines something called "AOR" (Acknowledgement of Receipt?). I received an email a few days ago that said (among other pretty basic things): "This confirms that your application for permanent residence in Canada has been received by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) on 2023..." Is that an AOR? Seems like it came pretty quickly, since I just submitted the application over the weekend. Or is the AOR something else?