Hi All,
In my opinion AoR means the date when your application gets picked for ANY processing to begin from. This is that date when we get the 'Letter of receipt of Complete Application'. This is the moment when our application is first looked upon for one to one assessment by a case manager. So this is actually called 'Acknowledgement'.
The first email which we get after submitting our application is automated one and we get it immediately after making payment. That is NOT called 'AoR'.
Having said that, my timeline is :
NOI : 26 Feb 2018
Application Submitted : 11 April 2018
AoR : 12 June 2018
Assessment : 13 June 2018
DIP : Awaited