I was able to speak to a CIC agent on Oct 26th. I was basically told that she could see our names in the system, but that our file had not been started yet - therefore NO temp file number even.. The only good thing she said, is that there were no notes of missing documents, or no note about the app being returned.
She told me to only call back IF I hadnt heard anything by the first week of December
So I am obviously still trying to be patient, but yes its incredibly frustrating!!!
I almost 4 MONTHS waiting to get AOR1
But yes, here is HOPING that it moves a lot quicker after AOR is received..