Yes. Going by what's been shared in these forums, it seems like online applicants for January submissions are slowly getting their AORs. Last one who posted about received their AOR, was a Jan 8th applicant.
Processing slowed due to Covid. I had heard that IRCC diverted most of their staff to process spousal sponsorships on priority. Paper applications for citizenship are getting their AORs faster, but processing time is probably going to be the same. Except for the 500 odd applicants from Dec, who got lucky and were selected for priority processing. Those 500 applicants had been selected to test their new online system.
Yes. Going by what's been shared in these forums, it seems like online applicants for January submissions are slowly getting their AORs. Last one who posted about received their AOR, was a Jan 8th applicant.