Received an email from AAIP today that "the information we requested was received" and that my application will now go back in the queue. The status on the portal is now Submitted again. This is wild. Last year, some folks got their nomination within ten days of submitting, and in some cases the same day they provided additional info that AAIP asked for - and here I am, more than 40 days since I submitted, and my application has gone through Information Requested and is back to "Submitted."
It really seems that while they are requesting information sooner than they did, say, last month, applications are now taking much longer from Information Requested to when the nomination gets issued.