Hi,
I am May 06 AOR. I got the final decision of Sep 28 saying: September 28, 2023:Your application is in progress. We will send you a message once the final decision has been made.
Do people generally receive this as the final decision or is it something different?
This means someone made a final decision on your application. Next step, if approved, you will receive a "ready for visa" email ou a message on gckey for you to send your passport to ircc. It usually takes a few days to get this message.
However, if you are already in canada the process is a bit different but I'm not sure how it works.