Good news! My wife (Canadian) and I (American) received AOR 1 today, 10/4, via email. Our application was received on August 16.
The email says Mississauga even though we sent to Sydney. Is it possible that they just haven't updated their systems to reflect the switch to Sydney and the automated email they send out still has the old information? I need to know because I have to contact the right CIC office to correct an error they made and I don't want to spend hours on hold only to find that I've been waiting for the wrong office. Anybody have any thoughts? Has anyone gotten an email that specifically references the Sydney processing center with their AOR?