Folks,
From my experience, though IQAS processes applications individually,they release the AOR of candidates together...for instance if they are processing for jan1-7,then jan 7-13 at the end of 13th all those from jan 1-13would have recieved AOR on the same day.
Same goes for eca soft copy and eca hard copy .So try to identify people who share similar timelines to get an idea of how far your application has reached....plus fresh applicants have the advantage of NOT being slowed like us due to the 2 weeks Christmas holiday shutdown....Take heart
Cheers