July 28, received "provisional" AOR.
I call this "provisional" because it's the standard form letter, stating that the consulate received my app, and a provisional file created. I got a "BOXXXXXXXX" number to track the file. However it's still the standard, "We haven't got instructions from the Minister yet, so uh... here's a number to keep you quiet for now" kind of thing.
My one ray of hope is that they didn't return the application outright for some error in filling it out, incompleteness, etc. My money order was cashed, and I got a receipt for it.