November application here! Received November 1st. So thankful that I found this community.
This is our THIRD time sending our application to IRCC in Mississauga for AOR. Sent back twice -- first because it was missing the barcodes (we filled out the application by hand here in Cuba, whoops!), second because we didn't submit a Use of Representative form for me as the sponsor (as you all know, the checklist says this form is not mandatory and I assumed it was to authorize the use of an immigration lawyer, not the wife/sponsor acting as representative -- so we were unlucky in this regard, because I read elsewhere that it depends on the day and the IRCC official, and we have close friends going through the exact same process who applied two weeks later, didn't submit one, and got through just fine).
So fingers crossed that this time works and good luck to everyone here!