He could be in a drastically different timezone so his Jan 3 could be your Jan 2. FWIW, I submitted mine 8 minutes after results were released, and I have not received email yet. It also says pending review on GARP site. I reside in NYC.
I don't think that exist a place in the world where is already the day after when is 5am GMT. I submitted the working info 48 minutes after the result release.