CAIPS.
For the benefit of those who are waiting a long time to hear anything and are already in Canada or know someone who is, here is the site for ordering CAIPS and the telephone contact number.
The official CIC site is here;
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It has the forms and the address to send them to.
The contact number is ;
Client Service Unit at 613-946-0953 or 1-800-667-6703 "
If you just internet search for CAIPS, you only get private companies who charge a lot to order these notes for you - $40 and upwards. (This is because on the official site they don't call them CAIPS very clearly, they call them 'access to private information' or something like that.
If you order them through the official site, they are only $5.
Hope this helps if you are thinking about finding out about the progress of you application. Some Buffalo applicants be especially interested!