hi neo,
my brother is with the same case. his employer applied for new LMO and he applied for his visa extension. His PR application (uder Alberta PNP) was received by CIC last February 2009, they are already done with medicals and had already paid ROLF but still no passport request.
better be on the safe side, since he cannot be out-of-status while waiting for PR result.
hope this helped.
