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You are not obligated to renew the PR card unless you need to do so. That gives you the freedom to renew it anytime after the recommended renewal application time (which is no earlier than 9 months before the card expiration).

If your trip is definite within 3 months and tickets are already booked, the only thing you can do other than waiting is to submit your itinerary and payment confirmation to CIC. See details on cic website pr-card/apply-urgent-processing It may worth a try as it does not cost you anything, but...

Please count me in. My application was submitted Early June of 2015 and got a notice of secondary review in November. Called CIC a few times in the past three months and nothing informative from the call centre.

The logic of CIC is straightforward: you do not need a PR Card to leave the country but definitely need one when returning. The rule is simple and interpretation is to check the returning ticket only.

In most cases, the card is mailed to you when issued. If you end up with this most common situation, you definitely can ask family/friend to pass new card over. Chances are CIC could randomly select people to pick up their new cards at immigration offices. In the situation of picking up, you...