 Welcome back to our YouTube channel, my name is Jolie Greenbaum, I'm the Executive Assistant at Cure Immigration Law and today we're going to be discussing whether or not you need to renew your PR card if you have a pending citizenship application. So technically speaking it's not mandatory to renew your PR card if you have a pending citizenship application. The reason being that the PR card is essentially just a travel document. It allows you to travel inside and outside of the country as a permanent resident of Canada but the PR card does not in any way determine whether you are or not a permanent resident of Canada. So that being said, your permanent resident status doesn't expire if your PR card expires, it just means that you'll have a lot more difficulty coming back into the country if your PR card were to expire during the processing of your citizenship application and it would make things much more complicated. So that being said, if you are planning on traveling during the processing of your citizenship application, you may wish to consider renewing your PR card. It's a very straightforward application. The application fees for it are only $50 and it generally processes quickly although the processing times indicated on the IRCC website currently only say it is three months of processing or 100 days but we have found in our experience at the processing time can be a little bit longer so you would need to plan accordingly. So if you're planning on traveling please do think ahead so that way if you are planning on leaving the country you have a valid PR card. And if you have any other questions regarding PR card renewals or citizenship applications please feel free to contact our office and we'll be more than happy to assist you. Thanks for watching and we'll see you guys next time.