The following changes are now in effect: Permanent Card applicants are no longer required to obtain the signature of a guarantor or make a statutory declaration in lieu of a guarantor. Permanent residents applying to renew their PR card:
may hold on to their still valid PR card and return it to a Citizenship and Immigration Canada officer when they pick up their new card;
should return it with the application for a new card, if the card has already expired.
In all cases, a replacement card will not be issued until the previous card is returned or otherwise accounted for.