A common worry for PR holders whose passport is about to expire: does renewing the passport mean the PR card needs to be updated or re-stamped too?
What group members clarified:- The PR card is an independent document. It is not bound to, or dependent on, your passport in any way.
- Your PR card has no passport reference. It does not list your passport number or its expiry date, so a new passport doesn't invalidate it.
- No action is needed on the PR card itself when you renew your passport — you simply travel with your current PR card and your new passport together.
The practical takeaway: proceed with your passport renewal at BLS as planned, and once you have the new passport, there's no separate step required to "update" or re-link your PR card.