Your CCL remains valid after the printed expiration date if you applied for renewal before that date. I think he was talking about your FOID. If your FOID expires while you are waiting for the FOID to be renewed. Would your CCL be pulled for not having an active FOID. My first thought would be yes they would pull your CCL since you have no active FOID. As I understand, if your FOID expired, your CCL is now invalid, and you are now a criminal if you possess firearms. So my questions is, does your FOID remain valid past the expiration date if you've renewed and are eligible? I'll have to do some looking....