A certificate expiry is not the membership renewal

Apple certificates and provisioning profiles expire on their own dates. The membership renewal, commonly the yearly Program fee, is a different date on the membership page.

What a handover should say

If signing certificates matter to the named apps, write who holds them and when they expire. Do not treat a valid certificate as a passed review or a passed TestFlight. If the membership lapses, submitting is affected even if a certificate date looks later.

Keys stay with the agreed party

Do not ask for private keys in the first message. The first message is the spec: individual or company, country, fresh or aged, and the app list.

Questions

Does a new certificate skip review?

No. A certificate lets you sign. Review is separate.

Should the balance wait on the certificate date?

If certificates are part of the spec, their dates belong on the same page as the six fields.

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