Maybe this is something we could setup. Establish a frequency (or frequencies) and check in/monitor times to use during a SHTF situation. Who is interested in participating in something like this?
The important date is when you first got your FPIC. If you have a non-expiring one, when you move and do a change of address you will still have a non-expiring one.
The $50 fee isn't grandfathered, sadly.
That really sucks that the newer ones expire. It is going to suck for me if I ever move. I will have to check mine when I get home but mine definitely does not have my picture on it. I think I got it back in 2012 when I moved. I hear is also $50 now to renew when I only paid $5! This just seems to be another form of suppression of our rights.