Heads up! 2 October, 2020 is less than a year away. This is important for over 200 million Americans who do not yet possess a “REAL ID” drivers license. Commercial airline flights in the US will require a “REAL ID” drivers license or other compliant identification (i.e. passport) to fly! The exception to this for children under the age of 18 who are traveling with adults who have the compliant identification.
In 2005 Congress passed legislation to tighten airline security standards, requiring Americans boarding airline flights to have identification in compliance with these security standards. The REAL ID Act requires all Americans boarding flights to have a form of identification that meets tightened security standards. The legislation ordered state agencies to ask for more identity verification, like proof of residency and Social Security numbers, when issuing licenses and identification cards. In addition, Congress required that ID cards incorporate new technology that would make them much more difficult to forge.
The primary form of REAL ID compliant identification will be state-issued driver’s licenses. All 50 states now are signed up to the REAL ID program and will begin at some point this year issuing REAL ID-compliant driver’s licenses.
There are also other forms of ID that are REAL ID-compliant for those who don’t have or need a driver’s license or a U.S. passport: U.S. passport cards; Department of Homeland Security trusted travel cards used as part of the Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI and FAST programs; U.S. Department of Defense ID cards issued to military members and their dependents; permanent resident cards; border crossing cards; federally recognized tribal-issued photo IDS; HSPD-12 PIV cards; passports issued by foreign governments; Canadian provincial driver’s licenses or Indian and Northern Affairs Canada ID cards; transportation work identification credentials; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment Authorization cards (I-766); or a U.S. Merchant Mariner Credential.
To date 47 of 50 states are currently REAL ID compliant. OR, OK and NJ have received an extension. The DHS website has information for you to learn more: https://www.dhs.gov/real-id
This important information allows you to be “travel ready”! Me and my “readiness”, I know 🙂 Life is a journey, when you’re ready to explore readiness in all areas of your life and business, let’s talk!
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