Real ID TSA airport security October 2020 deadline is a year away

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

One year from Tuesday, Americans who fly will need to have a driver's license that meets new federal security requirements, or they'll have to produce another form of acceptable identification to get through airport checkpoints.

The Transportation Security Administration advised travelers not to wait until the last minute to obtain what's known as a Real ID, an enhanced version of a standard driver's license required by Congress in 2005, following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

They're now available in all but three states: Oregon, Oklahoma and New Jersey. All other states are compliant with the law, but air travelers should check with their state government's motor vehicle agency to find out where they can obtain the new license.

As of Oct. 1, 2020, fliers who do not have a Real ID or an acceptable alternative form of identification, will not be able to get past any domestic airport security checkpoint.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/real-id-tsa-airport-security-october-2020-deadline-is-a-year-away/ar-AAI7OID?li=BBnbfcL

[RhodeIslandOne]

1. This wil be blamed on Obama, Hillary, Nancy, Chuck

FOX is already firing up the graphics.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. Fox was an early cheerleader for this

Back when Bush II first proposed it.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Get it done before you forgrt it.

We already got ours, no big deal.

[MagickMuffin]

4. What was cost???

I still have several years left on my dl.

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. MA was $25 upgrade charge, expiration date stays the same.

We were two years out, too. Get it done while it's fresh in your mind. AAA office in our area was the way to go.

[MineralMan]

5. It takes a good long time to get a Real ID Driver's Licence in Minnesota,

which was one of the states that stalled and stalled on implementing it. My DL comes due next July. I could renew it early, but probably won't bother. My wife and I renewed our passports last year, though, and I've already begun using that document at airports, instead of my DL. The TSA thinks that's just fine, and I leave my DL in my wallet. The boarding pass goes into the passport where it opens to my photo, etc. Very streamlined in the security line.

[cwydro]

12. Took me hardly anytime at all in NC.

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The longest amount of time was dealing with the numbnuts DL employee who wanted to say I didn’t have the right documentation lol

But I had brought two of just about everything, so he grudgingly did his job.

I still don’t get the reason for it. If one has a passport, that should be all that’s needed.

[MineralMan]

13. Minnesota's Republican state legislators blocked the Real ID

bills for a long time. So, Minnesota's way behind in this and is playing catch-up now. Trouble is that they've delayed and delayed and now they have new software for issuing DLs, and an entire state full of people who are going to need Real ID DLs within a year. So, it's currently taking a couple of months from the time you apply until you get your new license.

If your licence expires next year, you can't get your new one until next year, or the one you get will expire and you'll have to renew it. It's a Catch-22.

Last year, I suggested to my wife that we just renew our expired passports so we don't have to deal with the rush. So, that's what we did. Next year, I'll apply for the Real ID DL a couple of months before my licence expires and go through the process. But, I'll have my passport in hand in case I have to fly if there's a delay.

[cwydro]

14. Geez, that is a a Catch-22 for sure.

I know you have to fly fairly often, and sometimes with little notice - that’s gotta be a pain.

[MineralMan]

16. Not as long as I have my passport. No problem at all.

I just planned for the situation. I keep it in my underwear drawer, right under my jockey shorts and right next to my watch, which I wear only when traveling. That way, when I pack, I'm sure to remember it.

There's a zippered pocket in my attache case that's exactly the right size for the passport. It also fits into the inside breast pocket of my travel blazer. It's really easy.

[cwydro]

17. Good to know.

A friend of mine was wondering if the passport would suffice; she’s up in arms about the Real ID for some reason lol...digging in her heels until the last moment.

I’ll pass that info on. Thanks.

[MineralMan]

18. Yes. It works great. I'm seeing more and more people presenting

passports at the TSA security screenings. If anything, they speed up the process. Your boarding pass fits right in there on the photo page of the passport, so you just open it up. The TSA screener looks at it, marks your boarding pass, and hands it back to you. Then, you carry it in your hand, with the boarding pass as you go through the metal detector or scanner. Routine, and less awkward that holding a boarding pass and driver's licence, really.

A U.S. Passport is the best ID there is.

[Croney]

6. We will just fly with our passports until we need new DL's.

I assume that will suffice.

[MissB]

8. Yes it will.

Oregon isn’t offering real ID drivers licenses until July 2020, so it’s expected to be a madhouse in the few months until fall 2020 when they are required.

I have a passport so I will just wait until my license expires or I’m within a year of my passport expiring.

[marlakay]

9. I live in Oregon too but for years

I always use passport when flying even in the states, just always thought best ID.

Unless you have to have it I will just use passport.

[Blue_Tires]

10. already got mine..

[Totally Tunsie]

11. YAY - just got mine at my usual license renewal at no extra cost.

Just needed to produce additional ID - passport, utility bill, etc.

[Coventina]

15. I got mine a few weeks ago. Worst photo of me EVER!

*sigh*