Licenses From These 5 States Won’t Be Valid to Board a Flight
Your driver’s
license; the one thing you assume will always allow you to verify who
you are. That may be to a bouncer at a bar, a ticket teller at a train
station, or to a police officer. But folks in a handful of states may
not be able to use their valid state driver’s […]
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Licenses From These 5 States Won’t Be Valid to Board a Flight
According to CNN Money, it all started with the Real ID Act, which was passed by the U.S. government ten years ago. The act instructed states to adopt stricter standards for state-issued IDs so that it would be harder for potential terrorists and criminals to obtain IDs. This called for tougher standards for which documents were needed to get an ID.
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Neither the Department of Homeland Security, nor TSA have been enforcing the standard, but reportedly will start enforcing it in 2016. If you are from one of these non-compliant states, you will be forced to show a passport, military ID, or some other form of identification. So far, 19 states have been granted extensions through October 10, 2016. That leaves five states that are non-compliant, have not been granted extensions, or have extension requests that are still being reviewed, or none at all.
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Technically, you do not need a photo ID to take a domestic flight. It is just a real pain, as you have to go through additional screening. With that in mind, if you are in one of the non-compliant states, maybe just make sure your passport is up to date, keeping you safe from whatever bureaucratic madness ensues in the months ahead.
See where your state is in terms of ID compliance by clicking on the Department of Homeland Security’s page here.
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