Remember when everyone lined up for hours at the DMV to get a Real ID? Well, breathe easy… The federal government just extended the deadline again. Real ID will be required at airports starting May 7, 2025. Watch our full video for how to get yours:
The murmurs started a few years ago, when the initial deadline was looming, and crowds rushed to the DMV to wait in line for hours — scrambling to get the new kind of driver's license that will soon be required to board a commercial airline flight. But the roots of Real ID go back much earlier than that.The Real ID Act is a federal law passed in 2005, originally billed as an anti-terrorism measure after the attacks on 9/11.
The principle is simple: Your driver's license is basically your key to everything. You need it to go to a bar, pick up a concert ticket, or get on an airplane. So, now the federal government wants to make that key harder to copy. They gave states a deadline to design a new, more secure driver's license — and after most states missed that deadline, they extended it.
Fast forward a few years, and the deadline was extended again due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and then again in late 2022. Now, the deadline to get your Real ID isStarting on that day, you'll need a Real ID-compliant driver's license to enter secure federal buildings, nuclear power plants, military bases, and of course, the big one: airport security. That means in just over two years, your old driver's license will no longer get you onto an airplane.
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