Real ID requirement for air travel delayed, again [View all]

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

Americans will have two more years to obtain a Real ID driver’s license or identification card, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday.

U.S. air travelers will be required to present the Real ID credential to board a domestic flight beginning May 7, 2025. Before Monday’s announcement, implementation had been scheduled to take effect in May next year.

Postponing enforcement of the last phase of the Real ID Act will give motor vehicle departments across the country more time to process the new credentials, but will come 17 years after the changes initially were to be in place. States have reported that progress on the Real ID program was hindered by the coronavirus pandemic.

The law, which set minimum security standards for driver’s licenses and ID cards issued by states after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, originally was to take effect in 2008. About half of Americans with a license or state identification card have a Real ID-compliant document, generally identifiable by a star in the upper-right corner.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/12/05/real-id-delay-air-travel/