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Source: Scripps News
Posted at 9:18 AM, May 08, 2024
If you are getting your license or ID renewed in the next year, consider bringing extra documents with you.
Starting May 7, 2025, Real IDs will be required instead of standard licenses or IDs to fly on nearly all domestic commercial flights. The program was set to begin in May 2023, but was delayed 24 months.
Congress passed the Real ID requirement in 2005. Currently, a standard state-issued ID or driver's license is all that is required to board a domestic flight. But that will soon change.
To obtain a real ID, you will need the following documents when getting a state-issued driver's license or ID: full legal name; date of birth (generally a birth certificate); Social Security number; two proofs of address of principal residence (like a utility bill); and lawful status.
Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/real-id-requirement-set-to-begin-in-2025