Obtaining a REAL ID requires providing documentation such as two proofs of address, which may need to be recent depending on ...

The May 7 enforcement deadline for a REAL ID is fast approaching. The 2005 REAL ID Act established that Americans would need identification that met, "minimum security standards for state-issued ...

As of May 7, 2025, travelers need a Real ID-compliant license or another accepted form of identification, like a passport, to board federally regulated commercial aircraft and access certain federal ...

SOME TRAVELERS FELT INDIFFERENT ABOUT THE REAL ID ENFORCEMENT. I THINK IT IS THE INEVITABLE EXPANSION OF THE ROLLBACK OF OUR RIGHT TO PRIVACY THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN PLANNING FOR YEARS ...

The REAL ID Act, which was passed by Congress in 2005, enacted the 9/11 Commission’s recommendation that the federal government enhance security standards for identification. Travelers have been ...

The centers marked with a * can process and issue a Real ID at the time of service. All other centers will process applications, and Real IDs will arrive by mail within 15 business days.

Some of the privacy-hawk lawmakers remaining silent on REAL ID were very vocal when another expansion of the national security surveillance apparatus came about – the Patriot Act of 2001 – but ...

In the service of preventing supposed terroristic threats—never mind that a REAL ID can presumably be forged like any other identity document—REAL ID requires Americans to allow their private ...

The nation’s long-awaited REAL ID requirement goes into effect Wednesday. That means anyone wishing to fly domestically will need a federally compliant state-issued identification card or a ...