DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced Tuesday that the REAL ID full enforcement date is being extended by 19 months, from Oct. 1, 2021 to May 3, 2023.

The implementation of the REAL ID requirement for domestic air travel has been a long time coming. Originally, U.S. states were required to comply with the REAL ID Act by May 2008, but multiple ...

The Department of Homeland Security has delayed the deadline for air travelers to have a REAL ID another two years, the agency announced Monday. The program, which was to begin in May 2023, will ...

Since early May, passengers age 18 and older have been required to present a REAL ID-compliant identification to board domestic flights. If you haven't obtained a REAL ID or a compliant ...

TSA agents are reportedly flagging one kind of Real ID-compliant identification, leaving some passengers scrambling to show ...

Sign displays need for passengers to produce Real ID documents at the south security checkpoint in Denver International Airport May 7, 2025, in Denver. (AP) By Maria Briceño May 12, 2025 ...

State-issued Enhanced Driver’s License (EDL) or Enhanced ID (EID) U.S. passport U.S. passport card DHS trusted traveler cards (Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI, FAST) U.S. Department of Defense ID ...

Real ID is a federally compliant, state-issued license or identification card that Homeland Security says is a more secure form of identification. It was a recommendation by the 9/11 Commission ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Real ID requirements for federal purposes, including domestic flights within the U.S., took effect Wednesday, but the documents won’t always be needed. People with valid ...

The law requiring Real ID for air travel went into effect May 7, 2025. Since May travelers on domestic flights in the U.S. have needed a Real ID-compliant license to pass through airport security.

Social Media Reacts Posters on the Reddit forum r/TSA debated whether people should have been prepared for the change. One user noted that the Real ID change has been in the works for a very long ...