US EditionNavigating REAL ID requirements: Frustration and preparedness among Milwaukee residents amid deadline crunch
- The REAL ID Act enforcement begins on May 7, 2025, requiring compliant IDs for domestic air travel and access to federal facilities in the United States.
- In 2005, lawmakers enacted the REAL ID Act as part of post-9/11 efforts to establish uniform security standards for identification cards issued by states.
- The Act faced nearly two decades of delays due to state resistance, privacy concerns, and logistical challenges, with Maine repealing its refusal only in 2017.
- Travelers 18 and older must present a REAL ID-compliant card marked by a star, or an accepted alternative like a passport, or risk being denied boarding.
- The enforcement will likely cause travel delays and cancellations, especially affecting groups like Disney vacationers, and marks the completion of this long-anticipated federal regulation.
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Navigating REAL ID requirements: Frustration and preparedness among Milwaukee residents amid deadline crunch
Starting May 7, 2025, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin enforcing new ID requirements for domestic travel and access to certain federal facilities. After years of delays, anyone flying within the U.S., entering a federal building, or accessing a nuclear power plant will need to present a REAL ID-compliant driver's license or another federally approved form of identification, such as a passport.Without one of these accep…
Tomorrow is the deadline for Mainers to comply with Real ID
The deadline has arrived for Mainers to comply with a federal law regulating state-issued identification. Starting Wednesday, the federal government will no longer accept driver’s licenses and identification not compliant with Real ID for boarding domestic flights. Real ID-compliant identification is already required for entering military bases and certain federal facilities. That marks the end of Real ID’s circuitous path to implementation two …
Wyoming Driver Licenses, ID Cards are REAL ID Compliant
The Transportation Safety Administration announced on its website that starting today, May 7, 2025, a state-issued driver’s license or ID that is not REAL ID compliant will no longer be accepted as a valid form of identification at airports. The Wyoming Department of Transportation issued a reminder to Wyoming residents and motorists that all driver’s licenses and identification cards issued by Driver Services are Real ID compliant. The Real ID …
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