REAL ID | Homeland Security
On May 7, 2025, U.S. travelers must be REAL ID compliant to board domestic flights and access certain federal facilities. Find out if you’re REAL ID ready with our interactive tool!
About REAL ID - Homeland Security
May 7, 2024 · The REAL ID Act establishes minimum security standards for license issuance and production and prohibits federal agencies from accepting for certain purposes driver’s licenses and identification cards from states not meeting the Act’s minimum standards.
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)
REAL ID Frequently Asked Questions - Homeland Security
Frequently asked questions and answers regarding the implementation of the REAL ID Act. The REAL ID Act, passed by Congress in 2005, enacted the 9/11 Commission’s recommendation that the Federal Government “set standards for the issuance of sources of identification, such as driver's licenses.”
DHS issued the REAL ID regulation on January 29, 2008 and began issuing compliance determinations on December 20, 2012. The Act prohibits federal agencies from accepting for official purposes driver’s licenses and identification cards from states not meeting the Act’s minimum standards.
Are You REAL ID Ready? - Homeland Security
Jul 17, 2024 · On May 7, 2025, U.S. travelers must be REAL ID compliant to board domestic flights and access certain federal facilities. Find out if you’re REAL ID ready with our …
REAL ID Frequently Asked Questions for the Public - Homeland …
Oct 1, 2020 · The REAL ID Act allows states to issue temporary (i.e., limited-term), REAL ID-compliant driver's licenses and ID cards to applicants who provide valid, documentary evidence that they have “approved deferred action status.” [Sec. 202 (c) (2) (B) (viii)] Under the REAL ID regulation, applicants with approved deferred action who hold valid ...
REAL ID Historical Federal Documents - Homeland Security
Apr 19, 2021 · The following are resources and documents related to the implementation of the REAL ID Act. March 9, 2023: Federal Register Notice - Minimum Standards for Driver's …
REAL ID Act of 2005 - Homeland Security
May 11, 2021 · Are You REAL ID Ready? On May 7, 2025, U.S. travelers must be REAL ID compliant to board domestic flights and access certain federal facilities.
DHS Modernizes Critical Identification Requirements after …
Dec 28, 2020 · As a result of extensive state, industry, and government collaboration, Congress has passed the bipartisan REAL ID Modernization Act. The Act modernizes REAL ID requirements originally set more than 15 years ago.