This time, it's for real. After a series of delays, the federal REAL ID deadline of May 7, 2025, is just three months away.

The REAL ID Act, passed by Congress in 2005, enacted the 9/11 Commission’s recommendation that the federal government “set ...

Those who wish to obtain a Real ID must go to a DMV office. You cannot get a Real ID online, by phone, or through mail. There ...

Once obtained, a Real ID retains the expiration date from a non-Real ID card, the office said. "Appointments for Real ID [are] growing in numbers every day," Irene Paterno with the Illinois ...

After many years of postponements, the final deadline for REAL ID is here. By May 7, those over 18 traveling with a driver's ...

Now, federal officials are making it clear that U.S. residents have until May to update their driver's license or state ID card to "Real ID" compliance, or face trouble boarding a domestic flight.

Nineteen years after Congress proposed setting higher standards for issuing IDs in the U.S., America is finally ready to enforce the REAL ID. In a few months, the use of the federal ID card will ...

Originally, the law mandated the switch to REAL IDs by 2008, but that date has been pushed back year after year. Now the ...

As a result of the REAL ID Act, after May 7 of this year, possessing a REAL ID will be mandatory in order to fly domestically.

The rule does not extend the REAL ID deadline, either. “Identity verification is foundational to security. I urge those who use a driver’s license or state-issued identity card as their ...