Laura Hruby, director of Consular Affairs at the State Department's Office of Public and Congressional Affairs, discusses the ...

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

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 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 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 ...

“It’s time to get your REAL ID. No, really,” the Service Oklahoma website reads.It reminds residents who are traveling soon to apply for a REAL ID at least four weeks early because the TSA ...

Massachusetts RMVs have been offering special in-person, walk-in service specifically for REAL ID transactions for the last several weeks and will continue to do so for the time being, according ...

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.